Serving Milford & Worcester County
Electrician in Milford, MA
Milford has some of the oldest housing in the region, and older homes need an electrician who knows what's behind the plaster. Simolari Electric provides residential and commercial electrical service throughout Milford, from downtown Main Street to the newer builds off Route 16.
Electrical Work Built for Milford's Older Homes
Milford is a different job from the towns around it. Roughly a quarter of Milford's housing was built before 1940, and the median home dates to about 1969. That's a town full of properties wired before anyone anticipated a microwave, a dishwasher, two televisions, and a home office running at once.
The town's history explains it. Milford grew around its pink granite quarries and the Draper works, and much of the dense housing near Main Street and the mill district went up during that boom. Those homes are solid, but their electrical systems have often been extended piecemeal for a century: an added circuit here, a spliced junction there, a subpanel someone installed without a permit.
We deal with that honestly. We'll tell you what actually needs replacing, what's fine to leave, and what's a genuine safety issue that shouldn't wait.
You can see recent projects from across the area in our portfolio.
Services
Electrical Services for Milford Properties
We provide full residential electrical services and commercial electrical services in Milford, plus 24/7 emergency service when you need it.
Rewiring for Older Homes
Knob-and-tube replacement, cloth-wrapped wiring, ungrounded circuits, and undersized services in Milford's pre-1940 housing stock.
Electrical Panel Upgrades
Fuse box replacements and 60 or 100-amp services upgraded to modern 200-amp panels with proper grounding.
Repairs & Code Corrections
Correcting unpermitted past work, overloaded circuits, improper junctions, and missing GFCI or AFCI protection.
Commercial & Retail Wiring
Main Street storefronts, restaurants, and office space. Tenant buildouts, lighting retrofits, and circuit additions.
Interior & Exterior Lighting
Modern lighting in older rooms, including recessed installs in plaster ceilings without tearing up the house.
24/7 Emergency Service
Milford is a short drive from our Franklin base. Power loss, burning smells, dead circuits, storm damage.
Common Electrical Work in Milford
Whole-home rewiring, in stages.
Full rewires are expensive and disruptive, and most Milford homeowners don't need everything done at once. We routinely phase the work: service and panel first, then the highest-risk circuits, then the rest as budget allows. You get the safety benefit early instead of waiting.
Insurance and closing requirements.
Older Milford homes regularly get flagged during a sale or an insurance review, usually for knob-and-tube, a fuse panel, or an obsolete breaker brand. We do this work often and document it properly so the certificate and inspection sign-off actually satisfy the underwriter or the buyer's inspector.
Multi-family and rental properties.
Milford has significant two- and three-family housing, roughly 38 percent of units are renter-occupied. Separate metering, dedicated circuits per unit, hardwired interconnected smoke and CO detection, and common-area lighting all come up constantly.
Commercial work downtown.
Main Street's small business corridor runs in older buildings with limited service capacity. Restaurants adding equipment, retailers converting space, and offices adding workstations usually need capacity added before anything else.
Serving All of Milford
Downtown Milford and Main Street, the Draper Memorial Park area, Hopedale Street, Purchase Street, Congress Street, the Route 16 and Route 109 corridors, the neighborhoods near Milford Regional Medical Center, South Milford, and the developments off I-495. All of ZIP 01757.
We also serve nearby Bellingham, Medway, Franklin, Hopedale, Mendon, Upton, and Holliston.
Why Milford Chooses Simolari Electric
- Licensed and fully insured in Massachusetts
- Owner Alex Simolari on site for every project
- Free, written estimates before any work starts
- Permits pulled and inspections scheduled for you
- Local to the Milford area, with fast response
What Customers Say
Alex was fantastic to work with. Very knowledgeable and professional.
Alex and Ben were fantastic in getting my issues resolved. I would recommend them to anyone in a heartbeat!
Highly recommend Alex! They were on-time and very knowledgeable about the issue we had.
Milford Electrical Questions
My Milford home still has knob-and-tube wiring. Does it all have to go?
Not necessarily all at once. Knob-and-tube isn't automatically illegal, but it's ungrounded, it fails when insulation is packed around it, and most insurers now refuse to write policies on it. We'll inspect what you actually have, show you where it's live, and give you a phased plan with priorities rather than one intimidating number.
Can you upgrade a fuse box to a breaker panel?
Yes, and in most older Milford homes it's the single highest-value electrical upgrade available. It typically includes a new service entrance, meter socket, panel, and grounding electrode system, and it requires a permit and inspection. We handle the utility coordination and the town sign-off.
Do you work on Milford commercial properties?
Yes. Office and retail wiring, lighting design and retrofit, data and network cabling, generator installation, emergency and exit lighting, industrial equipment wiring, panel upgrades, and preventive maintenance programs. We schedule around your hours to keep downtime minimal.
Is Milford within your normal service area?
Yes. Milford is one of our core towns, roughly fifteen minutes from our Franklin base. Same-day and emergency service are both available.
Milford's Electrical Experts
Call (508) 918-4525 or email simolarielectric@gmail.com for a free estimate. Whether it's a century-old home or a Main Street storefront, we deliver safe, code-compliant results.