Makaleha Handyman LLC.

I needed a minor roof repair and called Makaleha Handyman. John was responsive, professional and did high quality work for a very fair price. I highly recommend him!

James has done several projects for us. He is always on time and professional. Very honest and personable. Check him out for things you need done!!

First, I read the reviews and make decisions based on those reviews so I am a firm believer that the reviews should reflect the good interactions along with the bad. Still difficult to rate someone like this though.

I had him come out to give me a quote on taking down a makeshift closet someone put up in the garage of a house I bought, and to also install two dog doors. None of which I thought would be any trouble for an experienced handyman. He said it would take him 3 days to do the work. I made arrangements to be home from work for the agreed 3 days. It took 5 days, thus having to be home from work an extra day, and he worked well into the night on the 5th day. Along with vastly underestimating the time needed, he admitted to having to take more time "because his blades were dull". He also cut through a stud to reinstall a light switch when the easiest way and more proper way was to just cut drywall on the other side of the stud and attach to the stud on that side. While witnessing this, I started to pay more attention to how he struggled with other aspects of the work.

So what ended up happening was on the 5th day when he thought he would only be here a couple of hours past 6, he did not leave until around 10:30PM, when I must leave the house around 5:30AM the next day to go to work. Also, before he left, he said that I owned him $600 more than the quote for the extra time. My question is: Why must I pay 33% more for a job he underestimated and that the person obviously struggle with the work, was questionable on how to accomplish the work (thus part of the struggle) and self admittedly did not have the proper tools or at least blades that were not dull, thus taking more time.... and they turn around and charge me extra for.

I am going to pay him the total amount he wants, just to be done with this ordeal. That in itself should be enough said.

He is a pleasant person, and it was very apparent he was frustrated with himself, but if the job at hand has any small amount of complexity to it, I would hesitate to consider him again.