The Handyman

This is one person NO one should hire. To start with, Mike will get a bunch of money up front stating that he needs it to buy materials for the job. After he gets the money, then you have a tough time getting him to come back and finish the job. The project started in the Fall of 2009. He got the fence put in and worked on the sprinklers. It started to get cold before he got the lawn hydro-seeded, but he was paid up front for the grass. Next Spring I would call & call...and leave messages that I wanted my yard finished. He would promise to be there on such & such a date and state what he was going to do. Well...he would never show up. Then he was trying to tell me he couldn't find the person who he paid to do the hydro-seeding. It wasn't till after I told him I would go to a lawyer that he showed up. We discussed again how I wanted dirt hauled in and where I wanted to put trees. Weeds were starting to take over the bare ground and he said he would come in and use a scraper to get them clear. None of that happened. He had 2 kids come in with a weed whacker and just cut them down. I wanted 15 yards of dirt hauled in and spread around the front and the back. He brought in less than 7 yards and had 2 kids with a wheel barrow move some of the dirt around. I came home and saw this. He sent me a bill for 15 yards of dirt. I asked for a reciept and he stated he did not have one. I went to the gravel yard and got the reciept....and yes it was for only 7 yards of dirt...not the 15 he was trying to sell me. The hydro-seediing company came in and they had to spray over all the weeds laying in the back yard. The sprinklers were not adjusted and he said that it was real windy when he adjusted them. Well...the wind must have been going in all directions....because some would only spray a few feet while others sprayed into the neighbors yard. There was no water coming out of the faucet at the far end by where I wanted the garden. Mike stated it was just not connected up by the juction box. After that I could never get him to come back. The baffle system for the sprinkler system and been put on at an angle and he had tried to tighten it extremely tight to correct his mistake. Well...I ended up with a big leak and had to have that whole system replaced at a cost of $175.00. The reason there was no water coming to the faucet is that he just put some pipe on the faucet and shoved it in the ground a few inches. There was no water line running to it. My gates were made flush to the dirt, so after the grass did grow, I could not get them open. There were nails and screws that were sticking out where anybody like kids could get poked. I never did get any holes augered in to plant trees....and have been battling more weeds than I should have. Again, this is one person that no one should hire. I have also spoken with other people and they have had the same problems of not getting the jobs done, or done poorly. Or even getting him to come back once they front him some money.