Absolute Electrical

I was referred to them by a friend and they came by and gave an in-​home consultation, I followed their recommendation and I am delighted by the quality of work. The team arrived on time, executed flawlessly and I am looking forward to hiring them for Phase 2 :)
Scope of work:
1) Added 6 cans of recessed lighting
2) Adjusted existing lighting to brighten room
3) Fixed switch order
4) Added new lighting to the kitchen
Great work — highly recommend.

Reasonable job, somewhat pricey.
On a positive not they were quick.

From our experience, stay far away! We did not hire them. They were hired by another company as a subcontractor to come look at lighting problem that arose from some work the other contractor did in our attic. At the request of the other contractor, they came to our house. Jeff J spent less than 10-​minutes at our house. When he was at our house for those few minutes, he never even went into the attic (where original work was done). He did not speak with us other than to introduce himself as the subcontractor, and we were expecting him, so we let him in to do his inspection. He did not fix the problem that we were having, and spent less than 10-​minutes in our house doing whatever inspection or work the contractor sent him to do. But then, a few days later, we received an invoice for $ 250.95 ($ 200 labor + $ 11.95 fuel surcharge + $ 39.00 material). My wife and I thought this must be a mistake. We emailed Absolute Electrical via their website — no response. We called them, certain they would tell us it was a mistake. They said it’s «no mistake.» They had the audacity to claim that while they were at our house, during those 10-​minutes, they asked for our permission to do the work on our dime, and we gave them the permission. Rubbish! They are crooks. We only allowed them into our house as a subcontractor — doing an inspection at the request of the other company. We had not hired them. They never even remotely indicated they were doing work at our direction or on our dime, they were called-​in by the other contractor. When we telephoned them to discuss, thinking it had to be a mistake, they fabricated the story that they had asked and received permission by us to do work for us and invoice us for it – all in the 10-​minutes he was at our house. Of course this never happened. If we needed an electrician, we would hire one. We did not hire these people, but by virtue of letting them into our home for 10-​minutes, they fabricated things in order to invoice us for their time. Perhaps some of you out there have had different experiences with these people. But in our experience, they are Absolute crooks.
Update: After calling Absolute Electrical on 12÷7÷2015 about above — we received from Jeff J, President of Absolute Electrical, on 12÷8÷2015 a LIEN on our home. A lein on our home for $ 250, a few weeks after they were at our house for 10-​minutes, at the request of the contractor. We only let them in the door per the other contractor. But they fabricated a story so they could invoice us (we never hired him), and then less than a month later we have a lien on our home. This is no way to do business. From our experience, stay away from these people unless you want a huge headache and unwarranted legal problems. (And we still have the same electrical problem, unfixed, that started all this to begin with.)
Update: 12/​15/​2015 Our contractor told us Absolute Electrical was never supposed to invoice us, much less put a lien on our home. Our contractor took care of their bill. We’ll update this when/​if Absolute Electrical takes the lien off our house. Perhaps others have had a different experience and if so, that’s great. But from our experience, we could never recommend Absolute Electrical. Our electrical problem is not fixed. But most importantly, when you’re allowing someone into your home, there needs to be a little trust that they’re honest, reasonable people. That was not our experience.

We needed an electrician and were able to hire Absolute Electric and get service the same day. That never happens! They even called to follow up after the project was Finished to make sure we were happy with the work. We will be passing along to our friends and families ABSOLUTE ELECTRIC IS THE BEST IN KC MO
Trish

I called Absolute Electrical for an estimate, and Jeff came out and explained to me exactly what he was going to do. It was actually so simple I told him I could do that myself, and he was totally fine with that and didn’t charge me a cent. I was shocked that a contractor would be that honest… so the next time I needed some electrical work that I didn’t think I could handle, I called Absolute again.
They did tell me about the 2-​hour minimum, so i just made sure to have jobs that filled the time, such as installing a new outdoor outlet and fixing a wiring issue with our oven. He did great work in a timely fashion, so he’ll still be my go-​to electrician.

These guys are great! Excellent service, timely, efficient and courteous. Everyone at Absolute cares about getting your electrical problems solved. What a relief to find people who are all working towards a common goal, that being your satisfaction. Definitely recommend these guys. They do great work!

I don’t know left from right when it comes to electrical stuff, the most I can do is replace a light bulb, but when my microwave stopped working for more than a week I needed some electrical work. These guys were fast, polite, efficient, and clean. All and all a great experience, and now I can heat my Hot Pockets again!
*posted again because for some odd reason Unilocal took it down.

I called these guys to perform some rewiring in my house. They came out and gave me a reasonable estimate and then performed the work on time and on budget. They were super nice, and left the place cleaner than it was before.
I’d highly recommend them.

I have had several great experiences with Absolute Electrical. He has done several jobs over the years for my Mom. Always on time, totally professional and personable. We’ve had him out to our house and the same thing. He is the first electrician that I can happily and with no reservations recommend to friends. Last week I recommended Absolute to two friends and they were both very happy with his work. I was surprised to see anything negative on this Unilocal site in relation to Jeff. I’m assuming that the 99% of the customers who are happy with his service don’t both to Unilocal.I’m so glad that I did.

They have done work at both my home and at our business. They are always professional and do a great job. At my house we did a complete kitchen remodel. They re-​wired everything installing new outlets all over and canned lighting in the ceiling. They were easy to work with and helpful when they thought the plans showed a light fixture in the wrong place. They even made suggestions on where all the switches should go and it’s worked out great.
At our business they have replaced light fixtures in our warehouse and they had to bring in a lift to get up to where they are about 20 feet in the air. They installed 220 for the forklift charger, fixed the electrical on an electrical doc plate that was shorting out and installed lighting outside our building.
The guys are pleasant and easy to work with and I highly recommend their service to anyone and everyone that asks for an electrician.

I also was not told about a 2 hour minimum. (My job ended up taking 10 minutes.) I initially went to the yellow pages dot com, and there were 5 5-​star reviews, which today aren’t there any more. Pretty suspicious.

Project: Install recessed lighting in residential property, 3 bedrooms, entry way and hallway. Workers were great, clean, on-​time and quick. However, the cans (Home Depot) were about $ 11 each and 2 bulbs already burnt out (They did replace them). If I had known, I would have asked for better cans. Job cost around $ 2800 with parts being less than $ 500.

We were never told about the 2 hr minimum. No one told us anything about how much it would cost or the 2 hr minimum. In fact, when you call, you just get their answering service, which is manned by people who know nothing about their company or electricity. Jeff’s claim below simply is not true.
They were also at our house about 1 hr 10 mins tops. When I called the office to complain about the 2 hr minimum and the incredibly annoying fuel surcharge, the woman on the other line was belligerent and unfriendly. I am skeptical of the other reviews I see posted. Next time we’re going to need way more Unilocalers to condone a business before we call someone cold. When we first called the company, there was only a single Unilocal review (posted in June 2009). I also note that as of this update on 9÷9÷09, the 2 new Unilocalers (posted soon after my original review on 8÷21÷09) have posted only a single Unilocal review — the one reviewing this company.
UPDATE (9÷19÷2009)
There were 2 additional 5-​star reviews posted within 1 week after my original review on 8÷21÷09. I found those reviews highly suspect. Those reviews have since been removed. As for the job quality, your technician just had to ground a single outlet (located right above our sink) in our new bathroom. He completed the task by running a wire to the pipe under the sink. You received an absolutely fair review since the job includes the service and the price. I have no idea what your company would be like for anything other than the simplest of jobs. I do know that for our simple task, we were charged $ 180 for labor, $ 9 for material and $ 9.45 fuel surcharge for $ 198.45. Also, had we known about the 2 hr minimum, we certainly had other tasks that we could have had him do. Instead, he left and more than 2 weeks later, I received your bill in the mail. I do give many positive reviews and love to give businesses their credit when its due. You can check my other reviews. My experience with your company is a 1 star experience.

We had Absolute Electrical out to do a complete remodel for our house. The employees are very professional and their prices are fair. I give them a big 5 stars!