James M Butler Electrician

James M Butler Electrician has been on the Better Business Bureau's books since 1980 — 46 years as a one-person shop run out of 6 Quentin St in Milton, with James Butler himself as the sole employee. It's the kind of long-tenured, single-owner operation that outlasts plenty of bigger outfits, and its A+ BBB letter grade backs up a business that's stayed in good standing over four and a half decades. On Google it carries a 4.4 out of 5 average from eight ratings, a number that shows up again on a couple of independent directory sites rather than resting on one source alone. What's thin is the substance behind that star count: across the sites tracking this business, only a single detailed written review turns up, and its tone runs negative rather than glowing — a reason to treat the 4.4 as a small, shallow sample rather than a settled reputation. A couple of things are worth asking about before booking. The BBB grade of A+ hasn't translated into BBB accreditation — the two are separate, and this business hasn't completed that process. And Boston's own permit records show 77 electrical/building permits filed under Butler's name since 2012, with only 54% of the 74 rated permits closed out and 35 still open — worth raising directly if your job requires a signed-off permit. He's also a listed member of the Milton Chamber of Commerce, which fits the picture of a locally rooted, decades-old operation rather than a fly-by-night one. Given how little independent, detailed feedback exists, it's worth asking for references from recent work and confirming any permit on your job gets closed out before he leaves the site.