Advantage Electric
Traversefield, Traverse City, MI

Advantage Electric Reviews

3.9 stars based on 7 reviews

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  J Mueller

  1.0

  I wouldn’t recommend using Advantage Electric. I’ve hired them over the past 8yrs to do numerous projects — from $30k in electrical car outlets in commercial buildings, to residential expansions, to rewiring older lakeside home service. Chris is one of the best electricians in the company and Matt has done a good job with oversight. However, they have grown too big — to the point where you find managers like Shannon saying they are, “only one person, I can’t oversee all of the projects” assigned under him. If you choose Advantage, good luck getting assigned a team that has the proper communication and oversight needed -- maybe you'll get a solid team, maybe you'll get a rogue team that mirrors the example of their management -- that they just don't care and aren't proud of the quality of their work. During our project, we ran into a lot of issues. From leaving hot wires exposed for days while children are running around (both indoors and outdoors), to not pre-planning their trenching routes and tearing up our entire property unnecessarily, to mixing up east and west and placing electrical boxes on the wrong side of buildings, only to move them and leave holes in the side of the residence, to leaving junk (conduit, rocks, roots) scattered across the property, to scratching our kitchen flooring when moving the electric range, to not being transparent on change order pricing (they charged me $2k to trench across a gravel driveway and place PVC for consumer when other companies charged $500). To no final call from the manager when the project was done -- something the lead electrician said would happen. We even had other trades picking up after Advantage, because they were so frustrated with the lack of care and cleanliness at the end of each work day. I’ve tried twice to talk to the company about the lack of oversight on their jobs. Their response? “Talk to the owner about your dissatisfaction. I can only say sorry so many times" -- "Goodbye J, click (phone)." Why wouldn't a manager care about improving the quality of his team's work? How does this type of oversight impact the culture of the company internally? It can't be good. Advantage no longer cares about the quality of their work. They don’t care about training their managers. They don’t care about oversight and follow through. If you use them, you're taking an unnecessary risk. Maybe you'll get a good team with a good manager. Or maybe you'll get a rogue team. This type of risk isn't worth taking on your projects. Hire another local electrical firm, not Advantage Electric. They’ve lost their way, and it’s evident in their culture and management.

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  Nana Rena Traverse

  1.0

  what? our business burned to the ground. we asked for a bid from 4 electrical contractors . our bids for wiring for a new sprinkler system were from 5k to 10k . they bid 31k. we understand someone having a higher bid, but 3 to 5 times higher! this is a joke! trying to take advantage of us! i would never do business again with this company!

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  Doug Dornbos

  5.0

  Thank you for coming out on short notice today and checking out our electrical issue, getting us back to cool and peace of mind!! This is not my first experience with Advantage Electric and I would definitely reccomend them hands down over and over!!!

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