ALMOST EVERYTHING

Herb personally answered my phone call and made arrangements to be at my house within 90 minutes of my call. He showed up on time with an impressive collection of tools and supplies - anything he might need for the job. The work was completed to my satisfaction, including cleanup, and he even took some extra time to caulk the seams in the enclosure beneath the sink to prevent damage from any future plumbing leak. Herb was pleasant, businesslike, and very fairly priced - so I will definitely call him again when I need handyman work done.

Herb was great - very professional, efficient, and helpful. Would use him again next time I have a long list.

Herb responded to my urgent call within an hour, and worked doggedly on a problem gate latch for over 2 hours. The problem had been chronic with the latch and we had used other workmen in the past who didn't really understand the problem and most likely compounded it. It certainly looked like a mish-mash of attempted fixes, with screws sticking out in all directions. It was an old latch and we preferred to keep it, so he figured out the problem, and hopefully solved it for good! He worked feverishly with his own tools, and left everything in perfect shape. A perfect gentleman with a great work ethic and fair prices.

Door sweep/weather stripping added to the front door appeared great. Upon use, I noted that the stripping was not tight against the door nearest the hinge side. Inspection uncovered that the two screws nearest the hinge side of the door were not actually screwed into the door at all. I had to drill a pilot hole through the stripping and the door, find a screw that fit and attach the back end of the stripping myself. The door sweep/weather stripping added to a door between the garage and the backyard had a very large gap to fill. Herb showed me, after performing the installation, that he was not able to make a solid seal because of a dip in the grading of the concrete AND the over 1 inch gap there to start with. I ran down to Home Depot and bought a roll of sponge rubber weather strip (under $5) and sealed the gap with no issue. Took 2 minutes, actually less. He measured the door and gap before going for his supply run and should have purchased what was needed to complete the job. Once he saw his plan did not work, he should have gone back to buy what was required to finish it right. The additional stripping is sponge and rubber and will eventually need replacing, but that's fine. It's maintenance. I tried the bathroom sink handle and it was tightened beautifully. I made the mistake of assuming the same for the sink faucet. After my discovery of the issue with the door sweep, I went to check all he had done, which is when I discovered the sink faucet had not been tightened at all. Herb was easy to reach by telephone and came precisely on time, but given the quality of the 'finished' work, pretty unimpressive overall. I think there's no doubt he has the skill to have completed each job successfully, but for whatever reason, he did not. I had to go behind each job and finish it properly. I'm a bookkeeper not a handyman/woman, that's why my sink needed attention to begin with. What's the point of hiring a professional if I have to get on my hands and knees. That's what I wanted to avoid. Price would have been fair had the jobs been actually finished.

Very well - will use his services in the future!

Did a great job swapping out two kitchen faucets. Herb was punctual and had all the tools he needed to complete the job.

Herb resolved the problem as usual.

It went very well. He had to move the strike plate multiple times on the front door because the house has settled but he got it just right. What a pleasure to simply shut and lock the door. No more moving it back and forth to get the deadbolt to engage. We had lost some of the parts for the patio door mechanism but he use some old parts (not visible) and made it all work. It looks great. The doorbell work went just fine too. Herb is a nice guy who does small jobs for a good price. He will tell you if he thinks the job is too much for him so as not to waste your time and money. I am happy with the work and would definitely use him again.

I called Herb to rehang a pantry door in our kitchen and to fix a 'running' toilet in one of our upstairs bathrooms. He arrived the next day after talking on the phone. He assessed both jobs and claimed he could fix both. Three long days later our toilet upstairs was not fixed and was in worse condition than before he started. He CASUALLY stated that he was unable to fix the toilet and only charged me the cost of the parts he replaced and recommended I call a plumber to fix it. He then hung the pantry door and left. The pantry door is hung but not level with the duplicate door next to it, nor does it close completely. But that was the least of my problems, the morning after Herb left I awoke to water dripping from my light fixture in the kitchen below the bathroom with the bad toilet! I had to call a plumber emergently and turn off the water to the whole house and wait for them to arrive, that night at 8pm. I called Herb and he offered no help. I've given up on trusting any handyman after this experience! In the future I will only go directly to professionals.

Having just purchased a 10-year-old home, I hired Herb to help with several of the smaller jobs that arise on such occasions and which I did not judge to require specialized attention. Having had many bad contractor experiences before, I negotiated very specifically with Herb and we worked out what I believe were mutually agreeable terms. He was game for such negotiations and did not seem to be affronted by my desire to have clearly-agreed terms on the front end to avoid misunderstanding that would lead to animosity on both sides on the back end. Herb repaired a toilet, traded out some old halogen lights with new LED fixtures, installed curtain rods, a medicine cabinet, a shaving mirror, and a recessed in-cabinet trash receptacle. These were small projects that many people could do themselves; for those of us either incompetent or simply preferring not to undertake such tasks, Herb is an affordable and competent handyman. Consistent with some other reviews, Herb has not always arrived promptly on time. He has, however, always called to give a revised estimate of when he would arrive. If your time is precious, this might be a problem, but it didn?t bother me and he has never been substantially late. The most he ever overshot his schedule time was perhaps forty-five minutes, in my experience. Complaints in other reviews that Herb is slow in his work are not unfounded. Much of the work he did for us took significantly longer than I expected. Still, I hired him because I don?t really know what is involved in such work and so am not in a position to judge. In all fairness to Herb, I have rarely found that these kinds of jobs go as quickly as I thought they should, regardless of who was doing the work for me; which is to say, this sense of frustration on my part is by no means unique to Herb and so does not necessarily reflect poorly on him. One of the curtain rods he installed proved to hang too low, so the curtain dragged the floor. He reinstalled it and did not bill for the work. He may have made up for that time elsewhere, as other work that I expected to be quick and simple dragged on for hours. A trip for supplies seemed to take a remarkably long time given that the job (installing some under-counter lights, which had been purchased previously) seemed straightforward, unlikely to involve complex or hard-to-find parts, and there is a Lowe?s five minutes away from the house. Still and again, I am not competent to judge, as I really do not know what is involved. For small jobs that do not require specialized knowledge or equipment and are not (literally or figuratively) heavy lifts, Herb has demonstrated competence. He is genial and pleasant to have around the house. (That alone is worth a good deal; I have had any number of tradesmen who were surly and I just did not like having around.) I was particularly pleased that he told me up front that he would not be able to perform certain tasks for me, rather than just attempting but then doing them badly. His price, in my experience, is unbeatable.

Herb answered the phone when I called. He booked the appt for the same day. Arrived on time and was ready to go. Completed installing the fan timely. I would use his services again and I would recommended him to family and Friends.

I did a kitchen remodel in June, but wanted to re-use the original bottom cabinets. The job entailed removing the existing cabinets allowing the new flooring installation and then replacing the cabinets before the quartz countertops were fabricated. The project was complicated by the fact that the cabinets had originally been cut down in order to be installed over tile. The reinstallation would be on the subfloor. Removal of the cabinets went without a hitch. When reinstalled, they had to be shimmed and leveled to standard height. After the countertops were installed, it was apparent the the installers had used a narrower thickness of plywood then is required by industry standards. The result was that my cabinet drawers would not open or close. When I presented this dilemma to Herb, he had a solution. Instead of having to remove the countertops (no small feat - not counting having to deal with the contractor) Herb adjusted the hinges on the cabinet doors, allowing a larger gap between the drawers and the doors. Issue solved! The entire installation of the cabinets looks seamless and professional and best of all functions perfectly.

This was my worst experience ever with a handyman. Though Hurb is well intended this job was just too much for him. He expected it to take a few hours. He spent 19 hours over three days, after which I told him not to come back. I hired someone else to finish the job. His problem was that he was kind of random in the way he did things. Like he wanted to put the curtains on the doors before he cut the hole for the door knob. He also seemed to be unaware of how he could break things. There were several times where he had to stop and glue something back together. He also was very slow, which I don't mind to much if he does a careful job, but the errors were too numerous to mention. When he said he was finished there was a 3/4 inch crack at the top of the doors. Terrible. I pointed out the obvious crack which he had not noticed. He said he would come back the next day and fix it. I told him not to come back. His work was expensive and the results a disaster. I hope this isn't the normal standard for a Angie's List "A" level handyman.

Herb is smart, honest, professional, and wonderful to work with.

Herb was wonderful. He is kind, thoughtful, mild-mannered, and brilliant at his job. He came to help us with some important last-minute needs just weeks before I was due with our first baby (and very stressed!). This was around the holidays when it was tough to squeeze people in, but he made it happen for us. He came up with a money-saving creative solution for fixing our fence, he installed our faucet for us, and he replaced our door knob. We 100% recommend Almost Everything! Can't be beat.

The structure that our provider made is just lovely. It is elegant and much stronger and pleasing than the previous structure. This was a project that others had turned down. It was too small a job for contractors and too big a job for our local handyman. We are grateful that Herb agreed to tackle it. He is meticulous in getting a project done right. We are very pleased with the finished results. The only difficulty was that we had to help quite a bit to bring the project in on time. Some of that was because the project was more difficult than any of us imagined and it took more effort than one person could do. That said, my husband and I were quite willing to do that. I think Herb would do good work on any project, but for those heavy manual projects, I would recommend making sure there is an assistant or volunteering to assist him. Again, we are super happy with the end product! p.s. Cost of project includes materials.

I needed some small things taken care of around appliance installations for my kitchen. I called Herb on a Friday afternoon and he was able to come the next afternoon--on a Saturday! Unfortunately I was called into work and had to cancel. I still plan to try to use his services but wanted to immediately let people know that Herb is very professional and quite flexible. I feel back to reschedule especially when he was going to give up his Saturday. I have these and other odd jobs and certainly plan to call on Herb.

I called him and he informed me that he does not give estimates and that he only works by the hour. As a California Licenced Contractor, that seemed weird to me.

I was origionally quoted for 1-2 hours of labor, the job ended up taking 5 hours and almost my entire Saturday was lost, because he moved my appointment from 1:00 to 3:15. I did not see a receipt for the cost of the white metal shelves and brackets, usually other handymen will give you the receipt for the products they buy. The installation of the product is very good, and they are holding up well so far. I feel that I was over charged for 6 small inexpensive shelves.

Project went smoothly and everything was installed properly. In the course of the project, Hebr had to get a new hinge for the kitchen as the old one was of poor quality and could not be adjusted. He also had to get a replacement of the new medicine chest as it was defective. Bottom line is all the work was completed as promised in one afternoon.

Mr. Coffman was responsive to my request, arrived punctually, was courteous and did all the work efficiently and with the minimum of fuss. There is no doubt that we would use his services again.

Herb Cofman is the owner and he's absolutely wonderful. I've used him on a number of occasions. He's always been punctual, very professional and has gone the extra mile. He's my favorite. He did a great job in retiling the bathroom floor. While he was here I had an antique headboard for a bed propped up in the hallway. I think I bumped it at some point and it fell and the top part of it broke. I was upset about it and he said he could fix that. He went, got some wood glue as well as clamps and fixed it perfectly. It looks like it's never been broken. He's great. He did it very quickly. He's very versatile. I think he charges by the hour and I think it's about $50 an hour. I know it sounds like a lot but he's worth it. On another project he did for me a few years ago, I wanted him to make an exit door for the crawlspace under my house with screen on it and his quality of workmanship was like fine carpentry. The joins were perfect. I use to take furniture making classes and the joints for the frame that he made were tight and I've never had any trouble with it. May be it sounds like a little thing but details like that are what really shows his expertise. It shows how professional he is. I don't know if it's the pride that he takes in his work but he's just meticulous.

Very smoothly, superb outcome. Herb is a professional--knowledgeable, straightforward, and honest. How he put the gates together so seamlessly, I don't know. Herb bought some of the necessary supplies and parts needed for the projects and he did an exceptional job. Project completion was spread over several afternoons during the week and it fit nicely with my schedule. He returned my initial call promptly and began the project on the next day. Can't ask for a better handyman.

The job was more involved than originally thought. Although it took more time, Herb was very fair and hones tin his pricing. He performed the work with expertise, neatness, and professionalism. I am happy with the result. I will use Almost Everything again and, in fact, Herb is coming back next week to do another small job for me.

Herb answered my phone call promptly and we set up a date to meet. He accompanied me to the local box store to purchase materials and made some helpful suggestions. We then set a date for installation. Herb appeared as promised. The closet also had to be painted before installation which was done as part of the job. The work proceeded as discussed and was finished in a timely and professional manner. The shelving looks great and performs as anticipated.