I try to avoid writing very negative reviews but this one is deserved and I'm out $1500…read more In Summer of 2013 I purchased an Angie's List "Big Deal" from Green Castle for "four days of labor" for $1500 (35 hours). I intended to use it for sheetrock repair and patching throughout my house. Upon inspection of the job, they indicated it should not be a problem to complete the repairs in the alloted time. -The worker came on three different days for three to four hours at a time (according to my neighbors.) He arrived generally between 10 and 11 a.m. and left between 2 and 3 p.m. -After working for two partial days, he disappeared for 10 days. The next time he came back, he indicated his wife had been ill. I told him it was not a problem but to let me know if he wasn't coming on a particular day, which never happened. -After the second day he told me he didn't have a ladder or a way to transport one - even though he had been to the house and knew that the bulk of the repairs were around ceilings and door frames. I had to borrow one from my neighbor for him to use. If that fact had come up the first day, it would have been helpful. -One day upon leaving in the early afternoon, he texted and told me that his helper who used to work with him had gone into catering so it was taking longer for him to do the work alone. -On a day I expected him to arrive, he texted me and said that Home Depot was out of 2x2 sheetrock so he'd have to come back after he found some ... -The third time he came back was the week before Christmas. He indicated that he planned to return once his boss stopped putting him on other jobs. He never said anything about the 35 hours being used up. I called Henry the owner in the middle of last week and asked when they were going to finish the work. He acted surprised "He didn't finish???" Henry didn't say anything about the time being used up but that he would call the worker and find out what was up. I never heard back from him. My next two calls to Henry went to voice mail, and today I have received a text from the worker guy saying "Henry told me to text you and let you know that the 35 hours of work was done, anything else that needs to be done that's past the 35 hours cost extra" and "I was told once I hit 35 hours to stop what I am doing and leave" Apparently the fact that less than half of the project which was supposedly doable in 35 hours was completed was irrelevant. If, by some magical warp in time, he did spend 35 hours working at my house (he didn't) why did no one ever bring that fact up in response to my numerous calls, texts and e-mails between December and now? In fact, why did the worker guy indicate that he was planning to come back? Why won't the owner, Henry, return my phone calls or e-mails but instead has his employee text me that the work is done? It's clear that I am an unhappy customer and instead of finding out my side of the story, he's avoiding me. Is it acceptable that they did NOT do the top priority repairs (taping and floating the large areas of damage, and instead did the minor work (and that inconsistently)? I was very clear with Henry and the worker during the inspection that the big stuff was most important. In the end, NONE of those repairs were made.

I called Scott today to come out and take a look at a small job I need completed. He was very…read morefriendly and honest on the phone, saying he didn't think I needed a general contractor based on the job description (I have a small section of brick facade sliding off the outside of my home, which Scott said would be more appropriate for a mason), but he'd be happy to come by and take a look. He gave me a time estimate for when he thought he'd by, and then called to let me know he'd be over shortly -- so his communication and timeliness were very good at the outset. When he came to my home, he took a thorough look at the problem and gave me multiple suggestions for how to tackle it for the lowest cost -- none of which involved paying him to do it. It was definitely refreshing to have a contractor looking at a problem for a potential client with the best interest of the client in mind. While he was over, we also discussed some other projects my wife and I have been thinking about, and he gave us some very good advice there as well, and did not try to sell us on his services. The only selling he did was to leave us his card. Finally, about 10 minutes after he'd left, he called back from his car with a suggestion for how to talk about the sliding brick issue with the builder of our home and possible recourse we might have. The only reason I give Scott 4 stars instead of 5 is that we never had him do any actual work for us, though that will change, as we will definitely be calling him back if we are in need of a general contractor in the future.

Ayden arrived on time. He turned out to be hardworking and skillful. After we had agreed on a price…read morefor cleaning the 52 window panels of my house he went to work. I could tell, by watching him, that he was more interested in doing a good job than in doing it is as quickly as possible. That meant taking more time so that I would be happy with his work. I strongly recommend Ayden for your window cleaning needs. His pricing is reasonable and he does the job properly. Call him and you can expect him to leave you completely satisfied.

I was totally surprised and very impressed with the work ethic and time management of this company…read more I will continue to get these guys out every 3rd month as I found their work to be stellar. 100% trustworthy, respectful and extremely great with communication too. They also beat any other company on price. 5 stars is a no-brainer!

Matt is a detail oriented craftsman and did a killer job on a complete fence installation and deck…read morere-model in south Austin for our rental property. He communicated and was on time with the existing tenant. He properly identified the joists that needed support on the deck, built out chairs for seating, and provided pictures with progress since we are in a different city. He also has the ability to be paid electronically and is savvy with professional looking estimates. I was thoroughly impressed with Matt and am happy that he is a contact for me in Austin!

I found Handyman Matt (Matt McCorkle) on nextdoor.com. Matt's team was quick, courteous, and did…read morean excellent job replacing fascia board on my commercial building. The work was done in the time specified and with frequent check-ins on progress and questions answered if needed. Great experience, professional, competitive bid. Highly recommended.

A+++, EXCELLENT company to work with…read more EVERAND came to fix the kitchen sink cabinet floorboard as needed from H20 damage. He set appt. promptly then to our home. He replaced old wood with new piece of sanded wood as sealed etc. EVERAND is the owner. He is so professional, knowledgeable and very kind. My husband just passed away to heaven, and usually gets the maintenance projects done in our home. Not now. I needed a great company to help quick. I prayed to have the best repair company help me and found EVERAND'S COMPANY ON YELP with fantastic reviews. I can add to the 5-star reviews because ET's HOME REPAIR & RENOVATION is above and beyond, I am so happy and have peace of mind now. Honest people who help when in need and Christian. The website and how this company is set up is amazing. You get very good customer service. I told Everand, I am impressed from the 1st phone call to detailed emails with pictures of work to be done. This company keeps you posted. Bryan emailed with updates as well. I must let others know how thorough these gentlemen are with their A+++ repair work. NICK came out to get some more work done with painting the wood board etc. and taking old caulking off my master bathroom shower unit then redoing with new caulking. It looks brand new. NICK is so professional, polite and knowledgeable with all his work. I like this company very much and will make sure to use them again and again when needed. VERY THOUGHTFUL MEN and helped me so much through these repair projects. I am very grateful for their expertise as knowledge. The price was very good, and both are very clean/courteous workers. Thank you so much EVERAND and NICK Blessings always Sarah, Bobby above in heaven & our puppy Coco, wagging her tail

Spoke to Everend in May and after some time was told in July we'd have a quote shortly…read more Near the middle of August I followed up, no response. Now close to end of August and still crickets. I'd much rather have someone not come over and waste our, and their, time to go through the whole explanation only to never follow up.

This is a two person operation headed by Armando Gomez. The two worked on adjusting two exterior…read moredoors that were out of line because of the building settling. The work took a total of two hours but now the doors are perfectly aligned. Their fee was a bit high but I received a good repair for the high fee. I recommended them to a condominium association president who used to work for me. Was told by them that they install and repair fences. Also that they are experienced painters. Will consider them for future work. They are in Southeast Austin in 78744 and can work all over the area.

Armando helped fix a hardiboard gate. He's reliable, skilled, and charged a fair price. Highly…read morerecommend

Quality work, professional and experienced! No matter the size of the project, the service is…read moresame...stellar! On short notice, Ace through! The driveway, walkways patio and pool areas of our new rental look fantastic; a house y'want to come home to. Highly recommended!

Absolutely great job! My house looks amazing and Scotty was wonderful to work with. He washed my…read morelimestone home and pressure washed the driveway. Would hire him again and tell all my friends.

Eric was great to work with and cleaned our dryer vent, gutters, and limestone after reaching out…read morethe day before. Very responsive, professional, and had the equipment to do things properly.

Eric was great. He responded faster than anyone on the front end, came to the house I think within…read more24 hours to give us a quote, and did a great job! We had t cleaned our windows since we bought this house 2 years ago and frankly didn't realize how bad they were until he left. Pricing was extremely reasonable and great quality..

This is a Great Company,they go beyond what you could ever ask for…read more We have had several projects done with them from putting a wall up in our house and replacing our wood with hardiplank when we first bought our house,to remodeling our Master Bathroom,to our latest project closing in our garage and making it a private office with a beautiful fireplace. Thanks John,Steven, and Damian

We initially contacted Like Father Like Son requesting an estimate to build a covered deck around…read moreour existing concrete patio slab. We requested a few estimates actually, we were interested in how much it we would save by laying the decking boards ourselves, and how much it would be if we skipped the roof. They were quick to reply with a detailed estimate for all of the variations we asked for. We ended up having them only do the deck framing and they did a fantastic job! I appreciated the fact that they cleaned up their work area every day before they left, never leaving a mess when they were done. I was particularly impressed with the effort that they took to answer all the questions I had while they worked, even making a point to give me various tips and details that would be helpful when I went to lay the decking boards later. Their advice was invaluable! I have the strong impression that they care about both the quality of their work and reputation and were invested in the final product being as good as possible even though I wasn't paying them to do the entire job. We will definitely use them again if the need arises. Highly recommended!