from: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Belmont_MA/message/3954
Fri Mar 23, 2007
Re: [Belmont_MA] Master Electrician

Howard Oven, Belmont resident and Master Electrician (and someone we met through Belmont's Boy Scout Troop 304 when both our sons were in it) did excellent electrical work on our home.

Small projects (replacing exterior lights, interior lights, repairing old equipment) were handled quickly and efficiently.

Large project: we had Mr. Oven redo our electrical panel in the basement which needed to be upgraded from fuses to circuit breakers (50 year old house--had never been properly updated). He did an excellent job on that with minimal 'power off' time during the 2 days of installation. We haven't had a problem since.

Also, he gave us very good advice on products and strategies for future projects including a major bath renovation we had already booked with another local firm.

Cost? Not the highest and not the lowest. His prices seem very fair to me, and the cost of doing the new electrical panel was a little bit less than what our Bathroom Renovation contractor said he would have had to charge us if they did it.

See his website www.hoelectric.com for what other people have had to say (& note that he's the guy who fixed (and donated) the lighting for the flagpole by the BHS playing fields).

I recommend him and his work wholeheartedly!

Marsha (longtime resident but new member to Town of Belmont Yahoo group--also thinking about adding my gripe about Winters Plumbing, but the chorus seems loud enough already.)