Lexington Electric

Lexington Electric is a family-owned residential electrical contractor that's been running out of Waltham since 1982, when founder Sam Wilson started as a one-man operation working out of a van — his first job, the company's site says, was rewiring a triple-decker on Main Street. His daughter joined the business in 1998 to handle scheduling and customer service, and electrician Tom Chen has been on staff since 1987. The company says it covers panel upgrades, rewiring, lighting, EV charger installs and 24/7 emergency electrical work across a wide swath of towns west of Boston — Waltham, Lexington, Belmont, Watertown, Newton, Arlington, Cambridge, Brookline, Needham, Wellesley, Weston, Lincoln, Concord, Winchester and Somerville. There's no customer review on record to weigh against that history, and the Better Business Bureau's page for the company — an A+ grade, though it isn't an accredited BBB member — shows no review text or complaint history either. What is on file worth knowing: the state's electrician-license registry lists Lexington Electric Incorporated's Massachusetts electrician license as expired. The company's site separately describes its founder as holding a Massachusetts Master Electrician license, though it gives no number. Worth asking directly before booking: the status of that license and whether it's since been renewed, since the registry currently shows it lapsed.