East Lake-Orient Park is an unincorporated area just east of Tampa around I-4 and Orient Road, with established neighborhoods mixed among commercial and industrial corridors. It’s about 27 miles from our Seminole shop. (It’s a different place from East Lake in north Pinellas.)
Book a visit in East Lake-Orient Park
Tell us what you need and where you are. A licensed electrician will call or text you back to set a time. For an emergency, call (727) 476-7079, 24/7.
Keywest Lights & Electric (license EC13014717) has been family-run and woman-owned since 2010, operating out of 6248 Seminole Blvd, Seminole FL 33772.
Request service online or call (727) 476-7079, 7 AM–5 PM, with weekend appointments available.
Older homes and many renters
About 29,200 people live in East Lake-Orient Park on 15.8 square miles of land (Census ACS 2020–2024; 2024 Census Gazetteer). The median home was built in 1983, about 44% of homes predate 1980, and only about half are owner-occupied. About 11% are mobile or manufactured homes. The result is a lot of aging service equipment and work driven by rentals and insurance inspections.
East Lake-Orient Park at a glance (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates):
- People: about 29,213
- Median construction year: 1983
- Pre-1980 housing: 44.1%
- Housing added since 2010: 8.0%
- Owner-occupancy: 51.4%
- Share of detached homes: 45.0%
Older homes and rentals
About 45% of homes in East Lake-Orient Park are single-family detached, about 11% are mobile or manufactured, and about 44% were built before 1980 (ACS 2020–2024). About 96% heat with electricity. Panels flagged by insurers and older circuits are the main issues.
East Lake-Orient Park’s aging wiring
Roughly 44.1% of the housing in East Lake-Orient Park predates 1980. In homes that age, we check four things first: the panel’s brand and condition, how the service is grounded, whether outlets near water have GFCI protection, and whether earlier owners extended circuits in ways the original wiring wasn’t meant for. A short inspection usually tells us whether you need a repair, a panel replacement or simply a few updated devices. You get the findings in writing before any work begins.
Manufactured homes near Orient Road
With roughly 10.8% of homes in East Lake-Orient Park being manufactured housing, we see plenty of outdoor service pedestals that are rusted, cracked or undersized. Replacing one is permitted work and usually involves coordinating with the utility. We handle the permit and the coordination and leave the feeder and panel inside the home properly protected.
Owners renting out older houses
With about 51.4% of East Lake-Orient Park homes owner-occupied, rental properties are a big part of our work here. We’ll quote a single unit or a portfolio, coordinate access with tenants, and document the work with photos and a short report. Turnovers are the best time for bigger jobs like panel replacements or rewiring.
Insurance-driven upgrades
A lot of the calls we get from this area start with an insurance letter. With so many homes built before 1980, 4-point inspections often flag original panels, cloth-insulated wiring or aluminum branch circuits. We inspect, explain what’s actually required, quote it in writing, and pull the permit. After the final inspection you get the paperwork your insurer wants, so the policy can be renewed or written.
Storm season planning in East Lake-Orient Park
East Lake-Orient Park covers about 15.81 square miles of land and 1.11 of water (Census Gazetteer). Find your zone on the Hillsborough County evacuation lookup and save it with your storm plan. Electric heat is the norm, at about 96% of homes (Census B25040). Plan which circuits matter most in an outage and wire a safe generator connection for them. About 11% of homes are mobile or manufactured, and Florida’s Know Your Zone, Know Your Home guidance treats those homes as among the most likely to be evacuated in a storm, whatever the zone. Water and electrical gear don’t mix: if a storm wets your panel or meter, leave it off and call us. More in our flooded electrical guide.
Planned work in East Lake-Orient Park
Typical work in East Lake-Orient Park:
- Panel replacements after 4-point inspections
- Federal Pacific and Zinsco replacement
- Rewiring of older branch circuits
- GFCI and AFCI protection between tenants
- Surge protection
Eave lighting east of Tampa
For homeowners here, permanent eave lighting adds year-round security light at the front of the house as well as holiday color. We install it only under the soffit and along the gable rakes beneath the overhang. The controller plugs into an existing garage outlet, or we add one if needed.
Security lighting: many owners here use the lights as bright white security lighting at night. Colors are available for holidays.
Whether you call it permanent holiday lighting or soffit lighting, it stays up all year. See how it works on our JellyFish Lighting page, compare options on permanent lighting, or read about JellyFish in Hillsborough County. You can also get a free design preview of your home.
How we line up the visit
We book East Lake-Orient Park jobs in advance and don’t take emergency calls this far from Seminole.
Every job carries a 2-year workmanship warranty, extended to 5 years for Member Care Plan members. JellyFish hardware has a 5-year parts warranty, and Acorn Finance offers financing subject to credit approval.
Where else we work near East Lake Orient Park
Temple Terrace · Thonotosassa · Seffner · Hillsborough County overview · All service areas
East Lake-Orient Park questions
Is this the same as East Lake in Pinellas? No. East Lake-Orient Park is east of Tampa in Hillsborough County. East Lake in Pinellas has its own page.
Do you work on rental properties? Yes. We coordinate with tenants or property managers and leave a written summary of the work.
Can permanent lights help with security? Yes. You can run them as white light every night on a schedule.
How old are most homes in East Lake-Orient Park? Census data puts the median at 1983, with about 44% built before 1980, so we check the panel brand and condition first.
Can a landlord in East Lake-Orient Park book you? Yes. About 49% of homes here are rentals (ACS). We work with owners and managers, and tenants can call us for emergencies.
Do you work on manufactured homes in East Lake-Orient Park? Yes. About 11% of homes here are mobile or manufactured (Census ACS). We work on their panels and meter pedestals and check community rules first.
Planning electrical or lighting work in East Lake-Orient Park? Call (727) 476-7079.
Panel upgrades in East Lake-Orient Park: see electrical panel work in East Lake-Orient Park.
Generator hookups in East Lake-Orient Park: see generator hookups in East Lake-Orient Park.
EV chargers in East Lake-Orient Park: see ev chargers in East Lake-Orient Park.
Surge protection in East Lake-Orient Park: see whole-house surge protection in East Lake-Orient Park.
SPAN smart panels in East Lake-Orient Park: see SPAN panel installation in East Lake-Orient Park.
Electrical service upgrades in East Lake-Orient Park: see service upgrades in East Lake-Orient Park.