About Woodridge Electrician
Started by Dan Boyce (Supervising Electrician) and Patrick Murphy (Accountant). That pairing is the whole idea behind the company: one owner responsible for the wiring, one owner responsible for the paperwork, and nobody in between whose job is to sell you something.
Dan supervises and performs the electrical work. He scopes each job during the walkthrough, does the installation, and handles the village inspections himself, which means the person answering the inspector's questions is the person who made every connection. Nothing gets buried in a wall that he would not want opened up in front of the Village of Woodridge.
Patrick runs the business side: scheduling, estimates, and billing. Every estimate goes out written and itemized, labor and materials and permit listed separately, and every invoice is built from that same estimate. If the scope changes once a wall is open, the revised number reaches you in writing before the extra work starts. An accountant's habits applied to a trade where billing is often the worst part of the experience.
A two-person, owner-run shop changes the math on your side too. The man who quoted your panel swap is the man installing the panel, so the quote reflects what the work actually takes rather than what a sales target requires. Questions get answered by an owner. Problems, on the rare occasion they happen, get fixed by an owner.
We committed to Woodridge specifically because its housing tells one coherent story: a boom town that went from 542 people in 1960 to nearly 22,000 by 1980, which means a deep bench of 1960s and 70s homes with aging panels and aluminum-era wiring, a wide band of 80s and 90s subdivisions, and newer stock like Timbers Edge that wants EV and smart-home circuits. Learning one town's housing, one village's permit counter, and one set of local amendments makes us faster and more accurate than a crew that works a different suburb every day.
Common questions
Who actually shows up at my house?
Dan Boyce, the supervising electrician and co-owner, runs the field work. The walkthrough, the installation, and the inspection visit are all his. Patrick Murphy, the other owner, handles your scheduling and sends the estimate and invoice. With two owners and no layers, you always know who is accountable.
Why does an electrical company talk so much about billing?
Because unclear billing is the most common complaint about contractors in any trade. Patrick is an accountant, and he writes every estimate and invoice to the same standard: itemized, in plain language, with the invoice matching the estimate. If a line changes, you approve it in writing first. That is the half of the company he exists to run.
Do you only work in Woodridge?
Woodridge is the focus, including the Will and Cook county corners of the village, and we go right up to the border streets. For the town next door we run a separate operation under the Downers Grove name. Keeping each book of work local is how one two-person shop stays responsive.