Rosa Electric

When a new Arlington homeowner asked for trades in June 2026, two different neighbors answered with the same name: Sal Rosa. One said he was the electrician they had used and offered to pass along his number; the other just posted the link to rosa-electric.com. Nobody had to be asked twice. Rosa Electric works out of 153 Palmer St in Arlington. Its Massachusetts electrician licence is active — the state registry lists Rosa Electric Inc. as the holder of record, which is the one credential here that has been checked rather than claimed. The company describes itself as family owned and operated, with Sal Rosa, a master electrician, on the tools and about twenty years behind him; that part is its own account, not independently confirmed. The work it advertises leans toward the older housing stock around it: panel and service upgrades, knob-and-tube inspection and rewiring, troubleshooting and repairs, plus newer jobs like EV chargers and lighting. Its stated coverage runs across Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville, Medford, Winchester, Lexington, Weston, Waltham, Melrose, Stoneham and Wakefield. What is missing is depth. The two Reddit comments are short — a name and a nod, not an account of a job — and there is no body of written customer reviews behind them to test that against. If you call, it is fair to ask for a couple of recent local references and, for anything involving a panel or old wiring, a written scope and price before the work starts. A reasonable first call for a Greater Boston homeowner wanting a licensed, small, owner-run shop for panel work or rewiring in an older house — with the caveat that you would be going largely on a neighbor's word.