Electrician in Carrollwood, FL

Carrollwood started in 1959 as a subdivision beside Lake Carroll, and it kept growing outward for the next four decades. Most mailing addresses here say “Tampa,” but the community is unincorporated Hillsborough County. From our shop in Seminole it’s about 23 miles, so we book Carrollwood work as scheduled projects.

Keywest Lights & Electric is licensed statewide (EC13014717), woman-owned and family-run, and has been doing electrical work since 2010. In Carrollwood, our work is the bigger, planned kind: replacing aging panels, upgrading service, wiring EV chargers and installing SPAN smart panels.

Call (727) 476-7079 or request a site visit. Office 7 AM–5 PM, weekend appointments available.

Three generations of houses

Carrollwood has about 36,700 residents, and its median home was built in 1984 (Census ACS 2020–2024). That median sits in the middle of three distinct eras:

  • Original Carrollwood, the 1960s ranch homes around Lake Carroll. Some still have small services and panels that have been replaced once, or never.
  • Carrollwood Village, whose first families arrived in the early 1970s, with golf-course and lake streets built out through the ’80s. Typically 150- to 200-amp service and an attached garage.
  • Newer streets toward Northdale, plus townhomes and infill, with modern panels that fill up after a remodel.

Original panels from the first two eras are now 40 to 60 years old. That’s when 4-point inspectors start writing them up, and when Federal Pacific or Zinsco equipment turns up and an insurer wants it replaced.

What Carrollwood homeowners ask us for

Lake and pool houses

Lake Carroll and the smaller lakes and ponds around the Village are a big part of why people live here. They also add load: dock lights, boat lifts, pool pumps and heaters, spas. When an original panel has been added onto for decades, we look at the whole picture, including corrosion on outdoor equipment near the water, before recommending a new panel or a bigger service.

The county, not the city

Because Carrollwood is unincorporated, electrical permits come from Hillsborough County Development Services through HillsGovHub, not from the City of Tampa. TECO supplies the power, and we coordinate any meter pull, disconnect and reconnect with them. Carrollwood Village and many subdivisions have architectural review. A panel swap in the garage rarely needs it, but exterior equipment might, and we’ll provide specs and a photo of the planned location.

Why it’s scheduled

We cross the bay on the Courtney Campbell or the Veterans Expressway to reach you, so we set the site visit and install day ahead of time and don’t promise response times from Pinellas. We don’t offer emergency service in Carrollwood. Our emergency service is for Pinellas homes near Seminole, and for an urgent repair here, a Carrollwood-area electrician will get to you sooner.

Every job comes with our 3-year workmanship warranty, extended to 5 years for Member Care Plan members, along with 7% off all labor. Financing available through Acorn Finance, subject to credit approval. Check your options without affecting your credit score.

Nearby areas

Town ‘n’ Country · Westchase · Tampa · All service areas

Carrollwood FAQ

My address says Tampa. Who issues the permit? If the property is in Carrollwood, it’s unincorporated Hillsborough County, so the permit is filed through HillsGovHub. We confirm from the parcel before filing.

Our 1970s home has a Federal Pacific panel. Should we replace it? We recommend it. FPE panels have a long history of breaker concerns, and insurers often flag them.

Is Carrollwood served by TECO? Yes. We coordinate any service work with Tampa Electric.

How soon can you start? After a site visit and an itemized quote, we schedule the install day and the permit together. We don’t take same-week repair calls this far from Seminole.

Planning work on a Carrollwood home? Call (727) 476-7079.