Nils is a perfectionist, always seeking to the best job the best way. He solved my oven warming drawer which was not auto closing after analyzing and pinpointing the problem. There is no other handyman i would use. Thank you Nils and team read more

I'm a little surprised by all the five star reviews. I requested a quote and received a response the next day which is consistent with what I expected. I was given an email to send pictures to for a more accurate quote. A week later, Meaghan (the Office Manager) gets back to me to thank me for my patience as she was with family (hey, life happens, I understand) and gives me a more detailed quote. However, there is some confusion so I send back a question to clarify the quote. Once again, I receive a response a week later. I have long since made an appointment with another company but I just wanted to let others know that their response time is not the best. Their work might make up for it but I'll never know. read more

I had the team come to my condo unit to fix a few miscellaneous issues (sagging wood cabinetry, loose part on shower door, microwave re-install). I found them to be polite, prompt, informative, efficient, and easy to work with. I would definitely use them again should the need arise. read more

Nils did an amazing job on my washer/dryer install. He is extremely punctual. We scheduled him to come at 10am for his quote and 10am on the dot he arrived. Same for when I hired him. He said he would be there at 10am, and sure enough, at 10am, there he was. He went above and beyond on the project. The project didn't go exactly according to plan, but he adjusted with the obstacle and made everything work. I have 2 rental properties, plus the unit I live in, and I would hire him to work on any of them. I trusted him enough to schedule some follow up appointments without me even being there. read more

I manage several rentals on the northside of Chicago. I have hired Nils on numerous occasions and he has completed the work quickly and to my complete satisfaction and at very reasonable rates. He is always my first call when something comes up. read more

Nils and his crew put new siding and cedar trim on our garage. They left it looking like new! They are true craftsmen. Happy I found this company and will definitely turn to them again. read more

I'm a real estate agent, and have used this company for a number of small to more significant repairs for one of my listings in Skokie as we prepared to put the home on the market. There was an initial hiccup in scheduling, but Nil and his team made up for that many times over with their quick and efficient service. read more

Needed work done to replace rotting wood around an exterior door. Scheduled Evanston Handyman and Nils appeared right on time. He replaced the wood and it now looks great! Reasonable cost and professional work, who can ask for more. read more

Are you looking for someone who is professional? Courteous? Prompt? Reasonably priced? Experienced? OK, so if you said YES to all, now pick up the phone and call Evanston Handyman. The Evanston Handyman aka Nils is a super nice well spoken jack of all trades type of guy. He was super efficient and pleasant. I am so relieved to have found him! I know that Nils will be my go to person for all my home fixes. read more

Its pretty simple in my opinion. Show up on time, explain the job, provide me expectations and then carry out. He nailed all of these. This is our guy moving forward. read more

Some "fixes" worked, others did not. Unreliable scheduling. Then, after I posted this Yelp review, Evanston Handyman returned to fix the fixes at my convenience. read more

Unbelievable team! Nils and his team revamped my entire house from the top floor to the basement and even made repairs to our fencing and renovated our deck. There literally was no job too small or too large. Every aspect was completed professionally and extraordinarily reasonably priced. You need work done around the house? This is your team!! read more

I'm a Realtor and had to hire a handyman ASAP to fix multiple things in a condo located in Downtown Evanston. We only had a couple days to get this done before closing on the property. They whole team was wonderful & easy to work with. My out-of-town client was thrilled we found a great and honest company to take care of our needs. I would highly recommend Evanston Handyman to any of my future clients or anyone else in need of fixes around the house. I will be keeping them on my list as go-to handymen in the Chicagoland area. Special thanks for Nils for the great communication. read more

Nils and his excellent team took care of our new condo. New doors, baseboards, crown, paint and all fixtures etc. The job was very well done and we are extremely happy about how our place turned out. Thanks so much. read more

Prompt. Efficient. Affordable. I don't think you can ask for more. For those who like the details: I signed up Nils to fix a drain pipe leak under my kitchen sink. I sent him a photo of the setup plus some measurements. He came with all the parts; took apart 25 years of plumbing in a jiffy; kept a clean job site; put Humpty Dumpty back together in 30 minutes. Dog-friendly too. Nice to have a local guy to take care of business. read more

Love these guys. First time I had them out, they couldn't fix my garage door but they gave it every effort and didn't charge me bc they weren't able to fix it. Then, they came out to fix a bathroom leak coming through my kitchen ceiling and Nils was very up-front about not being certain exactly what was causing the problem. Still, he came up with a couple of good ideas, replaced a lot of caulking and tightened the handles and voila, it was fixed. Super nice, very professional, extremely honest and thorough. They're great. read more

This is the BEST company I have dealt with in a long time - very prompt, very good service, excellent quality of work and very patient!!!!! I am disabled and had 3 different recommended companies for handymen and all were really total disasters - including one where they scrubbed the check I gave them and tried to cash for $1000. So to get an honest and honorable handyman service that I can count on to come in my limited available time and do the best work I have probably ever had. I would give 10 stars!!!! Alice read more

Nils and his team are pretty great, and I would highly recommend them. Nils is pretty transparent about the things that are or aren't in their skillset. The quality of the work is solid, and they've proposed creative solutions to the type of random issues we see in an older house. read more

Now that their office transition appears to have been completed, all interactions with Nils and his crew have been very positive. The entire team is personable and easy to get along with. They also do excellent work. I had drywall repaired/replaced, vents installed, painting, and trim installed all at a very high standard. I also appreciate that they took the time to listen to my ideas and offered suggestions of their own to help make this project a success. I have no hesitation in recommending Evanston Handyman for any work you need done around the house. read more

Despite the fact that they asked for pictures of my project, that I sent, and the fact that we set up a time for them to come out, they NEVER CAME,NEVER CALLED, and Never responded to my calls or texts. I don't why they have such good reviews when they are so unreliable! read more

Highly recommend! Nils installed my window A/C and did a great job. He was professional and courteous and reasonably priced ($35) He brought all the equipment he needed and made sure the A/C was airtight which involved quite a bit of handiwork. If I'd known there was such a service available, I'd have probably used it a lot more. read more

Hired this group to install interior doors and refinish closet doors in our older home that we are modernizing. We have interior doors that when we open swing shut (do not stay open; are not properly balanced with door frame); we have closet doors that are only refinished on one side; we have a pull on a closet door that falls off when you go to open the door (uhm, would you not have used a bracket to secure the pull as just opposed to screwing it in); we have a closet door that is properly aligned to slider track thereby 'sticks' shut and you need two hands to TUG open (!), etc. We also had to discuss numerous times erroneous billing - we kept getting charged for painting of 4 too many interior door. This project costs me thousands and was done by a group that took a couple of months to complete - we question experience level that as a layman I noticed was wrong, i.e., why would you not alert us that some doors had 2 hinges vs 3 hinges so as to make a correction so doors are same-same with hinges. Evanston Handyman provided a less-than-worth-the-cost service. Consumer beware, please. read more

Very happy with this business and its customer service team! Nils came by last week and swapped out some old bathroom accessories that appeared to be impossible to remove. I own a vintage home with issues and fixtures no longer seen in modern homes. He skillfully replaced the bathroom faucet and accessories without damaging the pedestal sink or vintage wall tiles, unlike the former contractor who remodeled the bathroom decades ago who ended up breaking the original faucet. This was so difficult that had he broken something I would have understood, but he didn't. Based on this experience, I would highly recommend this business for the quality of its work, skill and attention to details, and reasonable price. read more

Such a nice group to work with. Thoughtful, polite, easy to communicate with, great quality of work. Have used them for small maintenance and repairs, as well as one larger project. My project was delayed and behind schedule and and they offered a courtesy discount because the timeline got messed up. Will definitely return to them! Very high quality. read more