Godwin Electric

This guy has moved to San Diego

He was on time and did a perfect job. I’ll definitely be using John for all of my future electrical needs.

John has been doing electrical work for me for years now so this review is long overdue. He has done everything from rewire my entire house, new construction wiring, to fixing electrical and hooking up lifts at my business. Without a doubt he knows what he is doing no matter what the job is. Just recently we moved to a new location and when the company that moved my lifts installed them at the new site, they tried hooking up the electrical, which they weren’t supposed to do, and ended up damaging part of the lift. When John came out he saw exactly what they had done wrong and was able to get my lift motor working right again, but unfortunately they had fried the circuit board so the down function wasn’t working. Needless to say if he would have hooked it up from the start I wouldn’t have had any problems. So my advice, call John and let him do what he knows how to do, so its done right he first time.

John remodeled our house a couple of years ago. it needed a bunch of electrical stuff done (last owner was a do-​it-​yourselfer). John was up to the task. I was used to dealing with so many contractors who showed up late or not at all, overcharged, did poor quality work, had no suggestions whatsover. John was truly awesome and the house looks and functions great. Electrical passed inspection the first time! We are doing phase 2 this summer and John will be our go-​to guy again (if he’s up to it!) Truly recommend.

If you need ANY electrical work done at your residence in the South Bay Area, look no further than Godwin Electric. They not only completed the work in short time, but also provided several solutions to fit my budget! Godwin was reasonably priced and all the work was done in a prompt, professional manner.
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I have spent a lot of time on Unilocal and Angie’s list researching, interviewing and evaluating electrical contractors, so please believe me — John is outstanding and his pricing is very competitive. He is prompt, communicates by phone and email within 24 hours (sometimes immediately), and is extremely easy to work with.
On his own, he did a huge amount of leg work researching can and trim pricing at different stores and provided me with all options over email. When we ran into a little surprise during the job, he went to the store got the supplies and took care of it on the spot so we could have lighting the same day.
We have a long way to go with John. I hate all the original electrical in our builder’s special townhouse, but there is no doubt in my mind who we will be calling, and I already recommended him to my mom.

Excellent service.
called and they gave me an appointment for the very next morning. Came promptly at scheduled time. First thing they asked me were, «shoes on or off?»
Very professional, courteous, and terrific job. I had two things to take care of. They went to Home Depot, purchased the equipment, installed and gave a good reasonable estimate. Absolutely recommended!

Don’t waste your time with anyone else! I was able to schedule a same day appointment with John. He was prompt, polite, and very helpful. He explained what he was doing while he was working, and even managed to squeeze in a service call when he originally came by just to give me an estimate. He listened to exactly what I needed, then explained what he could do, so I didn’t pay for any unnecessary work. I am extremely happy with John’s work; He’ll be the first guy I call in the future.

John Godwin is the man! I had him come out to estimate putting up can lights in the house ($ 80) per air tight can, switching out all outlets to Decora ($ 8 per) and GFIC ($ 18 per) and here’s the kicker, 200 Amp Panel Bottom Feed (more difficult than top feed) for $ 1875 and these included permit and materials. I called several others in Unilocal (Redline-​High, AAA-​High) and Anchor (full of himself and high.) John is a really nice guy and knows who he is working for (the client,) he’s experienced with 15+ years in the trade, does everything to code and takes no shortcuts. He’s also efficient, when he says it’s going to take 4 days, he’s right on time and will bring in help when he feels it’s necessary. He does most of the work and is not some hands off manager, he doesn’t team up with beginners and is not using your home as a training ground. Call him for all your electrical needs, you won’t be sorry.

I needed to upgrade my electrical subpanel from 100Amp to 200Amp and rewire all the doubled-​up circuits to their independent circuit breaker, and turned to Unilocal for a recommendation. After reading Ellin’s review, I called John (Godwin) up and he said he could meet me at lunchtime on the day itself and look at the problem and perhaps save me some money by not fixing anything that wasn’t broken. I liked John’s philosophy and was glad that I picked up the phone to call him!
It turned out that I had to do the upgrade after all, but I wanted to do it right with City Permits, esp if I was going to spend $ 2k-​ish for the job!
John offered me a full service package that saved me so much time and trouble! These days, peace of mind is especially important to a busy homeowner who has other things to deal with! I’ve encountered unlicensed contractors who refuse to sign waiver of liabilities in case they get hurt on your property, so it was important that you find a good licensed, bonded and insured contractor for a major job.
John started work the very next day (despite the frosty weather), applied to the city for permits, showed up ontime, changed the panel, redid the line to my dryer that was the wrong gauge, rewired all the doubled-​up circuit (so I can run my dryer with my heater at the same time), threw in extra circuit breakers for future expansion, EVEN fixed back the siding (esp *impt* since some electricians don’t consider this part of the job!!!), and met with the inspector and da-​da …(drum roll …) I have my permits and the job is completed by next Monday.
John left everything neatly, had excellent work ethics: communicated clearly and always showed up ontime. I’d give him extra thumbs up but I only have 2 hands.
Highly recommended, Unilocalers! Don’t overlook what John can do for you!

When my husband and I bought a house this summer, we had a bunch of electrical work to do; upgrading the main panel, installing dimmable can lights, exterior lights, etc. I got almost half a dozen estimates before we went with John. He was very affordable, and even better, he made suggestions as to how we could get the effect we wanted for less money. Lots of places will try to upsell you on everything, but John got our budget concerns and worked with us. He is transparent and honest, and he was always punctual and very easy to get in touch with. He handled all the dealings with the city for the permit and inspection at no extra charge (despite the amount of time spent waiting in line). Most importantly, his work turned out beautifully. I would not hesitate to recommend him.