#1 Electrician in Downers Grove

Downers Grove Electrician is a residential electrical contractor owned and run by two people: Dan Boyce, a supervising electrician who runs the work, and Patrick Murphy, an accountant who runs the business side. We handle panel upgrades, rewiring, EV chargers, generators, and the everyday outlet, switch, and lighting work that keeps a house running. We are licensed, insured, and local to DuPage County.

Downers Grove is a town of about 50,000 people with housing that keeps an electrician honest. The median home here went up in the early 1970s. Roughly 1,900 houses predate 1939, most of them near downtown and the Main Street historic area, and the tract subdivisions added thousands of homes per decade through the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Homes from those eras often have 60-amp or 100-amp services, ungrounded two-prong circuits, aluminum branch wiring, or simply too few outlets for the way people live now.

Every job starts the same way. You send the estimate form, we look at the work, and you get a free written estimate with each item priced on its own line. The number you approve is the number on the invoice. On permitted work we file through the Village's online permit portal, meet the inspector, and close the permit out before we call the job done. See our pricing page for typical ranges and our permits page for how inspections work in Downers Grove.

Residential electrical services in Downers Grove

Why homeowners choose us

A supervising electrician on every job

Dan Boyce co-owns the company and supervises and performs the electrical work himself. The person who scoped your job is the person responsible for it, and the person who meets the Village inspector when it is finished.

Estimates written by an accountant

Patrick Murphy handles scheduling, estimates, and billing. Every quote is itemized in writing before work starts, and the invoice matches the quote. If the scope changes mid-job, you approve the change in writing before anything else happens.

Village permits handled, start to finish

Downers Grove runs electrical permits through an online portal and inspects to the 2020 National Electrical Code with local amendments. We file the permit, schedule the inspection, and hand you the signed-off paperwork. Details on our permits page.

Built for this housing stock

Pre-war houses near Main Street, 1955 ranches in Shady Lane Estates, early-1970s homes in Orchard Brook and Orchard Terrace, teardown rebuilds in Randall Park. Each era has its own electrical habits, and we quote with those in mind instead of guessing on site.

Downers Grove neighborhoods we serve

Common questions

Do you charge for estimates?

No. Every estimate is free, written, and itemized. You send the form, we look at the job, and you get a document that lists each part of the work with its own price. There is no fee to come out and no obligation to book. If you want to compare line by line against another bid, the format makes that easy.

Are you licensed and insured?

Yes. Dan Boyce is a supervising electrician and the company carries insurance for residential electrical work. Downers Grove verifies a contractor's qualifications when it issues each permit, so every permitted job we do in the Village runs through that check as well. If you want the details of how the Village qualifies contractors, our permits page walks through it.

Do I pull the permit or do you?

We do. Downers Grove handles electrical permits through the Village's online portal, and we file as the contractor, schedule the inspection, and close the permit when the inspector signs off. You never touch the paperwork. For houses in nearby unincorporated pockets like Brookeridge, the permit goes through DuPage County instead, and we handle that filing too.

What areas do you serve?

All of Downers Grove, from the pre-war blocks downtown to Brookeridge, Knottingham, and Dunham Crossing on the south end. We also take jobs in the adjacent unincorporated DuPage pockets and next door in Woodridge. If you are close to town but unsure, send the form with your street and we will tell you straight away.

How do I get in touch?

Use the estimate form on this page. Tell us what you want done and anything useful about the house, like its age or panel size if you know it. We reply with follow-up questions or a time to come look at the work, then send the written estimate. The form is the fastest way to reach us and it goes straight to the owners.

My house was built in the 1950s. Is that a problem?

Not a problem, just a known starting point. Homes from that era often have two-prong ungrounded outlets, a 100-amp panel, and fewer circuits than a modern household needs. None of that is an emergency by itself, but it shapes how we quote new work. Start with outlets and switches or panel upgrades to see what typically comes up.