Sunshine Handyman & Plumbing

I paid Abe to re-caulk my bath tub and to install some corrugated metal panels around my deck. The caulk ended up getting big gaps in it (though we did not use the tub or shower for over 24 hours after he did it as instructed). He missed seeing one of the panels for the deck (which was right there next to the deck) so he did not install it, but he told my husband he would come back and finish the job. I messaged him about getting him to come back about 5 different times over the course of 6 weeks and he is ghosting me.

Overall, I would say Abe is a mixture of incompetent and expensive. Throughout the deck job, he kept interrupting my husband to ask for help. He asked me for work gloves "to protect my hands". Who shows up to install corrugated metal without work gloves? I was desperate to find someone so I gave him a shot but seriously, it was ridiculous. If you're desperate, keep looking.

I'm sure Abe is going to post some sort of explanatory excuse that discredits me, as he has for every other bad review, so have at it

Meanwhile I need to fix my caulk and finish my deck project, some of which was done pretty badly - one of the panels was installed in such a way that it's bending.

He was great! He helped make a stand for my daughters window air conditioner! It wouldn’t go in normally so he came up with a different solution! Helped me solve a HUGE problem and I couldn’t be more grateful!!

I was hoping to get help from Abe to do a lighting job. He seems knowledgeable about handyman work, but his communications decisions left something to be desired. After an initial phone call where we discussed the potential job, he texted me that the job would cost $150-200. A few days later I made an appointment with him to come to my house at 2:30 p.m., which was the time he suggested. He confirmed that this would work. (This exchange was in the morning of the day of the appointment.) Then, 25 minutes before the appointment time, he texted: "I just put it in the GPS. I didn't realize how far you up in the hills. I can still do the job but at least for $225." I then called him, and agreed to pay him a $225 flat rate -- even though I'm accustomed to paying for handyman work by the hour -- if he would take a look at my leaking sink as well, and fix it if he could, as long as he would be making the drive. After seeming to suggest that would be "OK," he hung up abruptly after saying "OK". So it was unclear at that point if he was going to come to my house. I texted him and called him a few times over the next hour, seeking clarification on whether he was driving over, but the texts were unanswered and the calls went straight to voicemail. Since he seemed to have blocked my number with the intent of "ghosting," I called him from my landline. He then answered the phone. I asked whether he was coming by or not -- "can you just tell me one way or the other?" He said no. I asked if there was a reason. He then hung up abruptly, similar to the previous call. Not quite sure what happened, but I think a potential customer at least deserves to know whether a service provider -- with whom an appointment was made -- will or will not be making the appointment. If Abe had just told me, "no, I can't come," that would have been acceptable. But the ghosting practice and abrupt phone call terminations, in my view, are poor business practice, and I hope that Abe (who seems to be a nice guy) learns something from this experience.