Description Of Rates and Policies

Time and Material:

Most of our service work is based on a Time and Material billing system. Time and Material billing is broken down into two parts.  The total time consists of the total time devoted to your Work. This includes the time to perform the requested work, the time to get material if required, and travel time. The material portion consists of the total cost of the material used on your Job.  Each item will be itemized on your invoice.   One hour or less Service Calls are billed at a fixed flat rate.  Any Service Call that exceeds one hour is billed at our present hourly rate.  The rates are as follows: 

Time and Material Rates:

1 Hour Service Call: $125.00                                                                  1 Electrician:  $68.50/ hour
1 Electrician + Helper:  $86 / hour
Cost of material used.
Cost of any machinery or equipment used.                                      Applicable Sales Tax.

Emergency Rates are imposed for any work that is deemed an emergency by the customer making the call to us.  Emergency rates are automatically imposed for any calls made to us after hours, which translates to any time after 5pm Monday through Friday,  weekends and Federally Recognized holidays. These Rates are also imposed if the work must be completed on a day that has already been scheduled for other work not pertaining to your emergency.   Emergency Rates are as follows:

1 Electrician = $125/ hour.
1 Electrician + Helper = $150 / hour
Cost of material used.
Cost of any machinery or equipment used.                                     Applicable Sales Tax.    

These rates are to be used for budgeting only and are subject to change without notice.

Your job cost will be effected by: Code requirements, construction type, accessibility, location, working conditions, type or brand of equipment, and weather.

Quoted Work:

Quoted work will be submitted to you upon request. Larger projects that require an estimate or quote will be made available to you within three business days and are good for 15 days. Quotes are required to be signed by the customer and returned to us in order for the requested work to commence. Larger projects may require a down payment to commit to the project and begin work. This will be determined on a case by case basis.

Payment Terms:

All invoices will be submitted to the customer via mail, fax or email and are due upon receipt unless otherwise agreed upon. Each invoice includes a self addressed stamped envelope for your convenience.  Payments not received after 10 days of invoicing will be imposed a 2% late fee. If you cannot pay your bill on time, please be courteous and let us know, we will work with you. Courteous customers will never have to pay late fees. We are now accepting credit cards.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to give us a call.  We’re here for when you need us, we go beyond your typical Contractor, we’re Versatile.   Please return to our website for news, promotions and tidbits.

Consumers Beware:

If you are gathering multiple estimates, please be aware of unscrupulous Contractors who are not legitimately in Business, not Licensed and Insured, and use some sub par materials from big box stores such as Home Depot and Lowes.  Electrical Licensing is not required in NYS and is rather governed by individual Municipalities. Be aware if your Municipality requires Licensing of Electricians.  We cannot, and will not compete for work with fly by night Contractors.  You usually get what you pay for.  Rest assured that when you do business with Versatile Electric, you’re getting the Service you deserve by a responsible, legitimate, and Licensed Contractor.