Remodeled my bathroom. Did a fantastic job. Great work great price and the workers were very…read morerespecful of my home.

Thanks again for the wonderful work.The outside looks amazing. I'm very happy with the work.read more

Requested a consultation for soundproofing and insulation…read more I'll let Lee F's reply speak for itself. Bizarrely hostile response to a potential customer. Copied and pasted his email reply below: Lee sent you a message: Subject: RE: Message for Master's Construction Lee F. Lee F. Owner Do you have a lot of money? Most people can't or won't afford it. one out of ten make the purchase so its a lot of my time for nothing. In the long run I lose providing this service. Why do you want to sound proof? Do you have a newborn you need to keep noise from?

I got an early Christmas gift from my neighbor when his water heater tank burst and a bunch of…read morewater leaked into my condo unit. It was definitely a stressful situation, but Lee was very helpful and responsive to my questions and requests. Although Lee did not perform the job himself, Ivan and his team came out to repair the drywall and replace the carpet. Ivan was really great - he was courteous and efficient throughout the whole project, which took about 1.5 days to complete. Some highlights were: 1) The crew was able to start working almost immediately after I called Master's Construction. 2) Ivan worked very hard to find the closest match to my existing carpet. It sounded like he was checking out quite a few places until he found someone all the way in Richmond that had our carpet! (FYI, I live in Falls Church.) 3) Ivan ended up re-painting all the walls of my bedroom to ensure that the paint color was consistent throughout. Per my request, he also left behind the remaining bucket of paint so that I can use it again in the future. Thank you for all your help, Ivan and everyone at Master's Construction!

Stop your search for a handyman, Up Remodeling and Alex are who you're looking for…read more I needed some work done on my new home (July 2017) before we moved in from out of state. Before the big move, I would only be in town a few days across multiple weeks but Alex met me at my home and on my schedule. I called and emailed 5 other handymen and explained in detail and with pictures what I needed done (kitchen cabinets, backsplash, crown molding in all bedrooms and living room, multiple window replacement, installing driveway lights) but Alex was the only one who came to see the house and he gave me a fair estimate that he stuck to. His expertise and professionalism were exactly what we were looking for especially since we had to manage the project remotely. Alex's advice on materials and his discount on paint at S Williams also helped save me some serious cash. These are the guys you're looking for. I'll be using them again when I redo my floors and finish my basement!

Recommend to everyone!!!!UP Remodeling is one of the best companies ,Alex and his guys did a great…read morejob renovating my kitchen

Requested service form this company because my new refrigerator arrived and the movers couldn't…read morebring it upstairs because of the railing. Upon calling Handyman Services, I was greeted by Shawn and I requested their help and explained I needed the railing removed right away. He immediately went out of his way to get his staff to do the job. Coordinated with the movers to come more or less at the same time. They removed the rail to allow my refrigerator to be lifted upstairs and bring down the old one. The Handyman crew reinstall the rail without incidents. Thanks for coming in a crucial moment where I needed help the most. Now I have a happy tenant. Great job..!!! Highly recommend them.

Sean was very polite and completed the job well and in a timely manner. Will definitely recommend…read morehim for potential jobs in the future.

Unfortunately my husband I had an overall negative experience with J&G Contractors & feel that…read moreJimmy is not trustworthy. I originally found J&G through Nextdoor -- I had posted that I needed a bird's nest removed and some minor exterior repair. Jimmy came right over, assessed the issue, and it was gone in the week. This was an easy, small job -- but I was impressed by Jimmy's quick response and asked if he could handle the bigger job of repainting the entire interior of my home. Jimmy assessed the overall size/rooms of our home and gave us what we thought was a fair quote. They started the job the first week of Feb 2023. I was working from home during the contracted project, so I was able to observe the work. There were a series of issues: - Jimmy used a sample of paint from Benjamin Moore to color match at Sherwin Williams. There was an issue with the color matching, but Jimmy purchased 5 gallons up front, which was a waste of about $500. I always recommend color matching a single gallon first so you can double check that the colors are correct on the wall patch before moving forward. Jimmy wanted us to pay for the full cost of the 5 gallons of incorrect paint, but we talked him down to 50%. - Jimmy wasn't correctly communicating with his painting team, so they painted several ceilings that they were not supposed to. Sure, the ceilings looked nice, but it was a waste of labor time and paint, which meant that the painting project lasted longer than it needed to. - At one point there was an argument between Jimmy and half of his painting team. Those few guys refused to continue working for Jimmy, which meant the painting team was reduced by half--adding to the length of time it took to finish the job. Jimmy inappropriately told me about the argument (which had something to do with him paying or not paying half of them up front) and referred to his crew as "a bunch of girls." Unfortunately he repeated this story to my husband, which also just made us feel like he wasn't doing a good job of managing his team. - The 3 guys who were left painting appeared to start rushing to get the job done. There was a lot of paint left on our floors, which we've been slowly scraping up in the months since they finished. - We also discovered after the project was over that they had smashed a lamp in our den & tried to hide the evidence. Unfortunately the lamp was clearly missing its glass cover and we were vacuuming shards of glass for several days. - The guys also clogged my bathroom sink with a ton of paint because they were washing their paint brushes off there instead of in the kitchen. I asked Jimmy to unclog the sink, which he did. And then he POSTED A PICTURE OF IT to his Instagram with a caption like "We do it all." Yeah. You clog people's sink with paint and then unclog it? Okay, Jimmy. I'll also add that he posted other photos from my house that I did not approve and I would like him to take those photos down. - We asked Jimmy if he could remove one of our railings and he seemed utterly confused by the railing bolts. He went to the hardware store and I think spent $40 on various bits and told me none of the bits fit and he couldn't do it. My husband went to the store, bought the right bit, and just did it himself in 30 minutes. - The kitchen cabinets were to be lightly sanded, primed, and painted. Jimmy's team did not do this. They also didn't remove all the doors from the cabinets to really do a careful job with the details. The paint is thick with drips, there are areas where they clearly missed painting entirely, and it is peeling in some spots only 3 months later. Jimmy seemed confused as to why the paint wasn't gripping to the cabinet doors and we requested again that the team sand, prime, and paint. I'll note here that our original quote indicated that the team would use a paint sprayer (which allows for even painting) and Jimmy said they didn't have a sprayer and wouldn't use one. - Jimmy recognized that the cabinets were done very poorly and sent us an email before he left that had a 1-year guarantee specifically for the cabinets. We pressed him about what this meant and he said "Oh, any time you have an issue - a scratch or something - I'll send a guy out to fix it. Any time during the year." Since Jimmy sent us this guarantee, he is GHOSTED us. For awhile I received some weird excuse emails, but now it is radio silence. He had also agreed via email to replace our lamp or reimburse us the $100 (luckily it was a cheaper lamp from Target). Nope -- no reimbursement for the lamp, no reply to our requests to discuss the issues with the cabinets. We are likely going to end up re-doing all the cabinets ourselves because Jimmy did such a bad job. Truly, the worst part of this situation is that this review would probably be 3 or 4 stars if Jimmy were a better business owner and offered to re-do the cabinets correctly and reimburse us for the broken lamp.

Arrived on time on a day that was snowing. Renivated my powder room and everything was done…read morebeautifully

Special thanks to James Dykott for extraordinary management of recently completed project included…read moreroof work, extensive chimney and fireplace renovation, replacement of 50 year large skylight and custom shade in my Old Town Alexandria 1840 historic house. James has the experience, expertise, vision and patience to bring together the Hopkins & Porter outstanding service for results exceeding expectations in every way. As always I look forward to working with James and Hopkins & Porter team on many future projects.

We had a leak in our front door and noticed Hopkins & Porter was a local DMV handyman business with…read moregood online reviews. They turned out to be a huge ripoff. Over the phone with them, we mentioned the leak, shared our ideas on some quick fixes such as sealing the bottom area around the door to see if that resolves the issue, and provided some photos that clearly showed the potential gaps to be sealed. We were communicated that Hopkins & Porter has a policy where they charge an upfront $150 fee that includes an inspection and where the balance is applied to subsequent time and materials work. We were led to believe that a technician would come, inspect the front door leak and some other home interior issues we had, and initiate some fixes. However, when the technician arrived, he only inspected the front door leak for 8 minutes, dismissed taking a look at our other issues, dismissed doing any quick fixes we had mentioned over the phone, but rather asked for the $150 check, and left. He did offer his thoughts on needing to replace the allegedly custom design door weatherstrip ($$$) and sealing a side of the door as well. That's fine but we didn't understand why he wasn't equipped to seal the door area as we discussed over the phone to see whether that would resolve our leak. After some email exchanges following the 8-minute inspection where we indicated this wasn't the job we signed on for, and Hopkins & Porter claiming they would only do things "the right way" (funny how that never came up in the initial phone call), trying to guilt-trip us for expecting an affordable solution, but at least offering to void our $150 check. We wouldn't have even engaged with this company if we knew they would just ignore everything we requested, take our upfront fee, and come up with a large estimate. After 2 days waiting for an estimate of the costs, we were fed up and asked that they go ahead with voiding our check, ending this debacle. Several weeks later, I took a look at my bank statement and was shocked that rather than voiding the check, they deposited my $150 check a few days after our last correspondence. It's disturbing that Hopkins & Porter resorts to taking advantage of potential customers by: - Charging $150 for an 8-minute "inspection" on an issue that was clearly shown in our photos, without fixing anything as we were led to believe - Parroting back potential fixes that we already mentioned when we shared the issue, without actually fixing anything - Claiming to tear up our check but not doing so, instead waiting several days later to cash it in To be honest, I've never seen such dishonesty in a local DMV handyman business.

In just 10 days, Five Star Quality Remodeling transformed our outdated basement to a calming,…read moregorgeous space built with new plumbing and electrical. We weren't sure if we were going to be able to fit in my home office but the team did some expert problem solving and I now have a lovely little space to work. The work was incredibly high quality but one of the most impressive parts was the detailed daily schedule Maurice provided us to help us know what to expect. Maurice was laser focused on helping my husband and I navigate decisions and keep our project moving on time and within our budget. I would definitely hire them again.

My basement flooded due to a burst pipe. After the plumber and water reclamation people got through…read morewith it, Five Star not only restored my basment but it looks better than ever. They did a thorough job above and beyond. Maurice was exceptionally reasonable for a contractor as well. He was very patient while I duked it out with my insurance company to make sure they paid for everything they said they would. Even when there was some extra charges that I hadn't anticipated, he was accomodating and worked with my budget.

A con man of the highest order!! BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!…read moreHis recommendations which I naively agreed to ,proved not only to be not only outrageously overpriced,but more importantly completely superfluous and resulted in me ultimately having to hire someone else remove what he installed AND repair what damaged he caused and then begin the initial project from the start!! One example:His estimate for tightening a kitchen cabinet ran into thousands of dollars!! He came up with some convoluted explanation about the wall of the cabinet needing to be rebuilt, the dishwasher needing to be removed, the wall next to it needing to be totally rebuilt ,the adjacent door also needing to be taken off, then needing to repaint the doors .....and on and on. Another workman showed me that the screw just needed tightening and refused to even charge me for such a ridiculously small 'repair'! He guaranteed his work for a year. The tile work he did on one tub has resulted in puddling on the floor every time the shower is used. It's been 3 months since he was paid in full for ALL of his work. Two weeks ago I contacted him to fix the puddling problem. No response ! Since my call to him the puddling is only one of a number of things that that he worked on that isn't working properly! His "WARRENTEE " isn't worth much since he doesn't respond even 3 months into the first yr! Must of been his wife or mother who wrote the favorable review before mine. I give him, his work and his word zero stars!

Oded is the REAL DEAL! I called Oded and screened him for…read moreprofessionalism and value compared to other handyman services for upgrades my family and I wanted for new home. Not only was Oded prompt, honest, transparent, and fair, his work was simply superb. He goes the extra mile to ensure that things are done right the first time. We had him install new light fixtures, cabinetry, baby proofing toilet latches, replace a garbage disposal unit and even assemble and install a custom walk in closet storage system. The custom closet system was not originally in his area of expertise and Oded was frank and honest about it. He could've fooled me because it turned out beautifully. His scrupulous attention to detail and patience are hallmarks of a genuine professional. His price isn't cheap, but it's not expensive either. For the work he does, he expects to and should be fairly compensated. If you want to roll the dice with other handymen, be my guest. I trust and intend on calling Oded back for continued home maintenance to ensure my family's most valued asset is properly maintained.