Let Mikey Do It

Mike Betch and his 2 helpers were on time on day one (12/21/15) worked for 2 ½ days and then came back on the 29th & 30th to complete and made sure that I was satisfied with their work!

Mike and his crew of Chris and Dustin did a great job of sealing and insulating our basement room. The whole basement has benefited from not having this source of cold and moisture and I expect my utility bill to go down from not having to run a dehumidifier in that room constantly. They also insulated our front door and helped to reduce a significant winter draft there. There was still an excessive draft coming in around the bottom corners of the door after they finished. When I called about this, they came out promptly the same day and went the extra mile in doing everything they could to eliminate the draft. In my opinion, if you are looking for a contractor for any project, the highest compliment you can pay and the greatest assurance you can have is that the contractor responds to such "complaints" after he has been paid. By this standard, Mike Beich is the best. One note for homeowners to be aware of (and this is not a complaint) is that the estimate is not a binding contractual offer but an estimate. Mike had estimated our basement room insulation at $650 on Oct. 15, 2015 but when we had the job done three months later materials costs had increased and the charge went up to $850. Still quite a bit better than a competing estimate. Similarly, the door insulation was to be $100 but there were some unexpected "wrinkles" and the charge ended up being $150. Both fair adjustments, in my opinion.

Mikey and Chris did an excellent job. Basically, they do whatever it takes to get the job done right. They work extremely hard and don't cut corners. Upfront, they tell you that they are not the cheapest but they do excellent work and they will not upcharge you for added services. So, the initial quote from Mikey may be a 5-10% higher than other contractors but what you get from Mikey and Chris is a worry-free experience, an exceptional end product and no surprises on the final bill!

Mikey and his crew were very friendly and did quick and careful work. They re-vented my bathroom fan through the roof. The bathroom has never vented so well. No more dripping walls after a shower and the fan is much quieter now that it is vented correctly. He also tightened the latch on my gate and the handle of my screen door because it was bothering him.

I bought a coupon for two man hours of work from the company. The deal was for one hour of work by two workers. They showed up when they promised and were professional and had the needed tools for the job. I needed them to fix a leaking pipe. Unfortunately after an hour and a half of work including a trip to the hardware store they were not able to fix the leak. They said that the problem was the pump that was connected to the leaky pipe. Apparently the thread on the pump was stripped and the pump had to be replaced. Because it took them a longer than expected I had to pay them for the extra time at their regular rate and for the parts that were required their attempted repair. I was not happy that the leak was not fixed but I was not upset at the company because it wasn't their fault. Well I decided to call a professional plumber to come take a look at the leak. It took him, by himself, 15 minutes and a two dollar copper connector to tighten the pipe to the pump and fix the leak; without a new pump. So I essentially paid the company $130.00 for nothing.

Excellent. The team of Let Mikey Do it was professional, timely, and efficient. I have very little "fix it" skills and it was a relief to have someone very knowledgable to answer all of my questions and concerns. They communicated the process to me so that I would understand the timeframe and work that would be done; the results of their work are great. I am so happy with the new tub surround tile.

Mikey sent out 2 young men with whom we were very impressed. They did a couple of small jobs for us and did them very well. In talking with them, they seemed very knowledgeable. For the next little job, they said they would go out and get the parts and set up a time to come back. They never came back. I called Mikey numerous times. The last time I called him, he said, "I will call you next Tuesday." He did not call. We were very disappointed as my husband and I really liked these 2 young men. We wished it was possible to contact them directly. However, it seemed that MIKEY was the BOTTLENECK. It was a VERY STRANGE EXPERIENCE!

I like Mike but we had a hard time connecting. I placed my order on April 16 and the work was finally performed on June 10. Mike was pretty good about getting over to take a look at the work to be done but then it took him quite a while to get back to me with an estimate (I got it about 10 days after I expected to get it. I asked for an itemized estimate but never got a written one. The estimate for the work was $900 plus materials for 16 hours of work (but this included spray washing and repairing our deck as well as a couple of light fixtures, which we did not have him do); The estimate contained no details other than the hours and costs. I wanted more detail because I wasn't sure what was costing what and wasn't sure I wanted all of the work to be done. I also pointed out that Mike had indicated his normal rate was $50 an hour and that I had prepaid for 4 hours of work so the most the bill should be was 16 hours - 4 hours = 12 hours; 12 hours x $50 per hour = $600, plus materials. Mike agreed but at best this was sloppy accounting. I still wanted a written estimate which again I did not receive. We scheduled the work for 8 a.m. on June 10th. I had told Mike I would be fixing the lights and around June 1st I called Mike and told him we would skip the deck repair and spray wash since we were thinking about just replacing the deck. Mike's helper Chris got to the house at 9:30 a.m. on the 10th indicating that Mike was coming soon (I had given up on seeing them when he finally arrived). Chris thought they were going to be spray washing the deck and didn't have a list of all of the other projects to be done along with him. He was a nice young guy who is clearly doing some on the job training. He did a very nice job on our major project - fixing the front entry way. Mike came about 45 minutes later and was in and out of the job during the day - my impression was the he was primarily here to do the plumbing related work. He fixed our faucet after getting part from a local plumbing store for under $10 (he had said if he couldn't get the part the faucet would have to be replaced; I was happy). In fact, I was generally happy with the work that was performed. On June 15 we got the bill for Mike's services. He listed the services as I indicated above and billed us for 8 hours of work, plus $69 for materials. The time seemed about right. I have contacted him about the bill because it had a couple of problems. He charged us $300 for the 8 hours of work when he should have charged us $200 (I had prepaid for 4 hours of work for $100, but instead of subtracting 4 hours, he subtracted the $100 I had prepaid for the service). I was a little disturbed because I had purchase a piece of fairly expensive trim to be used for the work on the front entry way. It was way too long so I had it cut in half expecting to use the other piece for something else but when Mike left all of the trim left with him. I'm not sure what happened there and inquired about it. I was also a little concerned about the materials cost but I am no expert and just asked for a breakout of materials costs when Mike sends the corrected invoice, which I have not yet received. In summary, Mike did and Chris did good work. It was hard to communicate with Mike and he and Chris weren't prompt. Mike is sloppy with his accounting and although he readily corrects his mistakes, you have to double check his bills.

Mike and Chris worked for more than four days on my place, granted not both at the same time although they overlapped quite a bit. It was a real pleasure to interact with them. I believe that they did a great job and the price was reasonable. They ordered missing/broken parts and tried to save us money. Although i paid them before some loose ends were taken care of, they came back and wrap up the entire job. Overall, a very good experience. As i told Mike, when I need help i'll call him again. Great job done by two nice people. Thank you, Mike and Chris.

After arriving a few minutes late (my condo association is a little h****** the parking side of things), Mikey and his side kick got straight to work. When they realized they needed another part to fix my leaking faucet, Mikey called around and visited several stores looking for it while his assistant continued to work on my bedroom door. Once he returned without the part, since it was out of stock, they decided to call it a day. But then, maybe 35 minutes later he called me back saying he had found it after all. Then hecame back out and fixed the faucet! And through it all, all of the running out to the truck and around town for supplies, the guys were respectful enough to always remove their shoes which I thought was very nice. :)

Handyman Chris was very professional and efficient. He was able to fix all the items we asked him to fix and was providing good tips along the way.

He and his staff were very friendly and professional. They showed a lot of concern that we were happy with their work.

I am a new Angie's List member and this is my first time utilizing a service that I purchased from Angie's List. I had various small projects around the house that my husband either did not have the skills or time to do. Mikey from Let Mikey Do It was very quick in contacting me after I purchased his service to set up a time. I attached pictures of what I wanted done and discussed with him over the phone about the tasks in advance. Unfortunately, due to Mikey being so busy, the service wasn't able to be scheduled for 2 weeks. Mikey ended up having to delay the date for the service for another couple of weeks, but he was very apologetic and nice about it when he called to reschedule. On the date of the service, Chris from his company showed up an hour late, but I appreciated Mikey answering his cell phone when I called to make sure someone was still coming. Chris was very polite, nice, and professional. He kept me updated on everything he was doing for every project, and educated me on what needed to be done to get the jobs done right. One of the projects involved re-anchoring a towel rack to the wall, after it came off the drywall from previous shoddy repairs. After Chris re-anchored the towel rack to the wall, I noticed that it was uneven compared to the window sill right above it. Chris explained that it was because the window was not level, whereas the towel rack was. He offered to adjust it again for me, but I decided that I would rather he spend the remaining time on the other projects instead. To my surprise, Chris decided to adjust the towel rack anyhow because he understood the aesthetics of it might bother me. It was a tricky project because the drywall around that area was already previously compromised and there was wiring near where the bolts were but Chris diligently took his time to make sure the job was done right. He did not charge me for the additional time spent doing this, as he stayed longer to finish up the remaining project. The last project involved adjusting bricks that lined my raised vegetable garden. The end result was so much better than what I had hoped for! This was apparently only a temporary fix to get my through the summer growing season, as Chris explained to me, and some more intensive work would need to be done to keep the bricks from falling over again in the future. Given what I had experienced with this company, I will definitely be contacting them in the fall to come back to do the work for me. I am a very happy customer!

I was looking for someone to do air sealing / insulation / energy efficiency work on my older (1950s) house. I was very pleased with the work these guys did. They obviously knew what they were doing, and everything went smoothly. They were also very friendly, always answering the questions I had, and each morning they would explain to me what had been done the previous day and what stage of the project they were on. I would definitely use them again and I would recommend them to anyone. I'm already enjoying living in my newly-sealed and insulated house!

The service turned out okay. We haven't done the work yet. The actual big deal went great. He was nice, and on time. He was very informative and had good suggestions for us. The estimate was mailed to our address.

Everything went very well. Mike was very responsive and always showed up right on time. He made sure the job was done right by having an energy auditor come and verify all of the work. Easy to get ahold of, quick response, quality work. Would definitely recommend.

I wanted to hire Let Mikey Do It to perform some handyman work around my house, and hoped to buy one of the Angie's List deals. However, due to a bad experience with a prior handyman, I wanted to at least talk to if not meet someone before hiring Let Mikey Do It. On its website, Let Mikey Do It has a form to request an estimate. After filling that out and getting no response for a week, I called the number. I have since never received a return call despite multiple weeks passing.

It went great. They were a little late, but the professionalism and service made up for it. Not only did the fix the items that needed fixing, I was also educated about what to do in the future if a similar issue happens again.

Showed up on time, worked quickly, cleaned everything up when they were finished. Friendly guys, great job, would hire again.

The guys were very nice, and we felt very comfortable having them in our home. We felt so comfortable that we left them in our home to do work even after we had to leave for work. The guys were fast but not negligent or sloppy. Their work was done with our 100% satisfaction! We will be hiring let Mikey do it for all our future projects. Overly satisfied! They go up and beyond expectation.

I originally hired Mikey through Angie's list due to a $500 coupon for an attic insulation install. He came out to give us an estimate and suggested we call Energy Star to get a comprehensive energy audit. We did that and Mike worked with the consultant and gave us a bid on the whole project. Mike pointed out the energy rebate and $500 coupon which was automatically figured into the price. We came to a payment agreement and a few days later the project began. The 2 people that came to do the work were extremely courteous, friendly, and professional. After a few days, I came to believe that they took real pride in their work. They went out of their way to do things "right" and they did a few things that were not on the list of "to dos". When the project was almost finished, Mike hired the Energy consultant to do a quick energy audit to make sure that they didn't miss anything. In the initial energy audit and the final audit (after the project was done) One of the measurements the Energy Star Consultant used was a door blower measurement. The work that was done took the house from a 7 total house air replacement per hour to around a 4 air replacement per hour at 50 Pascals. We are told that 3 total house air replacement or less was considered pretty much air tight. There were some things that couldn't be done without prohibitive costs such as air sealing the basement sills due to the basement being built in and having drywall ceilings, We also have 2 wood burning fireplaces that could not be insulated around the flues. However, we can tell that house is tighter and the furnace is working less. Our house was built in 1969, and as far as I could tell there were no upgrades in energy savings work since that time. Comfort was the main reason we wanted the energy upgrade and it is certainly more comfortable after the work was done. I certainly would recommend "let Mikey Do It" for energy savings upgrades and we will use the company again for other jobs around the house.

It went very good, excellent. I think he is very experienced. He know what he is doing. He explained everything that he was doing to me. He is real good person personality wise. He had to make couple of trips to down the hardware store and he told me about what he was doing, his price was very fair and he just did good work. I would recommend them.

I don't have a whole lot to add -- dealing with Mike is how you would like all your professional interactions to work out. He works with you, communicates superbly when it's necessary, is available when you need to talk with him, and completes the job in the timef rame he stated.

Mike was very courteous and professional. He was running a bit late but when he got here was very thorough and competent. The removal of the faucet took longer than expected due to some unforeseen issues, but he stayed late and got the job done. He even ran out to Menard's to buy a missing part and finished the job in about two hours. I recommend him and would use his services again.

The team was very nice, professional and courteous. The job took most of the week. The ceiling fans that needed to be replaced were smaller than the other ones (higher quality though), so they contracted out the drywall guys. These guys were actually very rude, unprofessional, swearing and probably drunk. So, being aware of this, the team did their best to correct the problem and stayed long just to supervise and check to make sure everything was ok. Hopefully they don't use these particular drywall guys again. The work is not completely finished. The timer switches for the fans are on backorder and the drywall needed to dry, so some small areas need to be painted yet. This was explained to me with apologies. Not a big deal. Overall I was very pleased. I can instantly tell a difference in how warm it is upstairs due to the insulation.