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    Ascencio’s Handy

    4.8 (75 reviews)
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    Services - Ascencio’s Handy

    Bathroom remodeling

    Building additions

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    Fence and gate installation

    Fence and gate painting or staining

    Fence and gate repair

    Fence and gate weatherproofing

    Fence installation

    Single-family home construction

    New structure construction

    Fence painting or staining

    Remodeling

    Fence repair

    Fence weatherproofing

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    Jeremy T.

    I reached out to Jose again for some patio and paver work. We designed out a porcelain tile patio with planks for stepping stones. Between, a dark slate gravel. Within a week of the quote, Jose and team began the work. They leveled, accounted for drainage and water flow, applied weed barrier, and then laid down the gravel. I picked the tiles out, but Jose arranged to pick them up, and the other materials. And was on site for much of the work. He's just so good. The results are beautiful. And were delivered in three days. For any work around your house, call Jose first.

    Maxfield A.

    I had 42 feet of fence falling over and Jose at Ascencio's Handy took care of it! Jose was communicative and transparent the entire process. The quote was very affordable and we incurred no extra charges during the process. Jose was even so kind as to haul away some extra trash I had! Also he finished the job in the exact amount of time he predicted. Highly recommend for fence needs.

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    Chet D.

    We highly recommend Jose Ascensio We initially spoke with Jose for a fence project and ended up contracting with him for additional fence work on our property and our neighbor hired him for another project. He provided us with detailed quotes and readily made adjustments when requested. It was clear to us that he has successful experience and proposed creative solutions with several questions we had. Jose is friendly as well as professional. He responds back in a timely manner and was onsite when he said he would be. Our new fences are beautiful and the project was reasonable. It may be a little thing but we appreciated how Jose and his team were careful about unnecessarily affecting landscaping near the project area

    Weze P.

    Another five-star review for Jose and his team. They replaced a 90-foot side, backyard fence that was blown apart by the March 2023 storms. Jose responded quickly to my outreach, and came out the following day to look over the project. I received his estimate the next day, which was very competitive. Communication before, during and after the work was completed was excellent. The work itself is impeccable, and was completed swiftly. I highly recommend Jose and his team.

    Finished product
    Kaitlyn A.

    Jose and his team finished our new fence yesterday and it looks amazing! I found Jose on Yelp based on his glowing reviews, but after he came out and quoted our project, I didn't need to look any further and booked him right away. He was extremely responsive throughout the whole process, including when I first reached out to get an initial quote. Him and his team were punctual and he kept in touch with me about the progress of the project. He was open to my suggestions, answered all of my questions, and worked very fast. We even had to make a last minute change which he accommodated seamlessly. His crew was tidy and very professional. I am so glad we found Jose and we couldn't be more pleased with the new fence they built for us!

    Wall after remove TV
    Alejandro C.

    We are pleased with the work they are doing at my home, the last one was remove 3 TV from the mount wall and repair walls after that, well the work was impecable, just seeing the walls you can not imagine it is not the original wall. Before they helped me to remove kitchen cabinets and install new ones. The work was really good and the counter top company asked for who install the cabinets since the work was as good that they didn't have to do any adjustments to install the countertops.

    We hired Jose and his team for two projects: drywall and fence installation. Jose was reliable and very responsive. We're happy with his services and would hire him and his team again.

    Jose Ascencio is highly recommended, his team and himself did a great job with my fence . He was on time , very reasonable, clean and very detailed with everything. 10/10 very happy

    Painted fence.

    Very happy with the power washing and painting of our wood fence. Excellent communication, outstanding attention to our concerns. Jose was a pleasure to work with and was reasonably priced. Did the job right away as promised. Highly recommend him for any fence construction/painting.

    Kitchen island install.   They had to cut the granite counter top and round the edges also. Did an amazing job.

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    Review Highlights - Ascencio’s Handy

    Jose and his team did an amazing job transforming our dingy garage into a finished, beautiful space!

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