Neighbor offered me to get electric from his house. what should I do

[Emily Allen]

Thank you in advance for reading. I have a not strictly “black-and-white” question, i.e. I know what the correct answer would be but yet still want your opinion on this.

I just got a property and am doing some updates before renting it out. Admittedly I was trying to go cheap. I had my contractor working on it without pulling a permit. The cable outside of the house was damaged so we have no electric. And as you would predict, a neighbor came over. He actually offered me to get a line from his house to get electric. But the question is should I take the offer? And if yes, how much should I pay him?