FYI the 5 star review was written by his wife.
I hired him to replace the outdated handrails in my house. He came over and gave me a quote, seemed extremely knowledgable and touted himself as a "master carpenter" numerous times. I thought his quote was a little high, but I figured it was worth it for how good the quality would be. After he and his wife called/emailed me daily, he came over to give me a "start date" which he literally asked "ok, what are you doing tomorrow?" I took some half days off work to accommodate the short notice, then he berated me for only letting him work half days. I took a full day off work in which he said he would finish, he showed up 2.5 hours late, took a 2 hour lunch, and didn't finish. Took 2 more days to finish. In terms of quality, he showed up here with 2x4s from Home Depot and SPRAY PAINT to paint the wood and railings. Only after I complained did he fill the knots and sand down the wood, he was going to leave it raw. He spray painted everything in my house over the course of 5 days. This left every single horizontal surface in my house covered in white overspray. He even remarked to me "wow, this stuff just gets everywhere! the only way to prevent that is to cover everything in the house I guess!" I wanted to punch him. He cleaned my brand new porcelain floors with mineral spirits to remove the paint, which has left my tile dull and smeared. I have spent hours cleaning the kitchen counters, stove top, coffee table, end tables, shelves, you name it to try to get it clean. The floor still won't shine after using many different chemicals. Not what I expected at all from a "master carpenter" Worst money I have ever spent and now I'm left with spraypainted 2x4s and railings which are patchy and look like a 12 year old did it. read more