Electrician in Highland Park, California

Highland Park is one of the densest concentrations of pre 1930 Craftsman housing in Los Angeles, and knob and tube wiring is still common in homes that have never been fully rewired. Renovation here almost always means a full or partial rewire plus a service upgrade.

The neighborhood was subdivided in the 1880s and annexed to Los Angeles in 1895, and much of what stands today went up in the decades right after, when the Arroyo Seco drew Arts and Crafts builders. Besides the bungalows, you will find Victorians on the hills around Garvanza and small courtyard and fourplex buildings tucked between houses. Wood framing that old has been drilled, notched and spliced by a century of owners, so tracing every circuit before quoting a rewire matters more here than almost anywhere else in the city.

Most of our Highland Park calls come from new owners who just closed and got an inspection report listing ungrounded outlets, a fused service or an overloaded panel. The next biggest group is landlords with rear units or a converted garage who want each unit on its own meter. Flippers and remodelers call too, usually once the walls are open. Along York Boulevard and Figueroa Street, older storefronts with apartments above need service work before a new tenant can open.

What Highland Park properties usually need