You call me. I show up. I do the work.
No dispatcher, no rotating crew, no upsell script. One licensed electrician quotes the job, wires it, tests it, and picks up the phone afterward. The price is agreed before anything comes out of the van — panels, EV chargers, and the breaker that trips every Tuesday.
Flat price up front
You approve the number before work starts. It does not move once I'm inside the wall.
Same electrician, every visit
The person who quotes it is the person who wires it — and the person who answers the follow-up call.
Permits pulled and passed
Panel and service work is filed with the city and walked through inspection. Nothing to explain when you sell.
The four jobs that fill the calendar
Nineteen years, one pair of hands
I trained in commercial service work, went out on my own in 2011, and kept it a one-man shop on purpose. It means I know every job on my calendar and every panel I've touched in this city.
Most of my work is residential — older East Bay houses with knob-and-tube surprises behind the plaster — plus tenant-improvement jobs for small shops along Telegraph and Piedmont Ave.
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Lights out, breaker tripping, burning smell at the panel?
Call it in. Emergencies are answered day or night, and I will tell you on the phone whether it can wait until morning.
Everything I'm licensed to do
Residential work is the bulk of it, with tenant-improvement and service calls for small commercial. Every line below is quoted flat before I start.
Published starting prices
These are the numbers I quote from. Your job gets one flat price in writing before I start — if the wall holds a surprise, we talk before I touch it, not after.
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Diagnostic fee
$145 for the first hour of troubleshooting, credited against the repair if you hire me on the spot.
After hours
Nights, Sundays and holidays carry a $180 call-out on top of the flat quote. I'll say so on the phone.
Warranty
Two years on labor, manufacturer terms on parts. One call and I come back out.
One van, thirty minutes from home
I work a tight radius on purpose — it's how same-day slots and two-hour windows stay honest. If you're just outside the list, call and ask.
Meet Marcus Vance
I apprenticed on commercial service crews in Oakland, took my C-10 in 2007, and went out on my own in 2011. Nineteen years in, the shop is still one electrician, one van, and a calendar I keep myself.
Staying solo is a choice about quality. I don't hand your job to whoever is free, I don't pay a call center to book it, and there is nobody between you and the person who did the work if something needs a second look.
Most of what I touch is pre-1950 East Bay housing stock: cloth wiring, ungrounded circuits, panels with four decades of improvisation in them. I like the work and I leave it labeled.
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Fastest answer is the phone — I pick up between jobs. If it's not urgent, send the details and I'll reply with a flat quote or the two questions I need answered first.
Licensed C-10 #1104872 · Bonded & insured
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I'll reply within the working day. If the power is out or something smells hot, call instead: (510) 555-0182.
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