MR. FIXIT HOME REPAIR

Mr. Kosok was in my home for 4 hours to change a switch plate and work on an issue with ceiling fan. The wall around the light switch was damaged and the light no longer worked. The ceiling fan repair was also a miss. He charged me $405 and when I reached out about the damage and light no longer working he told me to call an electrician and blew me off. I admit I was wrong to write him a check without checking his work but I was hurrying to pick up my daughter from school. He was kind and friendly, spending much of that time talking at me and my baby. I was in a hurry to get him out of my house and to pick up daughter on time. This was in January 2020. I’m just now writing this review because I recently found the receipt and wanted to warn others. He was kind and quick in responding to request of service but there is no integrity in his work or cost. I will also add he left 3 small screws and a mess behind on my floors which is dangerous in a house with small children and a puppy.

I had an interior door that didn't fit in the frame. Karl was able to modify the crooked frame so the door closes properly. He also created a support beam for a kitchen bench, fixed a sagging ceiling in my carport, and gave advice regarding existing cable lines in walls.

Eddie did a fantastic job. Always answered my calls. Showed up on time. On the roof job all that was required was to repair one tile. However, Eddie went out of his way to repair the roof vent because he saw that it was ready to come loose if we have a strong wind. He did that at no extra charge to us. I would recommend Mr. Fixit without reservation.

Fine. Assembled furniture as per instructions

Karl arrived on time, spent less than 15 minutes here fixing both door problems, and charged $20 based on his $80 hourly rate--very reasonable, as many folks would have charged a minimum 1/2 or full hour for the visit. We will definitely keep him in mind for future handyman projects!

It went very well. I'll hire him again.

I took the day off of work to show him the 2 jobs, which were installing a range hood and installing a sliding barn door. He spent at least 30 minutes explaining to me how he was going to do the job. I realized that in order for him to actually do anything, I would have to leave the room. But every 10 minutes or so he would come into the other room to tell me what issues he was encountering. -The first was he could not wire the range hood because he was not a licensed electrician, so he had to call a friend ho was a licensed electrician to come over. I thought this was odd considering that he knew what the job was before he came over. -There was already a duct in the range hood kit but the second issue was he needed a right angle duct. I told him that he can come back when we had that and he told me that the electrician would bring it, but was coming by bus. I thought that was odd as well and it seemed like he was stalling for time. -The other issue was he would have to take out the whole wall of drywall in order to patch a hole where the the original duct vent was. -The other issue was where the track for the sliding door was going. He did not even put a screw in wall. This was the last straw, At this point I told him, well it's obvious that you are not going to do any part of the jobs, so lets call it quits. He demanded to be paid and so I wrote him a check for $80 for 1 hour worth of work. When I told my husband over the phone what happened he said that we should cancel the check because essentially he came over for most of an hour and just talked. Canceling the check essentially cost us $35. So we paid $35 for nothing. We will not be calling him again. Use at your own risk.

He is pleasant, thoughtful, but rather slow. Said he had put many gates together, but took over three hours to install three off-the-shelf gates, with two requiring a piece of wood as an extension.

Walt is an excellent communicator. Very responsive to emails and phone calls. He arrived at the house as scheduled. The job turned out very well. I was very pleased with the results especially with the window that was about 15 feet above the floor. The shade at that window also required a motorized device that operated the shade from a remote control. It worked perfectly.

Karl arrived on time and was fully prepared to complete all scheduled tasks. He replaced and secured a gutter attachment that had fell from my roof in a storm and removed a broken piece of fascia from the roof, providing advice on future roof needs. At no point did he try to sell his services to me in the future, but he was very open with advice on any issue I raised. Inside, he replaced ballasts I purchased in advance for two lighting fixtures. The work was completed quickly and to my standards. I will approach him again for future repair needs.

He has done a great job so far. He has done a lot of research for me to get the correct type of wood I needed. He is also very knowledgeable and sincere. He is very easy to work with as well.

Karl was wonderful! He did arrive 10 minutes late but traffic in my neighborhood is awful and we had reconfirmed the appointment earlier in the week so it was all good. I have a dripping faucet and was hoping it might be repaired. We agreed to his spending a few minutes to take it apart to see if the fixture could be salvaged but not wasting any more time on it if it looked like I should just get a new fixture. He showed me the non-standard parts that would need to be replaced, with no guarantees it would actually fix the drip so I decided i will get a new faucet and have him come back. The latch on the door is something you would think I could do myself, but it turned out to be complicated because my door frame is metal. Karl was able to get it to work but offered to come back and epoxy it if it doesn't hold up. So far it is keeping my cat out of the closet so I am happy. The broom repair is something a handy person could do but anytime you mention wall anchors i would rather just pay someone and it turned out much better than if i had tried to do it. I am really glad I had him do the smoke detector as well because it involved being on a ladder and putting connectors on wires. Karl did not mind the minutiae so I did not feel embarrassed about being a feeble homeowner. He was very pleasant and interesting to chat with and I felt totally comfortable with him in my house. He did not waste any time yet was very thorough. My list took a little less than an hour. I feel I got my money's worth. I am definitely hiring Karl again. I am glad that I have someone in my neighborhood i can call for odds and ends!

Miguel is a very good communicator and uses email to set up appointments and send invoices which helps sooo much. He listens carefully and tells you when there is something he would have another person do. He came with a helper so that there were two people there working at the same time making the job go so much faster.

Cost of job was about 30% higher than the estimate. He showed up on time, but apparently was dependent on the "helper" who was supposed to be there only half a day; however, the "helper" seemed to have knowledge and did majority of the work. I understand the "helper" has since moved out of the area. I would not have any confidence that Mr. Fixit could handle a job on his own or has any one with experience to help him now that the "helper" is gone. Even though the "helper" did most of the work, he made wrong cuts in the framing materials due to lack of knowledge on how to work the table saw and there seemed to be much discussion as to how to progress in the job, all of which was time charged to me. In the middle of the day, right when the stairs were ready to be put up, Mr. Fixit left to pick up his wife, I was not charged for his time, but was charged for the "helper's" time, which he spent rigging up ropes to get the stair unit up into the attic by himself (they were very heavy) and then he could not proceed without help, so it was not fair to charge me for time that would have gone faster if two people were available to do a two-person job. I prepared the area so it would not get dirty (paying for the materials myself), which I am glad I did because they did not do much to take care with the mess outside of sweeping. Left small things for me to do, such as reinstall the smoke alarm, clean the walls they marked up, take down all of the materials I put up to protect the walls and floors, and paint the new trim. Also, all the debris was left for me to dispose of, he even seemed hesitant to supply the construction-grade garbage bags, I am surprised he did not charge me for them. Job took 11 hours, was estimated for 6 hours. It was almost 9:00 pm when they left; they did not want to start early in the day because the "helper" was coming from Baltimore, even though my intent was to hire someone who was nearby where I lived so travel would not be an issue, so much for that plan. I felt taken advantage of, though perhaps I was just tired at the time, but my reaction has not changed in the weeks that have passed. The quality of the work was acceptable, but I would not use them again. Too far off the estimate for both time and money and after paying all that, still had things to finish myself. There were no surprises in the job, so I would have expected a more accurate estimate from someone who is supposed to know what he is doing and, by his account, has done "lots" of thee types of jobs, which was not at all apparent to me. To be fair, I did not call and voice any of these issues, just wanted to move on and be done with it, but in fairness to the Angie's List readers, am providing my feedback.

He contacted me within 24 hours after setting up an appointment thru Angie's List and we agreed upon a date for service. Karl arrived on time and proceeded to assemble my new TV stand. When he was through he helped me move the old TV stand and setup the new one. He also hooked up my cable box and DVD player before he left.

I was disappointed to find that he only charges by the hour, not by the job, which didn't give him any real incentive to be quick. That aside he did a nice job on the painting. The vanity was no big deal, just shoving it into place. My biggest gripe is that he is basically doing this on the side, having retired from a bunch of other jobs. Purely a part-timer, who left the job hanging while going on family business. The painting and the vanity were so expensive that I had no desire to call him back to install the faucet and put up the mirror. Besides, he's probably out visiting the grandkids or something. I wasn't way thrilled to find him painting the bathroom shirtless either, but I guess that's all a matter of taste.

I've hire Mr. Kosok for numerous small jobs around the house and he has always delivered. He is on time, works hard, is courteous and pleasant, and the price is fair. This job was no exception. He came to examine the damage, purchased the materials, and completed the project in one day. I recommend him highly.

He responses quickly and comes when he's supposed to and is very pleasant.

He was punctual and eager to work. His work however was messy. He didn't have the professionalism/experience to identify all aspects of the job. Not just plastering/patching up water damaged areas but also paiting ceiling upon completion. He had to return several times to finally complete the job and didn't clearly state the whole process. I believe he has skills to do minor repairs but don't expect him to do a clean professional job of bigger projects.

Put together bedframe, sideboards, made my bed much better

Great service. Friendly, prompt and my renter is happy with the service too.

Prompt, 15 late and called ahead to say he'd be late. Immediately addressed task. Neat cleaned up afterwards. Overall quite satisfied.

He was a pleasure to deal with and worked quickly. He also let my three year old son, who was very interested in his tools, help him at various points!

He was fabulous and I still use him. I've used him numerous times; he is a delight. He does everything just methodically well and he has a real sense to fix anything - you name it, this man can do it.

.Mr. Fix it was really professional. They came and made the measurements and they were good.