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    4.8 (76 reviews)
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    Jeremy T.

    I reached out to Jose again for some patio and paver work. We designed out a porcelain tile patio with planks for stepping stones. Between, a dark slate gravel. Within a week of the quote, Jose and team began the work. They leveled, accounted for drainage and water flow, applied weed barrier, and then laid down the gravel. I picked the tiles out, but Jose arranged to pick them up, and the other materials. And was on site for much of the work. He's just so good. The results are beautiful. And were delivered in three days. For any work around your house, call Jose first.

    Maxfield A.

    I had 42 feet of fence falling over and Jose at Ascencio's Handy took care of it! Jose was communicative and transparent the entire process. The quote was very affordable and we incurred no extra charges during the process. Jose was even so kind as to haul away some extra trash I had! Also he finished the job in the exact amount of time he predicted. Highly recommend for fence needs.

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    Chet D.

    We highly recommend Jose Ascensio We initially spoke with Jose for a fence project and ended up contracting with him for additional fence work on our property and our neighbor hired him for another project. He provided us with detailed quotes and readily made adjustments when requested. It was clear to us that he has successful experience and proposed creative solutions with several questions we had. Jose is friendly as well as professional. He responds back in a timely manner and was onsite when he said he would be. Our new fences are beautiful and the project was reasonable. It may be a little thing but we appreciated how Jose and his team were careful about unnecessarily affecting landscaping near the project area

    Weze P.

    Another five-star review for Jose and his team. They replaced a 90-foot side, backyard fence that was blown apart by the March 2023 storms. Jose responded quickly to my outreach, and came out the following day to look over the project. I received his estimate the next day, which was very competitive. Communication before, during and after the work was completed was excellent. The work itself is impeccable, and was completed swiftly. I highly recommend Jose and his team.

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    Kaitlyn A.

    Jose and his team finished our new fence yesterday and it looks amazing! I found Jose on Yelp based on his glowing reviews, but after he came out and quoted our project, I didn't need to look any further and booked him right away. He was extremely responsive throughout the whole process, including when I first reached out to get an initial quote. Him and his team were punctual and he kept in touch with me about the progress of the project. He was open to my suggestions, answered all of my questions, and worked very fast. We even had to make a last minute change which he accommodated seamlessly. His crew was tidy and very professional. I am so glad we found Jose and we couldn't be more pleased with the new fence they built for us!

    Wall after remove TV
    Alejandro C.

    We are pleased with the work they are doing at my home, the last one was remove 3 TV from the mount wall and repair walls after that, well the work was impecable, just seeing the walls you can not imagine it is not the original wall. Before they helped me to remove kitchen cabinets and install new ones. The work was really good and the counter top company asked for who install the cabinets since the work was as good that they didn't have to do any adjustments to install the countertops.

    We hired Jose and his team for two projects: drywall and fence installation. Jose was reliable and very responsive. We're happy with his services and would hire him and his team again.

    Jose Ascencio is highly recommended, his team and himself did a great job with my fence . He was on time , very reasonable, clean and very detailed with everything. 10/10 very happy

    Kitchen island install.   They had to cut the granite counter top and round the edges also. Did an amazing job.
    Luke H.

    Jose Ascencio, has done multiple jobs for us and he has been professional, knowledgeable, quick, and friendly. His pricing is reasonable, and his skills are on point. He does great work at a reasonable price and he's always working to make sure you like the product. We recently had them install a kitchen island, which came out great. He also had to fix a few things that our previous handyman didn't get right.

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    Jose and his team did an amazing job transforming our dingy garage into a finished, beautiful space!

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    Brian, Holly, and Gerardo are the best…read more When I contacted them initially two years ago, within the first 10 minutes of talking they'd recognized that our house was not a simple brace & bolt project given its soft story and referred me to a structural engineer (who himself was excellent) for review/evaluation. I begin with this because that structural engineer mentioned he'd had Brian do his own retrofitting and highly recommended him, which was the only endorsement I needed. The scope of the work was soft story retrofit (incl. excavation at the front of the garage to install a Hardy frame, adding in shear walls with bolts, shear wall with URFP ties all along the house's perimeter) as well as adding in anchors (e.g., hand dug piers, rebar, concrete) in the front and back of the house to prevent the house from further sinking. We initially applied for and got into the ESS program, which Brian/Holly guided us through (pulling permits, getting photos, contacting our engineer for letters/responses on ESS program follow-ups). As in the first time and every subsequent time, they were swift and helpful in responding. ESS, if you don't know (like I didn't), goes through FEMA and requires FEMA review and approval of your plans at each step of the way, but the whole program came to a standstill in 2025-26. We had no updates despite us and Brian/Holly repeatedly following up. We gave up on ESS in April and decided to move ahead with the retrofit. Brian was able to work us into his schedule and work began early May and work was completed in just a little over two weeks, a full week faster than I expected. The whole time Brian/Holly kept us apprised of the status, schedule, and inspections; and forwarded us all documentation and pictures as they came up. The crew was efficient and detailed and did thorough clean ups of the worksite after each day. We felt in control and informed the whole time and are confident in the result; I'd hire them again in a heartbeat.

    We would strongly recommend working with Golden State Seismic. They are consummate professionals…read morewho treated us fairly and left us with great peace of mind regarding the safety of our home. Brian and Holly's help started way before the project began. Originally planning to do a basic brace and bolt retrofit, Brian was the first contractor we reached out to who identified that there may be a need for more extensive retrofitting as a result of our soft-story living space. He gave us the name of a reputable structural engineer, Dan Szumski, who came to inspect our house and concurred that we would need a soft-story retrofit. Holly proactively communicated about retrofit rebates available through our city, along with recommended messaging we could use when speaking to the city about an extension to the rebate deadline. Her efforts will ultimately save us thousands of dollars. Communication has been superb. Throughout the project, Brian would visit the site every day to ensure the work was being executed according to the engineering plans. Where practical considerations forced even minute deviations to the engineering plans, he would reach out directly to the engineer to verify the changes were satisfactory. He ensured multiple inspections were done in lockstep with the work so that we knew things were on track every step of the way.

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