JM Electrical Solutions

Company Facts

JM Electrical Solutions at a Glance

By the numbers

Google rating

4.9out of 5

Customer reviews

99on Google

Rating and review count pulled from Google on September 30, 2026.

What We Like

• 4.9 rating from 99 Google reviews as of September 28, 2026, a substantial sample for a contractor this size
• Handles both residential and commercial work, from minor wiring repairs to smart home automation
• Based on Dorchester Avenue, close to the older triple-decker and rowhouse stock it serves
• Describes a consultation step where scope and options are explained before work is committed to

Things to Consider

• Google hours (8 AM to 4 PM weekdays) differ from the website's stated hours (9 AM to 5 PM, Saturday by appointment), so confirm before booking
• No 24-hour emergency or after-hours service is advertised by either source
• Licence number, insurance details and pricing are not published, so ask on the first call

Google rating

4.9

Based on 99 Google reviews

Review data updated September 30, 2026

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Rating Distribution

• 5 stars97%
• 3 stars2%
• 1 star1%

Dorchester Avenue runs through some of the densest housing stock in the city, and an electrician based on it spends a good part of the week inside buildings that were wired for a very different set of demands. Triple-deckers, two-families carved into three units, brick rowhouses in South Boston and the stretches of Savin Hill and Fields Corner where the panels have been added to rather than replaced. JM Electrical Solutions works this territory for both residential and commercial customers, and the site's own framing puts the range broadly: small wiring fixes at one end, whole smart home automation systems at the other.

What that means in practice for most homeowners is panel and service work, circuit additions, lighting, outlets, fixture swaps and the assorted problems that show up when old wiring meets modern load. A kitchen renovation in a hundred-year-old Dorchester two-family almost always turns into a conversation about whether the existing service can carry the induction range, the dishwasher and the microwave without nuisance tripping. Add an EV charger to that and the answer is frequently no. Older properties around here still turn up cloth-sheathed branch wiring, ungrounded two-prong receptacles, and the occasional surviving run of knob and tube in a ceiling cavity, all of which change the shape and the price of a job once someone opens the wall.

The consultation approach the company describes, walking through options and scope before committing, matters more than it sounds in this kind of housing. A rewire in an occupied triple-decker can be done comprehensively or in stages, and the difference in cost is large. Being told there is a choice, and what each version leaves you with, is the useful part.

Massachusetts is strict on electrical licensing and on permitting, and that is worth understanding before you hire anyone. Work in Boston generally requires a permit pulled with the city's Inspectional Services Department and an inspection afterwards, and the state adopts its own amendments to the National Electrical Code. Ask directly who pulls the permit, whose licence number goes on it, and who is on site doing the work. Ask whether the electrician carries liability insurance and what its limit is. None of that is stated in the brief for JM Electrical Solutions, so confirm it yourself rather than assuming, as you would with any contractor.

The Google Business Profile showed a 4.9 rating across 99 reviews as of September 28, 2026. Ninety-nine is a meaningful sample. It is the kind of number that accumulates over years of ordinary residential jobs rather than a handful of large contracts, and a 4.9 average across that many suggests the everyday stuff, showing up, cleaning up, explaining the bill, is handled consistently.

The hours are the one thing to sort out up front. Google lists Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM, closed Saturday and Sunday. The company website lists 9 AM to 5 PM weekdays with Saturday by appointment. Those are different enough to matter if you are planning around a contractor's arrival. Neither source advertises 24-hour emergency response, which is fair enough for a smaller outfit, but it does mean that if your power goes out at eleven on a Saturday night you should have a different number saved. For a dead circuit, a failing panel, a renovation rough-in or an EV charger install booked a week out, the standard weekday model is fine.

Compared with the larger Boston electrical firms that run dispatch centres and fleets of vans, a smaller contractor tends to give you more continuity, the same person across multiple visits, and often a keener price on mid-sized residential work. The trade-off is scheduling flexibility. Big outfits can slot you in tomorrow. A busy small contractor may be booked into next week, and during a hot spell when everyone is upgrading service for air conditioning, longer than that.

Good fit: homeowners and small commercial tenants in Dorchester, South Boston and the surrounding neighbourhoods who want planned work done properly and are willing to book ahead. Less good fit: anyone needing overnight emergency cover, or a large multi-unit developer wanting a crew on site for months. Get the scope in writing, confirm permit responsibility, and ask what happens to the estimate if the walls reveal something unexpected. In this housing stock, they often do.

About This Business Profile

Last reviewed

September 2026

Profile last updated

September 30, 2026

Google review data updated

September 30, 2026

Sources checked

Google Business Profile, Company website

Sponsorship status

No commercial relationship