Handy Home Helpers

John Kent is a master craftsmen and jack of all trades. John and team, rebuilt a composite material deck, while both strengthening the support structures and creating beautiful framing with cocktail rails and a wire cable system. In addition, John re-landscaped our hill steps, replaced floor moldings, cemented a patio, and corrected drainage issues!

We hired Handy Home Helpers to remodel both our, upstairs and downstairs, bathrooms. We could not be more pleased with the job they did for us. They gutted the bathrooms down to the studs, reconfigured the layout and rebuilt them back in a timely matter. John and Bree did all the work themselves. Demo, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, drywall, painting and tile work all done by just the two of them. It was amazing to watch them work. The speed, quality and detail of their work was superb. They were great at keeping us up to date on the progress of the jobs. They also kept the power and water disruptions down to a minimum, always giving us plenty of notice when they were going to shut them off. They took time to answer all our questions. We were also very pleased with the price they gave us on the jobs. We believe their caring and commitment to doing the best job possible made this a great experience for us. We plan to use Handy Home Helpers for all future projects on our home. We now have the beautiful bathrooms we have always dreamed of, thanks to Handy Home Helpers.

John and his crew did an absolutely beautiful job on our bathroom remodel. The house is 90 years old so there were many small problems that came up but they kept very close to the budget. We are very happy with the amount of value we got for our money. We will definitely call them again.

John Kent was one of the few who responded to my Angie's List inquiry and drove an hour to the house to triage the damage. He followed up timely with a detailed estimate that seemed reasonable for the work to be done. He also followed up after I had time to review the estimate. Because of timing with weather and our availability we have not yet moved forward but I am impressed with his professionalism, communication, and thoughtful assessment of the work to be done. We will follow up with him in the spring when the weather is more amenable.

John and his crew did superb work. John provides a detailed estimate at the beginning of a project and communicates clearly and constantly during the work itself. We let him and his team make a lot of the design and aesthetic decisions about flooring, colors and fixtures, with unfailingly positive results. He is a detail person who makes sure the smallest pieces of a project are done exactly right. The final bill comes with a detailed accounting of every aspect of materials and labor.

John sent message and I replied back. Finally spoke with John on the phone and agreed on a day and time for him to come out. He didn't show up and no phone call or explanation.

They did a great job, easy to work with, quick and efficient, and would hire again.

Looks great but more expensive than we had planned

John was great. He helped to get the window ordered at Lowes - even helped to get a less expensive, equivalent model. He and his crew showed up on time. They were clean, professional, courteous and truly interested in helping us to improve our house. The project took 2 days. They cleaned up when they were done, we paid our very reasonable bill via check and they were off. I would highly recommend John & Handy Home Helpers for your next project. We will use them again.

This multi task job needed a well qualified contractor who had a variety of skills from carpentry electricity, plumbing to tile setting to name a few. John Kent was definitely the right skilled person for this multiphase bathroom renovation project. He is knowledgeable, professional, conscientious and very well organized in performing each phase of this complete renovation. Besides planning well, he takes a lot of pride in his workmanship . He works very meticulous and is a craftsman in every project he undertakes. He undoubtedly wants his customers to be pleased with the work he does. John along with his female helper work very hard and well together. They are truly nice, pleasant, comfortable individuals to work with. They communicate well and keep the customer update about each phase. As a result we now have a new updated bathroom that we will enjoy for many years. Furthermore, we would do this whole project again especially knowing that Handy Home Helpers would be doing the job. They are the best very contractors available. Believe me you can't go wrong hiring them . We would never hesitate to hire them again or recommend them to our friends. Handy Home Helpers are the very best and you will be completely satisfied.

They were very careful. The house had to be jacked up and an interior wall built. A tricky repair for sure. The crew did not smoke, play their music or swear. They showed up on time and got right to it. In repairing the band board etc., they used thicker gauge wood than what was there before. Even though they had to take down the porch railings and cut through the flagstone porch they put it all back together exactly as it had been.Great painting skills as well. John, the general contractor has a wealth of construction knowledge. I would recommend them for any type of work.

It went great! They were super nice, professional and did a great job.

John was really a pleasure to do business with. He took a challenging building project (a loft in a cabin with multiple roof angles) and turned it into a space that was even better than what we had imagined. John was very responsive throughout the project, answering all our questions in an easy-to-understand manner. Also, he came when he said he was going to come. He took care to ensure that both the structural and the aesthetic aspects of the remodel were sound and went "above and beyond" by building us a beautiful and unique railing using wood from our property. We would definitely hire him again for future projects.

John and Brianna were prompt, the work performed was good, the cleanup of the area was done, and the price was reasonable. The next time work needs to be done at our home, John Kent will get the first call. All folks in the "home fixer up business" should be this efficient.

It took a few weeks longer for them to show up to get the job done but once started they completed it satisfactorily.

Living in GA - I found out in late February, my mother's house in NC - the pipe in the back bathroom under the sink had sprung a large leak and continued for nearly two weeks. Aside from the enormous water bill, I had to call Service Master to come in and clean everything up which included tearing out all the wood flooring, bathroom tile, some of the sheet rock and the bottom wood trim. Now for the rebuild - after obtaining estimates around the $8000 to $15,000 range which was way out of my budget - my last hope was Handy Home Helpers. I contacted John through Angie's List, asked him if he could go to the house, work up and estimate and can we not exceed $6000. At first, his estimate was about $2000 more than my budget but he did some finagling and worked up a deal exactly in my budget. John and his crew showed up on time and worked for about 8 days (we agreed this was not a rush job!) and the end result was nothing short of miraculous. The new laminate flooring and bathroom tile is beautiful. He installed a new vanity/sink, set the toilet, did all the sheet rock/mud work, paint and trimmed everything out - it's outstanding! He kept me in the loop with all the work and progress - sent pictures as well so I was informed the whole time. I am giving John Kent and his company extremely high praise for a job well done and would recommend to anyone needing any type of construction/remodeling project done. When time comes to remodel my house, I will gladly pay for him and his crew to travel to GA and do the work.

Contractor did a very professional job. He was easy to work with and charged fairly.

Took knockdown off ceilings. Grossly underestimated the cost of the project. Left it in rough shape,leaving me having to hire someone to finish their work and clean up their mess. Tons of dust in carpets and in duct work. While they put plastic up, it wasn't enough for the work done. Didn't deliver items paid for. Kept cash card to buy kitchen cabinets and didn't deliver them. We paid to have beadboard installed on porch ceiling and they put it up backwards - smooth side out. He told me it would be too busy with the beaded side out. I told him he wasn't to override my design. He was hired to put lattice under the porch for a finished look. He nailed it to the outside of the porch. Truly unlike anything I've ever seen. He has refused to correct either mistake. Left debris, food, trash at work sites. Hires people as day workers, even though I was assured he only used people he personally worked with for years. Was introduced to this company by someone who had used them 1x. After this experience and seeing the shoddy work they did, my friend has discontinued using them for his business. There are bad workers out there; however, this experience was not only bad because of the work but also the lack of professionalism. Took our money. Stole a cash card. Didn't complete contracted work. And what work they did wasn't up to industry standards. I chose 'fair' for the price because if the job had been done correctly, it would have been a fair price. The price for the work he did is lousy.

John was professional, friendly, and prompt, and the work was done well.

They were good. They were on time. They did a good job. Their prices were really fair. They were polite. They cleaned up after themselves so they were good.

they did not keep the job site clean,most of their work was sloppy. the plumbing, electrical, and carpentry work was acceptable but nothing to brag about. the tile floor was reasonable. the tile shower was a complete disaster. we had to hire another contractor to tear everything out , down to the wall studs and completely rebuild the shower.

I originally called John Kent about removing sliding glass doors in my parents condo and replacing them with French doors. While John was giving me a quote for that, I mentioned that I needed an interior painter so he gave me a quote on that as well. John and his crew showed up on time (they were actually waiting for me when I arrived). They got to work right away to determine the amount of work involved in removing and replacing the door frame where the sliding glass door was being replaced with French doors. It ended up being a lot more work than we originally thought it would be. John, very patiently, explained what needed to be done and the final cost was still well within what we originally thought it would be. He and his crew also painted the entire condo - various colors with accent walls and also had to remove wallpaper from the bathrooms. They were incredibly nice guys and even replaced the toilets with new ones that I bought and hauled the old ones away at no extra charge. I can go on and on about what an amazing job that John and his crew did but I am running out of time. I couldn't recommend them more! In fact, we have some other projects coming up (replacing exterior doors and installing lighting fixtures) and will be calling them as soon as I get my act together.

It took several weeks for them to work us into their schedule, but they showed up at the appointed time and did a good job of cleaning and checking the operation of the gutters. Also noted leakage in one of the downspouts, which I will repair to protect the foundation. John and his crew were friendly and professional.

I am very impressed with the head man, John. He is very intelligent and knowledgeable. He and his crew are hardworking and honest. They are friendly. I believe that John's assessment of the situation in identifying the problem and going about fixing it saved us a lot of money. The actual work is taking about 1-1/2 weeks. He kept us informed of costs and timetable for completion as best he could. I would recommend him to others and I plan to use them in the future to replace some 2-prong plugs with 3-prong plugs. I also plan to have them fix the area around some of the outside windows where they were installed in a faulty way causing some water damage issues as well.

Job was done quickly and entire site was cleaned up.....we have had many positive comments on the work and design (he was of great help in that regard)....entire job took about 2 days.