Neal The Handyman

Avoid at all costs. Received a quote of $65 an hour 1.5 hour minimum. His proposal has for repair and repainting. Each estimated at about 1-2 each. I explained I only wanted repair and asked him if my calculation of apps $100 for 1.5 hours plus $5 he quoted for hardware was correct. His response to me was “Please.........!!” I asked him to clarify where I wa going wrong and he says “Did I not make myself clear.” My next email was asking him to provide the total for the estimate to avoid any further confusion. I was then told my questions were “badgering him”. Angie’s List should remove him from their lists. This is not a business they should ruin their reputation over recommending. Should anyone wish the validate my complaint I will be happy to provide the complete email chain between us. STAY AWAY DONT MAKE THE MISTAKE I DID

I'm very happy with their service.

Neal and crew updated the master bath by replacing the vanity which we purchased, installed the mirror, cleaned and regrouted the tiles in the shower. His tile guy Dan is very good in his work. He was able to carefully use the extra tiles we had for the bathroom to finish the tile around the wall of the vanity. Dan also tiled our entryway and it was done very well. Neal and his crew were working throughout the time they were at our house, no wasted time. Neal was able to make suggestions to minor issues around the house and completed them. Overall, it was a pleasure working with Neal and I would definitely recommend him,

Neal and his assistant worked parts of five days on the job. They were professional, courteous, amicable, and did an outstanding job. They did the demolition work on the three walls, protected the tub with blanket and tarp, and tried to keep the dust to a minimum. They also removed all the old debris - the old tiles and crumbing cement boards - to construction bags for recycling. They had to deal with unusual wall depth, walls out of plumb, unusual plumbing of tub faucet -- all due to 50+ year old bathroom. Not to mention all the mold and mildew that lurked behind the tiles. They saved money by installing strapping instead of a double wall to bring the new durock cement board out to the proper depth, and match the depth of old wall that remains above the top course of 4x4 ceramic tiles. After installing the durock, they applied mastic adhesive and installed tiles in small sections. The tiles matched up very well, with no small ones on the border, except on the inside intersection of the walls, where they are least noticeable. They came back after the adhesive hardened, and applied the grout. A plumber was called in to help install the new faucet kit. And finally the grab bars were installed, and we are really enjoying our new tub/shower.

Horribly ! Cracked grout, uneven tiles, tiles that are not on perpendicular, cracked new ceiling, ruined the brand new door we purchased for them to install and he and his main man argued and fought in my home,very unprofessional! Over charged and left a mess everyday! Do not ever consider using them!

Neal was replacing rotten wood above two windows on the side of my house. The work he did was horrible. The boards he put in don't line up or close at the seams. He left one nail partially not nailed in, and another was nailed in crooked and came out the joining piece of wood rather than securing the board. There are gaps what he rebuilt. He didn't remove debris. I'm hiring ANOTHER handyman to come and re-do his work. I forgot to check Angie's list as I was in a rush. I'll never make that mistake again.

Neal didn't do the work himself. He did not communicate well with his "staff" . Carlos did the best he could with the information he was given. Walls not properly prepped. One room trim was painted the wrong color. When Neal was told he blamed us, then employee. The employee did such a poor job the second time ,we could see the wrong color showing through. Still not correct the third time. We decided to do it right ourselves.

Neal did not come prepared with a ladder, drop cloth, or any glazing tools, points, or glazing compound. He removed painted glazing over wood steps without using a dropcloth. He broke many windows and then would go out to get a new window for each successive window, wasting much time. It was clear that he didn't know anything about glazing windows. Finally after several hours of this I asked him to stop and do the power washing instead. Neal wasn't skilled with the power washer and scored the deck caps, thresholds, and paint so that they now must be repaired, resanded and repainted. He used the power washer to rout out all the small crushed stones around my patio slates on the side entry walkway so that now I must replace them. When I brought these things up to him he called me a b**** and said my house was a dump. It's going to cost me more than double his fee to repair the damage Neal has done.

He didn't install the ceiling correctly. He did not know what he was doing with the installation. He did not even put the compound on. He put the bevels towards the wall and didn't do it square to square. When I asked him why he decided to do it that way he advised he would have done it differently if he had known I wanted it a diferent way. I advised him it's not about how I want it, it's how it should be done.