Gary D. Then

Gary D. Then, doing business as Then Electric, is a Merrimack Valley electrician who's pulled 88 electrical permits over the years — 29 of them in just the last three years — mostly in Methuen and nearby towns like Lowell, Waltham, and Beverly, for service upgrades, full rewires, recessed lighting, and fixing code violations flagged on other work. That permit history is the clearest sign he's still actively doing the job; his written reviews, by contrast, are older, running from 2017 through an October 2025 pair. Across those reviews, the recurring theme is straightforward, fairly priced work: reviewers from 2017 describe him showing up on time, quoting jobs quickly, and charging what felt reasonable for the scope — jobs in the sample ranged from an $85 troubleshooting call to a $3,400 rewire. A 2024 review describes a pool electrical connection finished in two days, done cleanly and respectfully of the property. One 2018 review is a partial exception: the reviewer said the basic work went well, but a few more complex parts of the job needed extra figuring-out before they were resolved — it still worked out, but it's worth knowing not every job has gone perfectly smoothly. A couple of things are worth flagging before hiring. Angi and HomeAdvisor list the identical set of reviews on two separate profile pages rather than two independent groups of customers weighing in — so the review count reads bigger than the actual pool of people behind it. And while Angi and HomeAdvisor show a self-reported license number expiring in 2028, that hasn't been checked against the state licensing registry here, so it's the platforms' claim rather than a confirmed credential. Gary Then looks like a steadily working local electrician with a long permit trail and a mostly positive but dated review history — worth a call for routine electrical work, with a license check as part of your own due diligence before signing anything larger.