A 1,500 sqft, 3-bed / 2-bath Oakland home. Whole-home rewire plus new subpanel. Main panel quoted separately. 2 to 3 weeks on site.
This page documents one real whole-home rewire we did in Oakland. The home was 1,500 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. The price the client paid was $22,000 all-in for a full whole-home rewire plus a new subpanel.
The main service panel itself was not part of that number. We quote rewires and main-panel upgrades as independent scopes — they sometimes happen on the same project and sometimes not.
On-site duration was 2 to 3 weeks of active work. The single biggest cost variable on a rewire is whether the family stays in the home during the work — vacant runs cheaper and faster than occupied.
What was in the $22,000
What was NOT in the $22K
$22,000 covered the full whole-home rewire plus a new subpanel for a 1,500 sqft, 3-bed / 2-bath home in Oakland. The main service panel was a separate scope — rewires and main-panel upgrades are quoted independently.
2 to 3 weeks of active on-site work.
A whole-home rewire and a main-panel upgrade are two independent jobs. They can land on the same project and they can land separately. We quote them as separate line items so the scope is honest — you see exactly what each one costs.
It is cheaper and faster when the family is out for the 2-3 weeks of work. Vacant runs straight through. Occupied means we sequence rooms so power stays live in the parts of the house being used — workable, but slower and more expensive. We will tell you straight on the walkthrough which route adds days and dollars to your job.
Not included. A whole-home rewire requires opening walls and ceilings. We make those openings deliberately, but the drywall patch and paint is a separate trade. Most clients line up a drywall + paint contractor for the week after we finish.
Yes. East Bay Electrical work in Oakland is performed by S O T Electric, Inc., holder of California Contractor's License C-10 #1062166 — verifiable on the CSLB website. Salvador Ordoñez is the lead electrician.
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