Benjamin Franklin may have invented electricity with that kite and the key (or was it the…read moreChinese?), but it took Frank D'Eredita to make it safe for a toaster-in-the-bathtub type like me. I get scared of electricity especially since all those Roadrunner cartoons trained me to know that one false move could lead me to look like Wile E. Coyote after a mis-timed TNT explosion on a cliff where the cliff falls down and your pancake-flattened body becomes the inevitable result. Perhaps I take those cartoons too literally. Oh well. Frank is not a cartoon. He's a good man and a good electrician who came to my place to fix a couple of lighting fixtures, one very complicated since it's a huge swing-arm lamp from Italy. Frank figured out the problem, fixed it and only charged me $65 for the hour of labor without parts. He's the real thing, folks. An honest, confident electrician with tons of experience.

We moved into a new place and discovered a dearth of grounded wires. We got a bid from another…read moreelectrician who wanted to turn it into a major project (installing new pipiing, opening ceilings, etc). After I insisted that we just wanted to run a ground wire from the boxes already installed, they still quoted me an extremely high price for what we felt should be a few hour job. So we turned to Yelp and called Frank. Even though he was all booked up, he took pity on my being 9 months pregnant and scrambled to find a time that would work for us. He was always prompt & courteous in returning my calls; his bid was considerably lower than the other we got; and he performed the job on time with no problems. A few days later we tried running the dishwasher for the first time since the job and couldn't get it to start. We called Frank who sent over his assistant right away. We were incredibly embarrassed to find that we had somehow unplugged it, but they couldn't have been nicer about it and didn't charge us anything. I would highly recommend Frank as an honest, reliable, friendly, and economical electrician.

Theodore Design and Construction designed and installed an under the house garage. Ted and his crew…read morewere then rehired to remodel the three story Victorian home. It was a challenge. as the foundations, utilities etc had to all be replaced. Not enough space here to describe all the work,but from renovating exiting old windows, installing new floors, renovating old doors, converting the loft and adding additional bedrooms and bathrooms all for the contract price. Ted and his crew produced exceptional work . Great "can do," attitude and at a price that was way lower than the next contractor. Couldn't be happier. Great job and good work.

This a small time construction company that was retained by my landlord to do some repairs to the…read morefoundation and framing of the building where my business is located. The repairs needed involved replacing relativly critical portions of the support structure of a three story building. Despite reccomendations from both a structural engineer and an expert in foundation repair, this company replaced only a portion of the damaged structure. Additionally, they did so in a way that is tremendously sub-standard and possibly dangerous. In addition, the work was performed without any permits or inspections. I would suggest that anyone considering using this company do so with considerable care and get multiple estimates before contracting with them.

I have used Lady D's Cleaning services since 2015. Emilia has always been a consumate professional,…read morefriendly, responsive, fair with her pricing, and sent friendly, professional, and very effective cleaners to the apartments where I've hired her company over the years. I have always been pleased with how thoroughly her staff clean for the prices I am charged. Emilia has personally come by my apartments to help determine the correct pricing for each time I have moved, and provided crews at extremely fair prices to do thorough move-in/move-out deep cleans when I've moved. She went above and beyond when I was incapacitated for a short time in an accident to make sure her staff were not just the basic services I was paying for, but also to have her staff assist me with household chores (changing bed linens, etc.) that I would have normally done but was unable to do. I have recommended Lady D to a number of friends and colleagues, and everyone has raved about how pleased they were too, and will continue to rave about and recommend her services highly to friends and colleagues!

We hired Sandy and Emilia to clean our townhouse, and they charged us $125 a visit. They did an…read moreadequate job, but nothing more so the price was reasonable at the time. If you really want a clean home though, I'm sure you can find a company in the Bay Area that is more thorough and efficient. Their business practices are very concerning, though, so do NOT trust them with your home or money. When we were moving out, and they asked if we wanted them to clean our home one last time. We agreed and told them we were not paying anything more than our usual $125. They agreed, and we paid them $125 for their services the same day. Months later we were sent an invoice for services we never asked them to do and the charge was over 5X what we usually paid them despite the fact that we already paid them the $125 on the day they provided the service. It is standard business practice to negotiate a price before services are provided. It is unprofessional to slap people with a bill after the fact just because you feel like they owe you more money. I would never encourage anyone to do business with these women unless you have an estimate in your hand with details about the services they provide before they clean your home. Otherwise, they will do things you never asked them to do and charge you excessive amounts of money for it.

Five big ones for Valesco Janitorial and it's owner, Henry Butler. My office was in need of some…read moreheavy duty cleaning (that the management does not provide). You see, when we moved in a few months we had most of the interior office walls removed and replaced with glass. And that glass gets dirty - fingerprints, coffee spills - you name it. I found Valesco on Craig's List. Henry came over the next day at the appointed time, sussed out the situation, gave me a quote and followed it up with a fax. He was here yesterday for 5 hours and did a fantastic job. He was very thorough and the windows look great! Thanks Henry!

Put me down as another fan of Henry & his Valesco Janitorial Service…read more I have had Henry clean the windows of my Victorian for many years. He does a meticulous job, and I mean METICULOUS. Henry will get the job done right for you. The man is a perfectionist. Now, on to Henry's best trait - he's punctual! Unlike the cable guy, Henry shows up on time. For my recent cleaning, I asked him 1 day in advance and he was at the house exactly at 8:30 am. Quit searching the other Yelp listings and hire Henry. You, too, will become another satisfied customer.

Signature Solutions did a great job renovating aspects of my home that I did not have experience…read morein. They were efficient, had great attention to detail, and provided excellent value for the price. They were able to show me the pros and cons of going through cheaper or more expensive routes and we arrived at a solution I am very satisfied with. 10/10 recommend! As an example, here are some photos from a door install they did which turned out very well

Signature Solutions did great work fixing a few things around my condo. Ross helped repaint a wall…read moreproperly, informing me of all the considerations and possible costs along the way. He's super easy to communicate with, and paid great attention to detail. Definitely will be calling him again.

Professional, respectful and they leave the whole house full of good vibes. it's so nice to be able…read moreto have so much trust in the people that help you care for your home and personal space. Chuy and Claudia are very thorough in their work and overall just wonderful people.

I've used Colibri Cleaning Services for the last five years and I couldn't be happier with their…read moreservices. Claudia and Maria leave my place looking so fresh and clean. They attend to all the many details and I have a lot of ornaments so it's not the easiest task. I can rely on them for anything I need and they move anything that needs moving to keep the place in best shape. They take the job very seriously and are always so easy to work with. I can't recommend them any higher and they are worth every penny!

Completely useless. Indicated that they would be here in a two hour window and then failed to…read moreshow. Called back to find out what was going on and was told that they would be here in an hour. Here I am 2 hours later and still no one. Avoid them like the plague.

Recommended expensive repairs that were not needed. Full page ad in yellow pages! I was happy to…read moreget a same day appointment and then no one showed up. When I called they said a mistake was made and my appointment was never booked. Came out the next day. Our heater was back firing when starting up. Without even opening the heater the guy recommended we replace our entire ignition system for $535 and if that did work to replace the entire furnace for $1,900. Our heater wasn't having problems starting it just backfired when first starting up so I did not understand why a new ignition system was being recommended and was suspicious as to why they never even opened up our heaters burner system before making such an expensive recommendation. I paid the $65 fee for them coming out and decided to get another opinion. Soo glad I did. Called Associated heating (found on yelp) and they came out same day and pulled apart our heater and in five minutes discovered we had a worn burner. Replaced it and heater works great ($300). Ignition is fine so if we had gone with AC Heating and replaced the ignition it would have not solved our problem and they would be recommending replacing the entire furnace.

Excellent services on a short 24 hour notice. drove up to Sebastopol, CA from SF. Found through…read moreThumb Tac, will use again, many thanks:) Kathleen Devereaux and Gordon Hopkins

We contacted Splash Clean on May 14 on the phone. I spoke to Jay, the owner, and we agreed on an…read moreappointment on May 17. He told me to text him for my information. I didn't get a text back. I texted him again the next day, no response. I finally called him the next day and said he didn't get a text - turns out he had a different number that received messages. We finally agreed on a time/date and I had my husband work from home so someone could be home. He explained that the first clean is a deep clean. For the next few days, I asked him to send me a cleaning list that they used. He promised he wound send it (twice) but never got around to it. I gave him the benefit of the doubt that they knew what they were doing. They were 25 minutes late. We called Jay, who said that "they should be there" and that "they are around". I had him call to see if he can get an ETA. They left after an hour and a half - for a deep clean, that is awfully short. We had a 3 bedroom and 2 bath. When I got home, the basic cleaning wasn't even done. It was tidier compared to how we left it, but I wanted a deep cleaning service and not just a tidying service. The baseboards were dusty. Even areas that are very easily accessible were not touched and dusty. The end table next to the bed was dusty. It was dusty underneath the bed (we cleared all of the items, too, to make it easily accessible) The backsplash in the kitchen was dirty. We took the time to clear everything off the floor, too. I texted Jay and told him I was disappointed in the service. I sent him some photos. He offered a free re-do. I was hesitant because I didn't want to waste my time if their quality of service wasn't good. We arranged for a time/date a week later. I send him my own cleaning list and told him to review it. He said he had no problems with it (it's basically the entire house). They were supposed to come today at 9 AM. After 30 mins, no word from them. I texted Jay, no response. I called Jay, who then tells me that it's not a whole house re-do but only specific areas that were not done. I told him that they didn't really clean well to begin with and that I had a sent him the list in advance so he can review and tell me if he had a problem with it. He said they'll do the list but "not the entire house," which was confusing. I get upset and Jay cuts me off every chance he gets and hangs up on me. He said I wasn't being fair because now he has to pay his cleaning lady twice, and asks me "then what where they doing there last week? Just sitting?". It's like having an argument with a child - obviously, they weren't just sitting here, but they didn't do their job. I told Jay not to send his cleaning lady because we didn't want to waste any more of our time. I sent him more videos I took around the house the day after a clean to show the quality of the work. I would have been ok if they missed a few spots because I understand that it takes awhile to tell your cleaner what your preferences are, but not cleaning all of the baseboards and missing a good part of the open floor is not really acceptable. If you don't want to waste your time, don't go with Splash Clean! We wasted our hard earned money with this service. I probably could have done a better job if I had time to do a deep clean. They were hard to communicate with, they were late and didn't value our time, most importantly--they didn't do a good job cleaning. Overall, it was not a pleasant nor a professional interaction. EDIT: I found him on thumbtack, and when I posted my review there, he deleted his account and texted me "see your review was gone and you are blacked from my account and impossible to see my account," and now he's saying that he has never had business with me. Go figure.