Electrician in Windsor Square, California

Windsor Square is large 1910s and 1920s homes on deep lots, generally with original wiring and undersized services. Careful whole home rewiring behind existing finishes is the specialty here.

Windsor Square was launched in 1911 by developer Robert A. Rowan and was the first neighborhood in Los Angeles to put its power lines underground, which is why its streets have no overhead wires. The homes are large Tudor Revival, Italian Renaissance, Dutch Colonial and Craftsman houses on wide, deep lots between Beverly and Wilshire. Getty House, the official residence of the mayor, is on Irving Boulevard. Most homes have long driveways to rear garages, and many have pool houses or guest units.

Because power has always arrived underground, the service entrance on older Windsor Square homes can be unusual, with original underground laterals and meter locations that do not match newer standards. Inside, we often find knob and tube, early cloth cable and panels added to over a century. Owners call before major renovations, when insurance carriers ask about the wiring, and when they want EV chargers, pool equipment or central air that the old service cannot support.

What Windsor Square properties usually need