Right Now Home Services

I contacted Right Now Home Services via their advertisement on Craigslist. I asked the owner of the company when he answered the phone what the charges would be for an electrician to come out to troubleshoot an outage. He quoted me that I could expect to pay $ 98 hr. That is all that he said. That rate fell right in line with rates from other companies and since he said he could have someone come right out, I made an appointment for that day. An electrician showed up within an hour and did an hours work with great skill and good customer service. However, when he handed me the bill he mistakenly added at least a $ 135 mark up for a service call that the owner did not disclose. When I told him that I was willing to pay the labor and parts only, he took the bill from me– never giving me a copy. He informed me that there was an $ 135 fee to cover «travel time». I did not agree to this charge as it was not disclosed by the owner when I agreed for service. This electrician did not work for the company directly. I have never had an electrician show up before and then add on such a huge and undisclosed fee. I would NOT have hired an electrician from this company had he originally disclosed this fee as none of the other electricians that i have worked with in the past or spoken with on the phone had such an outrageous and, most importantly, undisclosed fee. Such a charge and practice is highly unethical and seems criminal.

I don’t get it. Several 5-​star ratings rave about their work. The man was here for 20 minutes, charged me a lot, replaced one box, and 15 minutes after he was gone the same problem — the one i called them about — reoccurrred. I called him, and he instructed me on how to trouble shoot the problem, basically to do what I thought we called him to do. We will not call then again, nor do we recommend them.

STAY AWAY! Save yourself the hassle. Find ANYONE else to help with your projects.

I’ve worked with several contractors, and Right Now Home Services is by far the worst and least professional to date.
They returned my call about sheet rock repair, and after describing the situation to the representative on the phone, he went into an unprofessional, odd game show mode by asking «And how much were you expecting to pay for it?»
I told him I was looking for an estimate, and mocked me for wanting to get a bid on such a small job, and said it wouldn’t be worth his time to come out and give an estimate. He then continued in the game show mode asking: «Would you be willing to pay $ 200?»
What the hell, man.

Right Now Home Services has just become my go to company for home repairs — they will be getting all of our business at our new old home. My boyfriend and I have been in the process of purchasing a beautiful 1927 home in North Portland and found out that our electrical panel had to be replaced before we could close (in 2 days). I called multiple companies requesting this service to be performed within the next 24 hours and everyone we contacted was about a week out on appointments.
Not these guys though, the minute I called they listened to my situation and assured me that they would get the job done tomorrow no matter what — and sure enough they did. The job was harder than usual and took many hours, not to mention they had to pull out a sink and cabinet set — removing it and caping the plumbing so that the panel would meet code standards. The kind gentalman worked until after 7pm, ensuring that the job was complete and that we would be able to close on our house the next day.
The owner and the electrician both went out of their way to meet all of my needs and the changing needs of my lender. They accomodated every rediculous request that came there way, things like two invoices/​two checks, paying through escrow, writing a very specific letter at the completion of the job etc.
I was very impressed with their willingness to accomodate any need we had — including dealing with multiple phone calls from my boyfriend, our realator, the listing relator and myself. The handled all of our communications wonderfully, assuring us the job would be done and we would be able to close on our home on time.
The work was done with absolute quality and they did a very nice job cleaning up the house before leaving. The prices were very fair and they exceeded all of our expectations!
I will continue to use this company for all of our home repair needs — next on the list of issues to address is plumbing! They are truely a customer satisfaction oriented company!

My disabled Mother’s dryer wasn’t working, and initially called to have that repaired, but the dryer service technician said the problem was the circuit breaker, so I called for an electrician in the Beaverton area (Right Now Home Services or Right Now Electric: phone: 503−662−1096 & 503−662−1098). I think this guy has had multiple websites around Oregon, but one is
They said on the phone the service call was $ 125, plus an hourly rate of around $ 89…plus parts. The service tech came, was on his cell phone most of the time he was working, and replaced the 30 amp breaker that was the problem in less than15 minutes.
I was shocked when he presented a bill for over $ 400! He charged $ 89 for a full hour, charged the $ 125 service call, along with $ 79.50 for something called «permit» that was never mentioned to us when we first called (and I doubt he ever obtained), and charged $ 95 for a simple house breaker, along with a 4% charge on top of everything for using a credit card!
Although he did fix the problem, I wouldn’t recommend them due to the high pricing, and the dishonest practice of lowballing the estimated repair costs knowing full well the actual charges would be MUCH HIGHER!
Find yourself a more honest electrician!