Ronald L. Abel

Ninety-seven permitted electrical jobs and not one review — Ronald L. Abel is the kind of electrician whose reputation lives in town permit files rather than on rating sites. The work has a clear shape. Whole-house and kitchen rewires, ripping out knob-and-tube and putting in receptacles and a sub-panel, replacing breaker panels, retrofitting recessed and wafer lighting, service upgrades and arc-fault breakers — jobs in the $2,800 to $30,000 range, concentrated in older housing stock on Beacon Hill and Back Bay, Brookline, Newton, Belmont, Chestnut Hill and Hingham, with one Marblehead job permitted in June 2023. That is a rewire-and-modernize practice, not a service-call outfit. His Massachusetts electrical licence, number 8845, is active — confirmed against the state registry, held by Ronald Abel Electrical Services Inc. BuildZoom lists it as an Electrical Business licence alongside a separate electrician licence numbered 20411, which is the normal pairing of a company licence and the individual who qualifies it. Two things to know. BuildZoom's profile also carries a Newton electrical contractor registration, number 26631, printed as active while citing a July 2022 expiration — worth asking about if your job is in Newton. And its 16-item service checklist names framing, garage construction and restaurant, retail and office renovation, none of which appear anywhere in the permit history; every sampled permit is electrical. Activity is steadier than it is heavy: five permitted projects in the past three years. For a full rewire, a panel replacement or knob-and-tube removal in an older Greater Boston home, the permit trail shows this is exactly what he does. Since nobody has written publicly about the work, ask for references on a comparable rewire and confirm the licence number with the state E-Licensing Board before scheduling.