Cox Electric

TRIED to find out if Cox was a good electrician… but they can’t seem get past the easier part of scheduling and showing up.

Suddenly in need of an honest electrician, Cox Electrical Service had good reviews. Shuttering at the thought of spending hundreds of dollars, I was nearly blown away when they gave me the bill. Even given that it was a Saturday, and being booked up, they were out here promptly as promised. After initial investigation, they found the breaker box problem, replaced a part and we’re done. Very professional, quick and most important HONEST. I wll always call them in the future and spread the word. They saved the day for this senior.

James Cox is the best electrician I’ve worked with, and one of the best people I’ve worked with. Knowledgable, experienced, safe, quick, clean, fair and honest. What else can a person ask for? Extremely dependable and consistent high performance delivery of electrical services for the past 5 years or so. He has overseen and actively worked on every one of the 25 – 30 fairly large home remodeling projects since I have known him, and I know he does some commercial work too. If he is on your job, you can rest easy.

Excellent service! Professional work and competitive pricing. They ran a line to my garage sub panel. We will call them back to add a switch inside the house next week.

When the electrician that I regularly use was all booked up and we had an urgent electrical issue, Cox really came through. They were quick to respond, showed up early to the appointment and were efficient and knowledgeable. They also had extremely competitive pricing.

Absolutely professional, on time, and a very honest company. The gentleman who came out to fix our wiring leading to the outside patio did a great job. He is extremely knowledgeable and knew how to fix the wire panels in a short amount of time. He even found my mistakes in my attempt to rewire a few things and fixed everything I messed up very quickly. I have to say I highly recommend this company. Thank you again for your work.

I got Cox Electric recommendation from my brother-​in-​law who used James and Cox Electric in the past. I spoke with James about some of my electrical needs on a house I own in Austin and we scheduled an appointment a few days later. The needs included GFCI plugs to be installed in five locations. I live in Seattle and own this home remotely so it can be really tricky dealing with residential needs being an owner far away. He sent Doug out who patiently discussed with me what my real needs were: two GFCIs. Per my request, he also check a few smoke alarms and my rain sensor in the backyard. Where a lot of electricians would have charged me for the five GFCI plugs that I thought I needed, Doug was very honest and forthright in telling me that three out of the five were actually connected to other GFCIs in the area and therefore didn’t need replacing. I appreciate the work that Doug did and really appreciate the honesty and fair price. Thank you James and Doug for such fine work! I will use you again and will be sure to recommend you to others!

Cox Electric has installed additional outlets and switches in my kitchen so that I could add under cabinet mounted lighting. They also added everything that was needed for me to mount a light over my sink. Their work was extremely well done and I could not be more pleased.
I originally found them when Suddenlink told me it was not possible to put a cable outlet on a wall on my second story master bedroom. Cox came out and had it done in 15 minutes — NO JOKE!
Their pricing is extremely affordable and competative. I’ve had both James and Doug do work at my house and they were both professional, courteous and did great work.
I’d recommend Cox Electric for anything you need done at your home and business… even if others tell you it’s impossible!

I have used Cox electric 3 times in the past few years for all sorts of electrical needs in my house, from hanging chandeliers to dimmers to installing flood lights. James and Doug have always been extremely professional, courteous and I’ve never had an issue afterwards with malfunction, like I had previously experienced moving into my house. They also have always come to my house within a few days of my phone call, so I don’t have to wait weeks and weeks, which is great! Their prices are completely reasonable and worth every penny. I cannot recommend them highly enough!

This was the most affordable service we could find. They arrived right on time, within an hour of calling them! Also, we needed them for a possible repair that the inspector had noticed when we were selling our house; it turned out the inspector was wrong and the electrician from Cox Electric didn’t even charge us anything! He drove out here and ended up just writing us an expert opinion for free. Couldn’t be happier.

James installed 4 new fire alarms in no time at all. He was very courteous and professional. I would definitely recommend Cox Electric.
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I feel like these guys don’t really understand the concept of exchanging goods for services.
Getting Cox to do business has made me feel like an awkward preteen trying to get a date to the dance: call after call with no calls back, hours waiting by the phone dreading the inevitable no-​show, then, of course, the let down of no knock on the door. I got stood up. Maybe Cox is over at the quarterback’s house rewiring his house. Tease.
I had an appointment set for 8AM today, Cox’s suggestion, not my own. I understand service folks run late and I am most certainly empathic to that, but there’s no way I wasn’t his first visit of the day. It had been on his calendar for a week. I am fine with people showing up late. I’m even fine with no-​shows. But doing both of these without even the courtesy of calling me? That hurts.

Saw them on craigslist. Very fast service, within 24 hours for non-​emergency call. Great prices and quality work. Very Satisfied customer. Came within time frame given, and handled all issues himself instead of bothering me with questions. High Recommendation.

My house lights were flickering and my realtor recommended a good electrician, Cox electrician.
He only spent half an hour and traced the loose connection. I thought it may take him a while since I have a big house.
Since the electrician charges hourly, it’s wise to use an experienced one to save you time and money.
I will recommend Cox Electric.

This was my first time hiring electricians to work on my first home. It’s an old 20s house that was converted from a triplex, so there are some caveats and weirdnesses electricians may run into.
James Cox came recommended by two of my closest friends. He did some under-​the-​cabinet lighting for them, and it looked like it had been done with love and care.
I had a hard time getting ahold of them at first; I think my friend had given me the wrong number. When I finally did get ahold of them, they were eager to come out and give me an estimate. James helped brainstorm through the things I was requesting and trying to decide on, and he was very knowledgable. A good example was that I’d been thinking of adding over-​the-​cabinet lighting since there’s a space between the ceiling and the cabinets in my kitchen. He took the time to discuss with me the pro’s and con’s of the different light types I could use, and why some would be better for my purposes than others. I could tell he was enthusiastic about this stuff, and he told me specifically he liked the idea of branching out beyond just electricity.
There were a few gripes. The first was that James was late to the initial meeting, and he didn’t call. After about half an hour I called to see if he was on his way. He was, and apologized for not calling. If he would have originally said, «Between 9am and 11am» instead of «At 9am» I would have expected this, but that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t too big of a deal however, since I work from home. On the day the work was scheduled, the guy who James sent out to do the actual work was also late… but this time by like an hour or something. However, he was friendly and obviously knew his stuff.
The only other complaint I had was that the job was botched a little bit. The walls I have upstairs in my house (where some of the work was being done) are extremely thin… maybe around half-​a-​foot. I didn’t know this, and neither did he. So when he attempted to drill through the attic floor to snake the electrical cords through, he poked a hole in the ceiling. This was an easy mistake to make, but he made it three times, all in separate places. To his credit, he left and came back with putty and spray texture, and stayed late to patch the hole up and try to make it match the rest of the texture on the walls. He swept up a little bit, but I still had drywall dust on my things and now have conspicuous white spaces that I need to paint over.
Over all, I’m happy with the work they did. I think the lateness is just the nature of the beast with contractors sometimes, and the thin walls were curveballs no electrician could have anticipated. The combination of these things made the whole experience less than stellar, but I’d probably hire them again.