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I had Stephen come out in 2 phases. The first was for a deal, and the second was for some follow-up drywall work at his standard rate.  He did an ok jobb on the drywall stuff, but it went reallyslow.  I grew up working in the trades, so I have a good idea of how things can be done. Since his overall rate was quite low, I was still happy with the result, but I opted to hire a drywall person to finish it.  He did a good job of running the drain line for my sump pump in PVC. I had him return, to finish some wallpaper removal- I had already pulled the paper and removed much of the glue, but I was looking for him to finish it as I did not have time. I was not at all pleased with the progress he made in the time he worked on it, but I chalked it up to lack of experience as he said my drywall guy had given him a tip that made the process easier. Work wise,like most handymen, I think he does better at some things than others. Best to inquire as to experience in a particular area.  Communications wise, I was not very happy- he was very slow to respond to phone calls, email response was much worse if at all, but he admitted that he did not really use email when I had asked him about it which explained that.  When on site, I really did not get straight answers to my questions and guidance on how I wanted the work done- Possibly just a personality thing, but I will not be hiring him again.

 Stephen was punctual and replaced it a very reasonable price.. Will call him again.....

great work.  recommend!

This past summer's primary project was deck repair.  The deck had developed quite a few rotting boards, so it was time to either replace them or soon the entire deck would need replacing.  He worked in multiple installments to remove and replace the bad boards.  He clearly has substantial carpentry experience and worked diligently while on the job.

My experience went very well. They were able to take care of the leak in the window. The staff was friendly and professional. I would recommend this company to others.

He did a fabulous job. Very methodical and detail oriented. He isn't exactly speedy, but what he does is near perfect! He was very pleasant and thoughtful. He did have to do the work over a few days as there was so much to do. In that space he had to postpone coming due to another commitment but was very good about letting me know ahead of time and making arrangements for another day. He seems to be a very gentle soul and does seem to talk to himself, so might be a little to hippy like or meditative for some people. For me anyone that much of a perfectionist that cares about his customer and doesn't charge exorbitant fees is someone I will trust and use again!

He did an excellent job. I originally scheduled for him to come at the end of June but we had a ton of rain and the backyard was totally saturated. I called to see what he wanted to do and he was really flexible and rescheduled for the end of July. He came for two days and was able to complete the project. I still have some hours left even and he told me to call him to use the rest when I needed. Very personable and recommended other things he noticed that I could improve around my yard/exterior of my house as well (but was never pushy) As others have mentioned, he doesn't look like your typical handyman, but boy does he get the job done!

Job completed.

Stephen was able to fit us on his schedule with very short notice, which was appreciated.  Very reasonably priced, worked hard until the job was done.

He was excellent. He was a very good worker.

Great. He was able to do variety of odd jobs with skill and confidence.

Stephen completed all repairs well. He was very knowledgeable and competent and I was pleased with his work. Our only problem was in the scheduling. I had purchased 20 hours of handyman services and I had assumed that they would  be consecutive hours and this was not the case. The work was completed over  3 week period with multiple visits. (I have to assume some responsibility for this for not asking for consecutive hours at the beginning.)

Great! Stephen is a fantastic handyman...all of his work was excellent. I loved that he just fixed broken things that he happened upon in our house!!! Very prompt, fair, and responsible.

It was an Angie's List Big Deal that I purchased. It was more like 5 hours because I asked him to do some additional things and he was very good. He could recommend the correct materials, he knew exactly this kind of stripping and not that, why this lock is better than that one, that kind of thing. He did so much work for such a modest price. I guess it was $125 because of the additional work I requested but I still felt that it was an excellent deal. Labor itself is the most costly part of a lot of these services and I felt that he was quite reasonable with the time that he spent. He went about his work quietly and got it done and asked questions when he needed to and also he seemed to be a true handyman. He knew what type of materials and things that were needed and what was better than others. He would be the definition of a good handyman, I think he knows his stuff.

He could have done a better job and he was late.

        Did a great job.
.       Stephen works clean and fast. 
       
          He is a real professional.

I think this list would have taken anyone else at least 40 hours!  He's efficient with his time, and very, very effective.  All work was outstanding.

He was prompt and professional. It took most of the day and he kept at the work. We will have him back.

I was very pleased with his work.  He also gave some valuable advice on some other work that needed to be done.

It was great. He was very easy work with.

Stephen was great, performed all the work we needed within the time required and we called on him short notice.  He even found another issue we didn't know we had and fixed that for us too in order to make sure the new caulk woudl stick and cure appropriately.
He is great, definitely recommend him to others and will use him moving forward!

He did a good job, it took less time than I had expected and the hourly rate was very good.  I used only four hours so far of the 20 in the Big deal

He arrived exactly on time, worked quickly, was neat, pollite, offered advice.  A very nice person. I had hoped he could replace the water shutoff for the house, but he discovered that the main pipe into the house ahd been broken and patched and he said he would prefer not to take a chance on disturbing that and recommended that I get an actual plumber for that particular job.  He quickly installed the new kitchen faucet, took the faucet in the back yard apart and put it back together and also worked with the basement faucet that turns the water to the back yard faucet off for the winter. He noticed that the railing on the basement stiar was loose and he fixed that.  His rates were so reasonable that I offered to pay more but he refused to take any more.  I had an estimate from my usual plumber and he would ahve charges about 3 times as much. I no longer remember the actual date of service,

Arrived wearing rings on every finger and multiple necklaces, completed the work well, but he was still was a bit too unusual for me. Nothing wrong with his actual service but his demeanor and professionalism put me off. Would not hire again.

Super.  He is fast and efficient.