Homelight Boston

HomeLight Boston is a one-owner electrical outfit in South Boston built around the jobs bigger shops skip — a flickering switch, a dead outlet, a panel that needs a second look. Paul Eastman, a master electrician since 1995, says on the company's own site that he started the business after more than a decade in the trade specifically to take on small repairs others won't bother with. The Better Business Bureau backs up the tenure: it lists the company as in business since December 2005 — twenty years now — with an A+ rating, even though it hasn't sought BBB accreditation. The last six months hold up that reputation. In June, a customer wrote that Paul fixed the issue the same day and charged a fair price for his time. In May, a bigger job went in — a subpanel and a dedicated sauna outlet, with permits and materials coordinated ahead of time and the work finished to what the customer called a high standard. In January, another reviewer called the response quick and the price fair. None of the three reviews logged in that window were negative, and that clean run tracks with the wider picture: a 5-star average across 53 Google ratings, 4.8 from 10 on Angi, and 4.6 from 13 on Thumbtack, where Paul has passed a background check. One thing worth knowing before calling: Angi's page for HomeLight Boston also carries reviews from 2008-2010 under the name 'Eastman Electric' at a different South Boston address than the current one — almost certainly Paul's earlier business identity rather than a separate company, but it means part of that platform's history predates the current storefront. And while the pattern has stayed clean, the recent volume is modest — just three reviews logged in the last half-year. For panel work, switch and dimmer fixes, or the small electrical job nobody else wants, HomeLight Boston is a reasonable call. Confirm current pricing directly and ask who's actually doing the work — the ratings are consistent across platforms, but the recent sample is still small.