You cannot go wrong hiring Jason, the literal Dependable Handyman. He is fair, honest, timely,…read moreefficient & easygoing. He & his sons certainly know what they are doing. He provided an estimate in a couple of days, which included a breakout of labor & materials. Jason provided us with Trex entry steps, repaired (2) vinyl siding corners, installed a granite mailbox post, closed off our wood basement steps & provided an access door to the shutoff valves for our shower. Everything came out absolutely as expected & then some. The front steps came out better than we thought! We were comfortable with trusting that Jason knew what to order & do it properly. I was given the opportunity to pick out the color for the steps (though it added a little to the cost), but I appreciate that I had a say in what was installed. Upon accepting the quote, Jason provided a start date, which he adhered to. He was here on the very day he said he would & at the approximate window of time. To get started he requested an Invoice for the materials, which can easily be paid via Quickbooks. It was so easy to accept the quote & make the payment. The Invoice for the balance can be paid the same way. If you have any questions, Jason replies right away. We primarily communicated via email. I thought at times I was pestering him with questions, but it didn't bother him at all from what I could tell. When we pointed out a couple of small errors, he immediately corrected them. No arguing, just made it right. That's rare these days! We have more projects in the pipeline & Jason is definitely hired for that work, such as a small deck, fencing, drop-down ceiling in the basement, a bar & a platform for my washer & dryer. No doubt that the process for the future work will go as seamlessly as these projects did.

The Dependable Handyman was outstanding. We needed a new set of outside steps and I couldn't find…read moreanyone to do the job saying it was too small. It was not too small for the Dependable Handyman. He showed up on time to price out the job and when it came to building the steps, he was there on time. The quality of work was excellent and completed in one day. If you can get him, hire him. You will not be disappointed.

Nice man. Honest and accurate work. We are going to have him back to do a few more projects.read more

Drew did a fantastic job fixing my leaking sink and putting in our mailbox. He responded to my…read morerequest right away. He came on time and even when to the hardware store to get the materials he needed to complete the job. I would highly recommend him.

I have used The Skillful Handyman a number of times to do acoustical ceiling jobs for me. He has…read morebeen doing them for over 35 years now and he really knows his stuff. If you want your commercial business ceiling redone or your basement ceiling finished he is the person you should get. He uses the latest technology, laser level to install. Most jobs he can complete in 1 day

From the owner: We specialize in Home Repair, Handyman Services, Acoustical Ceilings any type commercial or…read moreresidential. 12x12, Tin Ceilings, Suspended Ceilings 2x4 2x2 any type. Laser leveled ceilings. 1 day service available up to 2000 sq. ft. 50 years exp. We also specialize in Finished Basements .

Do not hire this guy. Contact us before you become victim of "Handyman" bachcellosuite1@aol.com…read moreHe breached his contract with us. He claims he can do everything but he is not licensed even though he says he is. We wasted $1000's on material because it needs to be redone by another company. He is not honest, he is lazy, he doesn't show up half of the time. Once he gets your money he has other customers that are his priority...I could go on and on and have pictures. You be the judge. Do yourself a favor...hire someone else.

I am writing this review on behalf of my family, particularly my mother Mary Dyer…read more It has been a few years since Steve Gates tore apart our home and created a nightmare situation for my family. After that debacle we were so busy dealing with the mess and everything else going on that we simply wanted to move on, however, his recent harassment and lies have made it clear that we have to tell our story for us and for others. First Mr. Gates did work in our mudroom which has in short time begun to crumble and cause us problems. That's only the start. Not long after he worked on our mudroom and before we realized what a shoddy job he did, we proceeded to have him begin work on our upstairs - that's where the nightmare began. He was hired to tear the crumbling walls down to the studs, spray foam insulation and put up fresh drywall. This job was supposed to take 6-8 weeks, however, it dragged on over 6 months and at that point - when he walked off the job - it still wasn't finished. During that time he wouldn't show up, we couldn't reach him on the phone, and he's be gone for at least a week at a time. The people he hired to do the work quit because he refused to pay them until there was one individual left for whom my mother paid directly to make sure that he got paid because she felt horrible that Mr. Gates refused to pay him. My mother was told by individuals that Mr. Gates hired that he was using the money she paid him to purchase items for his personal use. He actually came into my place of employment at the time to purchase something when he was supposed to be on the job. My mother was so concerned based on Mr. Gates' horrible behavior that she had to purchase the supplies herself. Mr. Gates also charged my mother for dumpsters that she confirmed were never ordered. During the demolition, Mr. Gates tore out the ship lap from the walls which never should have happened - he should have known better. During the months that our upstairs was torn apart, I had to cover an open hole in the wall myself because he refused, despite being asked over and over again (and I shouldn't have had to have asked) that he cover the hole. We had a bird flying around in the house because he refused to secure the job site and when I discussed the issue with him he laughed in my face. As time went on, he increasingly reeked of pot on the job which was extremely concerning. My mother hired him to do spray foam insulation which he claimed he knew how to do. When it got to it, she found out it was a lie and that he did not in fact know how to do it. He then tried to charge her for the cost of having someone else spray in the insulation. At that point, we were already so far into the project and needed it to be done before the cold weather hit so we were forced to have him put in fiber glass insulation that we did not want. When the drywall phase finally began it was clear he wanted to leave as soon as possible. It was slapped up so shoddily that there are major problems with it that other professionals in our home since then have noticed and inquired about. The drywall is wavy, uneven and massively inconsistent to the point where it's extremely difficult to tile as it is so poorly installed - that's not to mention the horrible mudding job and peeling tape. Window screens were ruined during the demo and in his haste to move on he did not even bother to fix them. Antique, original trim to the house, that was removed and labeled at my mother's request, was never reinstalled as contracted and agreed upon. Door jams and doors were also not reinstalled. When he decided he was "finished" he left the home a dirty mess. He ran down the stairs when we were in another room and fled the house. My father and I left at that point as we had to drive downstate for work. It was at that point that Mr. Gates came back to the home, which I believe was because he thought my mother was home alone, and began to harass her. Mr. Gates yelled at my mother, claiming that the job was finished. Obviously, it was far from it. He then demanded that my mother pay him more money that he was clearly not owed. At that point, my brother, alarmed by this man shouting at my mother, climbed the stairs to see what was going on. Apparently, this startled Mr. Gates and he decided to leave. My mother then realized that Mr. Gates still had a house key that he had not returned so she sent him a text message asking for it back. He in turn refused to give the key back and proceeded to blackmail my mother demanding more money or else he wouldn't return the key. My mother then changed the locks on the home. To add insult to injury, Mr. Gates also posted pictures of our home online despite being asked not to do so and to remove them. This was an absolute nightmare situation and now Mr. Gates is lying about the situation all over social media. We feel that it is important to tell our story and hope that no one else has happen to them what happened to us.

I hired this company to pressure wash and then paint the exterior of my home earlier this year and…read moreboy oh boy was that the stupidest decision I ever made in my life. To start off with the owner/painter, Mark, said he would be here at 9 am and then arrived almost 40 minutes late! I should have told him to leave right off the bat but then he starting spouting out some sob story about how he desperately needed this job for the money or he would be getting evicted from his home...so... I decided to let him continue. Soon after that he left in a hurry to go get lunch after only even being here for like an hour and a half. ANOTHER RED FLAG. Then when he finally returned an hour later I could smell beer on his breath and mouthwash in what I can only describe as a pathetic attempt to mask the smell and on top of all that his eyes were pretty dilated and with the way he was acting I am positive he was high on something, as well as pretty buzzed from his "lunch". This was the final straw for me. I told him to pack up his shit and get the hell off of my property. He then peeled out of my driveway like a bat out of hell leaving tire marks behind on the pavement and he even had the balls to drive through my lawn as well, which tore up my grass and honestly I am beyond surprised he didn't take out my mailbox seeing as how he only missed it by about 3 inches! Word of advice: save yourself the headache and frustration and don't make the same idiotic mistake as I did. DO NOT HIRE THIS MAN/COMPANY!!! I promise you will regret it if you do! And if you are reading this Mark Mallette then I strongly suggest you get the help you obviously so desperately need. You should know that you have a problem if you can't even make it through a half of a day at work without reaching for drugs. Go to AA/NA, go to rehab, do whatever it takes to get sober. You go on and on about needing to be there for your children, needing to be able to support them but then you go off and buy drugs and alcohol even after claiming you were short on rent money! You should be ashamed of yourself. I can't believe someone would risk their child's safety and well-being like you just have. I hope it's all worth it in the end just to get your fix. I wish you the best of luck when the time comes and you are looking into your poor, poor, innocent child's eyes to tell them that they no longer have a home to keep them safe at night any longer or a warm, soft bed to sleep in any more because Daddy went out and spent all of our money on drugs and alcohol again and now we are getting evicted all over again. Shame on you.

I cannot say enough kind words about Jeremy McTaggart. He not only gives extremely fair pricing but…read morehe is there for you when you need him! We had him install solar power in our off grid property in Tawas. We have continued to hire him for additional work in Tawas and even for work at our house downstate in Bloomfield Hills. In our Bloomfield house he figured out an EMF hotspot that no one else could fix, and even found additional errors along the way that he corrected that were serious fire hazards from previous installers. He is brilliant and knows everything about electricity and solar, old-school electricians couldn't do what we were asking and Jeremy was the one that delivered, he can figure out anything! It's not often you run into such a genuinely sincere and fantastic human being such as Jeremy. He is definitely our go to guy for anything electric as long as he is in business!

Jeremy goes above and beyond what's asked of him. Fixed previous contractors mistakes and got our…read moresystem working properly. I have had a lot of bad results until we found him. Don't waste time with other companies he is all you need!