Iselt Handymen Services

It went great. Gary helped us plan things out, guided us all on the work, and performed all of the challenging work while we helped with the easier stuff. Gary was up for everything - helping pick up materials, carpentry, heavy lifting and finer/finishing work, including hardware. Great guy to work with as well!

Gary came on time (a little early in fact). We wanted him mainly to cut a small amount off the bottom of a door which no longer fit after we had gotten new carpet. He did a very good job on that. While we had him there, he also fixed a leaking sink (quickly running over to Home Deport to get a part), and replaced some dimmer switches. He worked quickly but carefully and the price was outstanding.

Gary showed up on time, had a very good attitude, worked tirelessly through the day, paid attention to details, made sure he did things the way I wanted, performed quality work - all at a great value. I will definitely use him again!

It was his suggestion that new closet doors be installed and the base on which they glide be corrected.

Arrived on time to provide estimate and few days later to do the work. For the curtain rod his work was excellent. The rod was centered exactly and installed level, he painted the walls with extra paint and must have feathered the edges so well I couldn't tell there had been any recent touchup. He did a great job on the rain gutters & corrected one downspout that was leaking, another downspout was rusting and jammed with debris but he couldn't knock out the debris. Instead of removing the rusted downspout (it was lightweight metal but soddered or attached at top) he just told me he was unable to clean it. He also installed an iron/blown glass sconce on a stucco patio wall and did a great job.I would recommend him but originally I had asked him to help me replace some wood trim on window sills that I had to repair from dryrot, as his profile mentioned woodwork or carpentry, but he wasn't willing to help with the single hung wood windows because he was afraid he didn't have enough experience with that type of work. I think he's a perfectionist of sorts but may be reluctant to try projects he can't "master".

I sought out a handyman to assembly 3 pieces of furniture, 1 from Ikea, 2 from elsewhere. Gary Iselt had good recommendations from Angie's List. After talking on the phone and getting an estimate of his hourly charges and his confidence that he could do the work, I hired him and we made an appointment to do the work. He showed up at the exact time. I hate that this still have to be a criteria, but he was clean and presentable. His work was professional in that he brought his own cloth to spread out by the garage where the furniture was in their cartons so that small pieces wouldn't become bits of trash. When he was finished, he properly disposed of the cartons, i.e., smashed them and put them in the recycling container in the alley. He also brought the pieces inside and helped me exchange out the old pieces they were replacing. I couldn't be happier with his work and will definitely keep his number for future work.

He was polite and agreeable and worked hard to fix the problem. I intend to use him again, soon, to do some caulking in kitchen & bathroom.

Everything was handled timely, professionally and with high quality work. Gary is very nice, honest and has a professional demeanor.

Gary was extremely responsive and professional. His work was excellent and he was not shy about telling us what he could & could not do (honesty - what a treat!). He even went above and beyond when he noticed that our front door did not close tightly unless the dead bolt was engaged; he diagnosed the problem and had it fixed in a trice - something that our 2 previous handymen had ignored. We not look further - Gary will be our handyman from now on.

I called and left a detailed message asking to set up an estimate, and he never called me back.

He is very careful and reads and re-reads the instructions. He double checks everything before he completes it. He is a very good communicator about what he is doing and if he needs anything, he lets me know. He is very neat and tidy. He is a great guy that you very much trust to do the job and do it right. He loves doing woodwork, but hasn't found anybody to help him get more into that side. He is very comfortable to work with and be with. He knows himself and knows that if he makes an error, it can create a big problem, so he is very preparation oriented. He is very punctual and professional. Furniture doesn't include blue print.

Gary came on time and worked the whole time he was at my house. He did all of the work on the lawn, so that the wood particles would not get in the house. Any questions he had, we discussed, which I like better that if he had just guessed at which way I would want something done. I will definitely be using him again.

The my furniture was repaired in less than one hour including a trip he took to buy parts at the local hardware store. I was very happy with his knowledge and professionalism.

Gary showed up on time, was pleasant and did a good job fixing everything we asked him to.

Very good overall experience! I had to take some time off of work & was pleased that Gary had met me right on time at my rental property. He repaired my heater & did some painting in a very timely manner. I was charged exactly what I'd been quoted & was very pleased with the outcome of his hard work.

he just shows up on time, ready to go, so have your list of stuff ready! he brings his truck, tools, hardware, and incredible know how. if he doesn't know how (which is incredibly rare) he figures it out quickly. a pleasure to work with, diligent, polite. can't say enough.

It went well. He was knoweldgeabe and did a fine job.

He is absolutely fantastic! If I ever need any handymen work done, I will definitely call this company.

Gary is just a very decent, professional who is in the business of solving problems on his jobs. He is very good at what he does. Our job was done professionally, quickly, and at a reasonable price. He was on time and stayed until he finished everything.

Gary repaired a door frame that my large dog sank her large teeth into -- repeatedly, with vigor. Our house is older, so it took some work to match it with the existing woodworking. Gary did a fantastic job. He also took care of two other smaller things that needed repair. He charges by the hour and was able to give me an estimate of how long it would take, which ended up being right on. We will definitely use him again.

Job wnt well. the biggest asset was Gary's honesty. He recommeded not two repair two other screens because of the danger of damaging the screen door.

Very competent, responsive and efficient. A great choice.

All 3 experiences we have had with Gary of Iselt Handyman Services have been positive and successful. He surpassed our expectations. He gave us an extremely high quality result for a completely fair price. Regretfully today's service people do not shine when it comes to follow through on phone calls, timeliness, cleanliness, and billing. Gary was definitely the exception to this rule: he was fantastic on follow-through in making appointments and keeping his schedule, he was always great with his timeliness on the job and his prep and clean up was immaculate, and the icing on the cake was his fair pricing. We will continue to call him when we need a person who can gaurantee to be trustworthy, responsible, hard working, good natured and reliable.

I needed someone to replace four gates because my dog was escaping, so I needed someone in a hurry. I found Gary on Angieslist and he was available in a short time frame so I hired him to do the job. I hate to say this, and he might post a negative comment in response, but I don't feel that he was up to the job. I have put off writing this review because. like I suspect a lot of people feel, its hard to write a negative review unless someone is really terrible, which he wasn't, but I feel like I have an obligation to other angieslist members. So, here goes: His knowledge of carpentry is lacking (for example, he didn't know which way the cross brace on a gate went and did it incorrectly - I had to look it up on the computer to prove to him that he had made a mistake). It took far longer than it should have, and cost far more than it should have (Gary charges by the hour) because he mismeasured the height of the existing fence and had to redo a good part of the work and also because he doesn't plan well so has to make extra trips to the store. It took him almost 3 days to build and attach 4 three foot wide gates - at the very most it should have taken half that. The workmanship was so-so handyman quality. On the postive side he showed up on time each morning and he was pleasant enough (though he got rather defensive when I questioned the time he spent). He didn't charge me for the time when he had to go get more materials because he had made a mistake, and he discounted the bill about $200 when I complained about the cost (the $1200 was the "discounted" price and that is still quite high in my opinion and experience). Also, I realized later that he had charged me for the time and material building the gates he couldn't use because he mis-measured - in fairness I don't think that was calculated, just an example of the overall lack of attention to fairly important details) I know he gets a lot of A ratings, but if you scroll down far enough you will see that there are others who had the same problems that I did, and I suspect alot more who just didn't want to write a bad review for a fairly nice guy who wasn't horrible (especially since our names and addresses are available to the service providers we write reports about - did you know that?). All in all I would say he would be fine for basic handyman stuff (the kind you could do yourself if you had the tools and the time and some basic skills) but not for something requiring knowledge and a bit more advanced skills. (Sorry Gary, but I had to do it - its the only way angieslist works.)

He worked very hard, completed things on time and was very consistent. He had good quality of work.