Electrician in Fairfax District, California

The Fairfax District is dense prewar duplexes and small apartment buildings with a busy commercial strip. Building wide service upgrades and tenant improvement work both come up regularly.

East of Fairfax Avenue and north of Beverly, most of the streets are lined with 1920s apartment buildings and Spanish revival duplexes, many of them two story buildings with a unit on each floor. The commercial side is just as old in places: the Original Farmers Market dates to the 1930s, CBS Television City opened in 1952, and Fairfax Avenue carries delis, bakeries and shops that have occupied the same storefronts for decades. The Grove added a large retail center in 2002.

In the duplexes, each unit often has a small service with a fuse or early breaker panel, and kitchens and baths have been remodeled without the wiring being touched. Small apartment buildings frequently have aging meter banks and laundry rooms on circuits that are already full. Owners and managers call when tenants want AC, when a renovation calls for more capacity, and when the restaurants and shops along Fairfax and Melrose need their service upgraded for new equipment.

What Fairfax District properties usually need