Nikolai repaired a door frame and towel rack. He was very accommodating, prompt, and did a great…read morejob. The price was much lower than other pros.

We had the most reassuring and wonderful experience with Nikola. He was clear, responsive,…read morefair-priced, professional, and very good at assembling furniture. He took a disappointing experience with the furniture maker and made it an overall positive one with how well the bed was assembled. I plan to use him again as needed. Highly recommend!

Gives invaluable knowledge and expertise to help your vision and projects come to life.read more

Bob is wonderful for occasional handyman services of all kinds and his specialty woodworking…read moreprojects. My mother had him replace the old footboard of her bed and he did a great job matching everything and produced a seamless final product. I have had him assemble complex furniture, cut down the height of my sideboard, hang a ceiling lamp, etc. He is always precise- leveling the furniture after assembly for instance- and careful with dropcloths etc. Not to mention easy to work with and great at communicating technical issues and options (such as how to best hide wall lamp cords depending on my apartment's limitations on drilling too many holes in the walls). Rates are reasonable too! I have used his services for years now and would highly recommend him to a friend.

I needed the bathroom caulked, especially the shower. After receiving lukewarm and intermittent…read moreresponses from other companies, On Duty Handyman promptly responded and set up an appointment. The morning of our appointment was rainy and a traffic nightmare throughout the region. I received a message from the owner that my technician would be a little late (about 15 minutes). When he arrived, he immediately got started. I inspected his work afterwards, he even caulked a couple of spots I hadn't thought about! It's very neat and the color is a perfect match. I have quite a few projects to complete in our old DC rowhouse and plan to use On Duty Handyman again. Hopefully Rolio will make a return visit. Nice work!

It was such a pleasure wiring with Essam and his team. I Can't recommend them enough.The entire…read moreprocess was smooth and transparent. I'll definitely be calling him again when I need more work done at the house.

Great work and after job completion they stand behind their work and products. I highly recommend…read more I had a complete bathroom redone from piping to shower, tub, toilet including all new cabinets and fixtures.

I went to Old Town Bath and Kitchen when I needed to replace the cartridge for my bathroom faucet…read more It was an older, higher-end model and come to find out cartridges were hard to get a hold of. Ed, the manager from Old Town B&K, was able to do it! Moreover, he did this over the course of 2 emails and a phone call. He was incredibly helpful in helping me maneuver all of this - dealing with a leaky faucet and a less than interested manufacturer. Unfortunately, the cartridge did not fix the problem and in fact my faucet leak became worst due to internal damage the plumber found. I was soon advised to simply replace the faucet. I emailed Ed and asked for help once again; I sent him a picture of my current faucet and asked what we he could do to help me find something similar. In hours he found multiple alternatives in a great price range - $250 - $350; this was half the price of the faucet I was replacing. The options were all great and I ended up settling on one that I love more than the original faucet. Ed was a savvy advisor that in a few short emails and calls was able to help me find a high quality and beautiful faucet that I love. He was simply SPECTACULAR - especially during a demanding work week and crazy travel schedule. Moreover, Ed worked swiftly to get me the new faucet in two days so I was able to get rid of the leaky one and have a fully operational bathroom again. Simply awesome. And while I feel the mark-up on some of the products seemed a little high, I would surely say it was all worth it considering the amazing customer service and counsel I got from Ed and the team! I plan to return to them for all my bathroom and kitchen needs in the years to come! They were fantastic.

Alex was wonderful to work with. He came out and put in two water filters I wanted installed. We…read morenoticed that some of the adapters didn't work so we went to the store and grabbed the correct ones to complete the install. It was fast and he did a terrific job! Will be reaching back out soon for future work.

Nancy and Alex are the Guardian Angels of home improvement. Alex assesses what the job entails and…read morecompletes the job with the customer 1,000 percent satisfied and happy. They've come to my rescue twice, first time to correct a garbage disposal installation, then today Alex solved and completed an HVAC issue that an HVAC technician was not able to do. Such professional, wonderful, delightful people. True gems in Northern Virginia, the Guardian Angels for Home Repairs and Improvements.

Mauricio Mendez and his team are true professionals. They were able to provide great value, timely…read moreservice, and thorough repair work to help me with my HOA Violations. I highly recommend his team and plan to work with them again.

Had a wonderful experience with Mauricio and his team at Fast Fence! We had a very old wooden fence…read morethat needed to be replaced. We wanted a more open, modern look and decided to go with a black aluminum fence and it looks great! Mauricio was communicative and helpful with quoting the job and scheduling the work. He was very patient with all of my questions like, "Will my beagle's head get stuck in-between the slats?" LOL The team was super considerate of our budget and the various challenges in our backyard including a big tree and stump on our property line, and an existing wood post that was cemented into our brand-new flagstone patio. Thank you!

Used kmk remodeling to remodel my main level bathroom. I honestly went with him over two other…read moreestimates because he wasnt the lowest nor the highest and he was willing to price match. We did full marble tile floor and stand up shower, pretty standard remodeled but he recommended some nicer finishes that were about the same price as chat i had chooses. He also helped with choosing the paint and shower tile pattern. Like i said his price wasnt the lowest or the highest but i think it was fair. In his contract he also brought in and paid a cleaning company to take care of the cleaning. Very satifies with the work and communitions and will use him to do the kitchen next.

KMK Remodeling…read more I used KMK remodeling for some drywall repairs and to lay a tile floor in one of my bathrooms. As far as the bathroom floor goes, I had no complaints (the only reason it's not a 1 star) - great job on the bathroom floor. However, I had numerous problems with the timeliness of the work done, the quality of the drywall work, and lack of professionalism with things like the contractor not cleaning up after himself. ALWAYS LATE/CANCELS: Firstly, as I said, great job on the bathroom floor - I would definitely recommend them for tile work without question. However, the contractor was always lite by at least 4 hours. He would say each time he would start at 8am and not get there until 12/1pm. On more than one occasion my fiancé and I had to cancel plans because the contractor didn't start when he said he would, so he would end up finishing much later in the day which would overlap with our plans, causing us to have to cancel. This literally happened each time he came to do work. On top of being late all the time, he would totally cancel on an agreed upon day for him to come and do work on a job. He would say, "I'll come through Sunday" and then Sunday would come and go and we wouldn't hear from him. Then Monday we'd contact him and ask about Sunday and he'd say "sorry I got caught up I'll come through Tuesday" and then not show up Tuesday and then he'd say he'd come by the next day and he'd get there at 7:30pm at night, so we would have to tell him to come another day since he was there 10 hours after the normal time to work (which is during the day).  My fiancé is a teacher and goes to bed early - we didn't plan on having a contractor in the house working at 10pm. He cancelled several times and would use excuses like "my day job got busy" or "had another contract that got busy" etc. My thing is - if you are not sure you can fit someone into your schedule don't make any promises! I'd rather you schedule something for a week later and be true to your word than to schedule something for the next day knowing you'd be hard pressed to meet that schedule. (see screenshots attached for example text messages with cancellations). DRYWALL WORK SUB-PAR: I had him repair drywall in my hallway ceiling on the middle floor. His drywall work was rough (visibly and to the touch) and apparently had paint clumps in it when he painted over it with a brush that had dried paint on it. Also he left a VISIBLY OPEN space between the drywall and the fire sprinkler (see attached pictures and video). I had to pay another company $200 to retouch, repaint and smoothen the drywall KMK remodeling installed. DIDNT CLEAN UP AFTER HIMSELF: To top it off he left drywall residue on my hallway tile and hardwood floors and left it for us to clean up. He also left drywall footprints on the front porch and in the grass. He literally left drywall boot prints in the grass. (see photos of this attached)

Marcin and his team did an exemplary job refinishing wood floors on the main level, and installing…read moreand finishing wood floors and brand new wood stairs throughout the remainder of a house we recently purchased. Before we even started the project, he tested a sample of the current hardwoods to ensure we could get a result. They turned out absolutely beautiful. Marcin demonstrates a high level of detail and dedication to his craft that is simply admirable. He was receptive to special requests as well, including square shoe moulding which was a last minute change. Clear communication, transparent pricing, and quick turnaround made this an outstanding experience. Thank you Marcin and team for the wonderful work!

Very glad we found Marcin and Magni Flooring. We had some very unique repairs we needed to our…read moreengineered hardwood, which is not an easy floor to fix. Marcin was incredibly responsive and met with us to discuss options. Him and his team were able to expertly fix the issue over a couple of days. It was meticulous work and took extreme precision which they handled expertly. Will definitely use them for wood floor or carpet needs in the future. Pricing was absolutely right for the expert work done. We've used other local companies before and it always seemed like we had to manage them, but with Magni we had none of that. Very refreshing experience.

When we decided to have the ugly aluminum siding on our house removed and the original 1925 wood…read moresiding restored on our Del Ray home, we asked folks around the neighborhood for recommendations. Everyone warned us about SethAnne Studios. The word on the street was that they do beautiful work, but they never saw a budget or a timeline that they could meet. When I interviewed the owner/project manager Tom, I told him that his reputation was mixed and I asked him to please be honest about the cost and timeline. He ASSURED me that he wouldn't let me down. We even decided to pad his original estimate by 15% just in case there were any unexpected problems. ( We did encounter a larger portion of replacement siding required than we originally thought, which accounted for an extra $1500 , which had no problem with). We told him that we would hire them because his workers do such nice work ( we went to several other completed houses) . What we did not know is that SethAnne Studios was so over-booked and poorly managed that they had to hire a completely different company ( Avalon Builders) to come do all the carpentry and yet another company to do the painting. SethAnne's workers never even touched our house! When we got the bill, he billed us for the original amount, PLUS, a mark-up because he had to sub-out the job! He went over budget by almost 33%!!!! To add insult to injury, he billed us for his personal time ( project management) at 95 bucks an hour for 8 hours a week! We paid him nearly 1000 dollars a week to POORLY manage our project! Plus, they added costs along the way which I feel were wasteful, like the 395 bucks for dumpster rental ( they never brought a dumpster) . They billed us 5000 dollars for 24 linear feet of porch railing. Really? ( I didn't' pay that) We asked very early on for grey paint. We gave them samples of what we wanted, but they thought our house should be grey-brown, so they painted 4 samples of brown ( and one blue?) on the side of our house (2 x 2 ft squares) and charged us 125 bucks for 5 quarts of paint! We didn't WANT brown paint, but I suspect that if they had been able to recommend a color , they would have been able to charge us the 2500 "design fee" . We refused to pay that, since they didn't "design" anything. At every turn, these people have been unprofessional, never rude or obnoxious, more like clueless. Now, here we sit , nearly two months late on our project, the house has been painted and he still can't find the time to have the workers come hang the shutters. They promised us to have them done tuesday, but since it rained they couldn't hang them. Wednesday was bright and sunny, but still no shutters....why?....because now the workers were on to some other project! We're back down the list again. These people have no idea how to manage a project or to meet a budget. They over-promise under-deliver. They don't have enough workers to finish jobs on time and should not take on more than one job at a time because they lack the management skills to juggle multiple projects successfully. I would warn anyone against using this company to work on your home. My experience is exactly what all the others warned me about, but none of them ever went as far as to say "don't use them". Well, I am saying, I will never use them again and if I were you, I'd look elsewhere for home repairs/design/construction in Del Ray. SethaAnne Builders will disappoint you every step of the way.

After removing the aging (ugly) vinyl siding from our house and replacing it with hardieboard…read moresiding and adding a number of craftman style features, my spouse and I worked with the design arm of SethAnne Studios to select the color for the house, trim, window frames and garage doors. It was a very positive experience. Their professionalism and design advice were excellent ,and well suited to both our house style and our personal tastes. In fact our house now looks so great, we have random people walking by our house stop to ask us who helped with the design and color selection. And, we've had people ask us to email them photos of our home, so they can try to convince their adjacent neighbors to choose similar colors when repainting their homes! We have also toured several of the homes that SethAnne Studios have remodeled in the Del Ray area. Their craftmanship, attention to detail, and designs are just wonderful. If we decide to do more remodeling/design work at our house, we will definitely call SethAnne Studios first.

Had some HVAC ducting installed. Was told "Excess plaster, drywall, carpentry and painting are not…read moreincluded. They will be extra if necessary (not anticipated)" in the quote. Contractor (Dave) stated plan was to place ducting in right area of wall (where orange tape was placed). This was the agreed upon work, but it didn't end up working, so the contractors just plunked the ducting adjacent to that and told me it was now my problem. Avoid this place at all costs.

As a professional residential remodeler, I've used many HVAC companies. I've never had more…read morecallbacks and problems than on the Unico system that R&B installed in one of the houses I redid. That alone would be ok, but at every turn R&B tried to pass the blame and assumed zero responsibility for any of the issues. Additionally their billing is unreliable, causing more hassle with sorting through old invoices to see what has been paid and what has not. I will not be using them again. Note: Every technician and installer that came out for this project was always professional and knowledgeable. The issues I had were with the managers, the estimators/contract reps, and the back office.