Make a List Handy Man Services

The walls had a lot of damage, and after they did the job, they look beautiful! Excellent work!

Initially I had asked Brian to replace the threshold in my garage entry door. My house is 40 years old and the door is the original. Brian quickly found that the threshold I needed is not available, so we decided to replace the the door. Brian did his usually job. The new door looks great and his clean up afterwards was outstanding. He is very conscientous and his work is very professional.

He did a great job and made sure the job was done to my satisfaction. Great worker and does great work.

Very close attention to detail and clean work. Very professional service.

First off there was problems with scheduling. The owner and the person who showed up, had two completely different stories. The quality to work was awful and worse that what I would have done. All of the edging was terrible. They also messed up and started painting the alcove above the shower the wall color. Luckily I had a gallon of white paint, so they had to repaint the entire ceiling and that was an extra cost to me. Then one of the painters was hinting around that he wanted music, so I brought in my child’s radio and asked him what station he wanted it on. He said it didn’t matter. So I put on Sunny 95 and left. When I came back home, there was paint all over the radio, all over the knobs and dripped in to the knobs too. When I came home from work and saw the lack of quality from the painting job, I called the owner. We set an appointment and he was going to come out to fix that, but he never showed up. On top of that, in my bathroom the toilet was in an extra area, with a separate door. The company charged me extra for that, even though the room I had them paint, all of that was in the bathroom. He said the 3x6 toilet area was an extra room. Buyer’s Beware!

I called Brian in the morning right after the bracket which held up the blinds to my sliding glass door came apart. He kindly squeezed me in his busy day and worked around my schedule as well. He arrived close to the time he had told me but was a little delayed due to rush hour which was reasonable. He was professional and quickly went to work to reinstall the casing which had come loose from the wall and reinstalled my blinds after that was put back up. I really appreciated that he fit me in the day I called as I was having a very stressful day and this took one thing off my long list. Thank you Brian and Angie's List for helping me find a good service provider.

He painted our living room. The work was completed in one day. The service was fine.

Everything turned out just fine. I liked I did not have to do it myself. There was some minor clean up I had to do. There was one person here painting and it took about 4 hours to complete.

Nothing horrible happened, there is no drama here. Just that in general the provider did an only-ok, barely acceptable job on tasks that were not difficult...cut corners whenever possible...then promised to contact the homeowner as follow-up within 24 hours to a question that had come up (with associated additional work that would come with it)...the provider never contacted the homeowner again, and as part of the disappearing routine left one job unfinished. I know there are many out there who are worse, but I would hope there are also at least several who are much more focused than this service provider. Maybe things have improved for him...I hope so, he was a nice guy but very scattered.

The garage door specialist came the next day and fixed the problem quickly and inexpensively. The garbage disposal had to be replaced which my son took care of.

When I called to schedule it was way more money and the way the big deal was worded was misleading . You couldn't get a room painted, maybe only 2 walls. It was going to be $250 more. I wrote him in March of 2014 and asked if he could honor the deal. A month later he said he couldn't because it was expired. I asked to schedule. He said his next available time is in June 19, and only taking emergencies. He recommended that I go to someone else. He was professional.

The basketball pole was cemented in the ground and about a foot or more inside the pole. He worked diligently, in the rain no less, to cut the pole down and remove the backboard from the rusted pole. He pulled out the bushes with his truck and cleaned up the debris. He was very courteous and made sure everything was right. He came out on a Saturday, after I had just contacted him on Monday, due to an issue that made it necessary to get the pole removed. I was very happy with his work and will have him back for some other jobs.

Brian is my new go-to handyman service. He returned my phone call immediately, arrived with all tools and different fasteners necessary to do the job, took great care to install the grab bars at just the right height and angle for my mother, worked fast, and cleaned up all dust with a shop vac. My mom was impressed that he installed the bars in the shower surround without cracking the tile. His rates are super-reasonable. I would definitely recommend Brian's handyman services.

At first Brian responded and stated he could help me & would call me. He later emailed back stating he was too busy and could not take on any new jobs for the next few months. I'm writing the review because while I thought he would be calling I could have been looking for another provider. I'm new to Angie's List and I think I'll contact at least 4 or 5 providers in case several aren't available or just can't provide the services.

Called and spoke with them on Thu 5/15 or Fri 5/16. Read the list of tasks I'd like to have done and he estimated it would take a couple hours. Said he currently didn't have access to his calendar so would call me back that afternoon to schedule. I never received the callback. I called again on Mon 5/19. Today is Thursday 5/22 and I still don't have a callback so I am looking for another provider. Hate when a service provider wastes my time.

The work went very well. Brian is careful and does the job right. My home is older and neither doorway was square. Brian was prepared for this and he was able to install both doors and make them look good. A real plus is the care Brian uses when cleaning up when the job was done.

05/9/14 called Brian and he told me to email him with my contact info ,so I emailed him the same day. He said over the phone he would be in touch with me no later than Monday. Monday comes,nothing. So I emailed him Tuesday 05/13/14 to see if he still wanted to come out and give me an estimate. He said he would call me tomorrow. It is now Thursday 05/15/14 and still nothing.

Brian came to our house and I had a front screen door that needed to re-adjusted so that it would automatically shut and latch when opened. He had to add some fasteners and re-align the door. The door works fine now. I certainly will ask Brian back out to do other items as they arise. Jerry

They caulked around the window sills, repaired a light fixture, installed an exterior light, repaired a drawer, and some other services. They sent two people for four hours and they followed the list we made. We got everything done, minus a few things. No additional fees, but I did have to purchase a new light fixture for them to install. I plan to call them back out and I'll ask for the same people because they were great!

We love Brian and his team! They know what they are doing, work very hard, and are pleasant and professional throughout. They succeeded in moving our new washer and dryer down the narrow stairs of our very old house, when others had given up. They don't ever complain or say I don't think that is possible - they just get to work. They are also willing to work with you on scheduling (example: we needed a cabinet and door removed in our kitchen to accommodate a new refrigerator being delivered and with very short notice, Brian was able to come out and do it), and he will also help coordinate other professionals as needed (example: dryer installation required a new electrical line, and Brian scheduled a licensed electrician so that all I had to do was let him in the house). Also, they were very respectful of our dog, after we told him we didn't want to disturb the dog more than absolutely necessary. They remembered and each time they moved to a new place in the house they asked where the dog was and if it was OK to go ahead. We were very impressed with Brian and will not hesitate to use them again.

Scheduling and getting an estimate was a bit of a struggle. They came out for the estimate the same day they wanted to start the work. I was given an oral estimate, so I was good with that. However, when he told me they were almost done, there was no drywall installed over the concrete blocks in the basement, which was the main reason I hired them. Once I told one of the drywall workers that I expected drywall in the finished basement, he needed to contact Brian. Okay no problem, Brian was to call me before they did any additional work to discuss options and price. Brian did not contact me, moved forward with the "fix" by adding more "beams" obviously lighter weight to move the "walls" out to meet the basement connectors. Once all was completed the cost went up a little over $700.00 of what had been verbally given to me. I had to have them stop working before I got the "new" estimate. When they added the new beams for the drywall, my drop ceiling now lays in the middle of window. I was very pleased with the outcome of the replacement and staining of bedroom door, and the drywall in the master bedroom. They cleaned up every night before they left (loved that!) and removed probably 98% of the trash. I have and would definitely use them again, I just made sure we both understood what was expected to be done and a written estimate prior to starting the job.

Brian came to discuss the project and look over the requests. Over the span of a few visits, he completed the work very well, with the help of an assistant. They were both very courteous and easy to work with. We would call on Make a List again!

They are very good, no nonsense, and they do exactly what they say they are going to do. Very fairly priced and they clean up any messes made. Very nice people.

They were friendly and professional. They did a good job on the painting.

Did not hire him as we got 3 very similarly priced estimates and his was one of them. The other 2 companies seemed sure of how they would handle the problems our condo presented and we didn't want to have anything delayed while he figured out how to proceed.