Peter Donahue, Master Electrician

Peter Donahue has worked as a Massachusetts electrician out of Waltham for decades, taking on residential and commercial outlet, fixture, switch and panel-upgrade jobs. His written record is small and old — four reviews, all from 2013, split evenly between people glad they called him and people who weren't. Two of those reviews describe him as responsive and fair-priced: one from July 2013 says he took his time and checked that everything worked before leaving, and another from September 2013 mentions reaching an agreement on price and timing quickly. The other two describe a rougher experience. A 2013 review says a two-day job on an older home dragged on with the homeowner's husband ending up doing much of the actual work. A separate 2013 account describes Donahue replacing a blown circuit breaker for a pool motor and rewiring part of the panel, after which the breaker kept tripping no matter what was plugged in — a problem the reviewer says was never resolved. What's worth asking about before hiring is his license. BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts Master Electrician license, #15556, as active for him, but a separate entry on the same BuildZoom page shows that same number as inactive under a general electrician category, alongside a second, different number (#32678) shown as active — get the current license and number confirmed directly. Public permit records on BuildZoom also show 28 electrical jobs pulled across Massachusetts towns between 2002 and 2014, though nothing more recent is on file. For a small, well-defined job, Donahue has satisfied customers to point to, but the negative accounts here involve real technical follow-through issues — confirm the scope and his current license status before signing on for anything more complex.