I was redecorating a room in my parents' home and really wanted to put a big comfy leather recliner in the room. The problem was that the chair was no longer reclining well. Bilal came and after two visits and and an attempt to replace an outdated part, we came to an understanding that the chair is no longer a recliner, but a big comfy chair. Bilal moved the chair into the room upstairs and positioned it in the room. Although, we were not able to fix the chair, he fixed the curtain rods, a towel rack, and hung some pictures. I will be calling Bilal back to assemble a book shelf and to install shades. He is amazing!!! I am planning a huge job, renovating the basement in the same house. I will not use anyone else but Bilal. I found him to be a knowledgable, fair, businessman, more importantly, an honest person! Bilal, thank you for everything and I an looking forward to working with you in the future. read more

Household AAA - Handyman Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

Very responsive, got me scheduled the same day and completed the work as promised. Great pricing for excellent work! Such a nice person with outstanding customer service. Will absolutely go to again! read more

I accidentally got too close to my mailbox when retrieving my mail from the car yesterday. As a result, I damaged the wooden post of the mailbox. The response to my quote request, the reasonableness of the price, and the quality of the work was excellent! They were able to fix it the very next afternoon, while I was at work. While I was slightly apprehensive to have them complete the job while I wasn't there, even though it was an outside replacement and repair, I was very pleased in the end. I was sent pics and videos of the completed job. The price was exactly as quoted. I will definitely use them again! then sent me police read more

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He didn't know how to do the right job, I don't want to use him any more. He asked me more money then he said，The sink water still dripping, I am very disappointed. read more

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Bilal repaired my front storm door today after I thought it was a lost cause! He gave me a prompt and fair quote, and was very kind. He showed up as promised the day after I made my request ( the night before!). Needless to say, I have planned to contact him for my next repair project! I highly recommend his work. read more

Bilal was great in fixing a baseboard in our kitchen to help us baby proof our home. He was responsive throughout the whole process, did the job quickly and explained how he fixed it, cleaned up the area nicely, and actually touched up the floor when we found some more cracks. Highly recommend him for any job! read more

Would definately recommend. Fast response to inquiry, provided accurate estimate and did quality work.

Bilal did a great job assembling a very complex shelving unit. It came in 4 large boxes and had 30 shelves with glass doors and lighting. He was professional and easy to talk with. I would recommend him without hesitation. read more

I took on a project to paint my shutters. Household AAA painted the second story shutters on my house as I did not want to get up on a ladder. They look great and I have all good things to say about the service Household AAA provided. They had the best value, fast communication, and arrived on-time on the project date. They worked diligently to get the project done. I would hire again! read more

Household AAA - Painted shutters - Handyman Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

I told this company I wanted a wine room, they delivered! Amazing service - and way to listen to the customer! read more

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Bilal did a fantastic job! He was super easy to communicate with. I needed a window mesh replacement and my deck painted. He gave great recommendations for the right paint and mesh, and he went above and beyond by coming back on multiple days to finish the job when it got interrupted by rain. Highly recommend his services. read more

Edited 4/3/21: Bilal was able to provide me proof of what was actually sent to me and apologized numerous times and offered to make it right by giving a discount on one last project we had left. They also took appropriate action to avoid this happening again in the future. He did a great job on installing and procuring blinds for our 9 windows. I've decided to edit my review and rate them 4 stars instead of 1 because things happen and they did try to make it right. Original review 3/20/21: YELPERS BEWARE!! It pains me to have to rate this company 1 star but after what I just experienced I wish that I could rate them negative stars. I've had them to do 2 jobs before, tile replacement and bathroom drywall and skylights wood frame replacement. Those jobs went well with the tile job being 4 stars because one of the broken tiles was missed and 5 star for the skylights because they look great and you would never know there was a leak. UNFORTUNATELY, that all changed and wish I could rate them negative stars after today. I got a quote for painting our house from them and it was low but the materials cost was too high so I decided to go with another company that was willing to meet my budget. Bilal reached out to discuss my budget to see if they could work with me. They agreed on my budget on Friday, March 12, 2021 and made an appointment for Saturday, March 20th at 8am. I canceled with the other company and went with them since I've used them before and like supporting great businesses. On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 I received a text message with a bunch of random letters and thought a kid must have his phone. On Friday, March 19, 2021 I messaged Bilal to confirm our painting appointment for the next morning and didn't receive a response. I messaged again that night on yelp and text and emailed but no response. Me and my husband stayed up all night until 3am and all week preparing our house for this appointment. We have 3 young kids that we made arrangements elsewhere for to make sure they could paint 3 days in a row as they requested in the text messages attached. On Saturday, March 20, 2021 no one ever arrived or called or messaged. I called Bilal and it went straight to voice mail numerous times. My phone kept saying my call was forwarded. I then decided to call using *67 and it rang and he answered. Low and behold they blocked me. Why would a company block a customer like that?!?! I've been calling all day long and it kept going to voicemail. Bilal then explained that they reran the numbers on Wednesday (5 days after the appointment was confirmed and 3 days before the appointment) and they were losing money so someone in the office text messaged me to cancel. TEXT not call for something so important? I told him I never received anything from them but gibberish alphabets in a message that looked like a toddler had his phone as seen attached. And this is something you CALL about, not text about. I told him I may have been able to increase my budget had someone spoken to me and at the very least not wasted my day away from my children just waiting around and rescheduled with the company I canceled with for them. An insult to injury is that he was on another job when I called when he was supposed to be at my house painting!! I had to go to home depot to see if anyone could take the job since I am on a timeline and my children are away for the weekend. WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!!!! WORST COMMUNICATION EVER!!! read more

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Citystar was amazing! Very responsive and informative of the scope of work, and (most importantly) did an excellent job. Bilal is amazing guy, and he can get the job done. I vetted over a dozen other contractors and felt most sure about Bilal, and I definitely made the right choice. 11/10! read more

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A&J was easy to communicate with. They worked with my budget, and did an excellent job. The house looked fresh and clean. It hadn't looked that way for years! read more

They did good job value for money. Reliable, came on time and finished job . He worked on External wooden door water damage (rotten wood fix) fix read more

Bilal did a fantastic and fast job (1hr) of assembling a bookshelf in my new apartment. He arrived exactly on time and was courteous, professional, and friendly. His rate was the most reasonable one that I found on Yelp. Would definitely recommend him. read more

Bilal did a great job removing the paint from my patio. He had the best rate but under estimated how difficult the job was and didn't bring his best equipment to get the job done a lot faster. However, he was determined to finish it and saved me the trouble of trying to do. read more

Bilal did an outstanding job - professional, courteous, very pleasant and ON TIME - with great pricing for high quality work. I needed several pieces of artwork hung, as well as a shoe bench assembled. Both projects were completed quickly and flawlessly - with innovative adjustments as some of the bench pegs were broken. I'll definitely be using Bilal for other projects and also plan on recommending him to my family and friends. Highly recommended! read more

Bilal is an absolute scam. My husband and I hired him to wallpaper two rooms in our new house. Bilal showed up on the day and hung the wallpaper but the wallpaper was done so poorly even he recognized it and offered to come back and redo it once he got more wallpaper. He even offered to pay for the new wallpaper. My mistake for thinking he was a man of his word because he walked out that day and blocked our phone numbers. He won't respond to Yelp messages, emails or voicemails. We are now out $500 that he wasted on wallpaper that he didn't know how to hang. I could not warn people enough of Bilal's scam... read more

Responsive and good service for a reasonable price. Mounted a tv in a bedroom for us for my mother-in-law, who had terminal cancer. Bilal was very kind and respectful to our family at a difficult time, which we really appreciated! read more

The booking process went well! Bilal took the time to understand what I needed to get done and gave me a very affordable price. His communication was excellent and he was flexible with demands. He was very professional and did a great job, of course. I highly recommend! read more

Citystar Services started out really well; they had the most reasonable price for the paint work I was looking for. I had some concerns after sending pictures of the areas that I wanted done via text so I contacted them directly. I explained that the response time via yelp was very slow and that I wanted to have someone come to my home to do a walk through for an estimate. They made an appointment to come to my home on 22 Apr 21 at 615pm. As time went past 615pm, I sent text messages, yelp messages, and telephone messages and got no response as of 1050am on 23 Apr. Hopefully they will rectify by contacting me and coming out to do the estimate so that I can leave a favorable review like everyone else had. (Even Keturah G. on 20 Mar 21.) read more

Bilal was really professional and very well behaved genetleman. Came on time and completed the job with minimal supervision. Job well done!

Bilal was very responsive and accommodating with my schedule when trying to book time. I knew what to expect going in and he delivered with high quality work in an efficient amount of time. Would definitely use Bilal and his team in the future. read more

We received fantastic service for our vertical blind installation. Fast replies. Clear communication. Great work. Wore a mask. Definitely plan to use this service again. read more

Bilal was efficient and stuck to the price quoted; I would absolutely hire him again. read more

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I saw one review on here about how Bilal came and did a job poorly and then offered to come fix it and then up ghosting the customer and blocking their numbers. I saw all of the other good reviews and thought maybe it was a misunderstanding, boy was I wrong. Bilal came and stained my deck, he got stain all over the white railings but I didn't see until the next day when it was safe to step on the deck. He left the painters tape on the vinyl and it pretty much melted and I could not get it off. I reached out to Bilal to fix and also mentioned if it would be possible to get quoted for paint since he mentioned that was his main work. He was very nice at the time and came to give me a quote and said no matter what he will come out and fix the deck since it was from a previous job. He gave me a decent quote for the paint but I decided to go with a different contractor. Since then he blocked me and has not responded to my numerous attempts to contact him, even offering to pay him to come fix his mistake. This is a horrible way to do business and I am VERY disappointed in the lack of professionalism. I will now be paying someone else to fix this company's mess. read more

Bilal was friendly and professional. He assembled a large playground in our backyard and did a great job. The project took far longer than initially anticipated so he had to come back a second day with no complaints. Would definitely utilize his services again in the future. read more

Household AAA - Handyman Near Me - Springfield, Virginia

Used this company to mount a TV over my fireplace. Scheduling the work was quick and easy. The workman was punctual and came with his mask and shoe covers. He was friendly, knowledgeable and efficient. The price charged was lower than several other companies that responded to my inquiry. I'm very happy with the quality of the work and would use them again. read more

BEWARE!!! DO NOT USE!!! Bilal was hired to install new range hood, backsplash, sub-panel breaker box (new circuit run) for new dryer (240V) and washer for my house. Before I hired Bilal, I did check with him and he confirmed he has someone in his team who is licensed to do electricity work. On 8/14 and 8/15, Bilal and his team came and performed the work. And his team member installed the sub-panel breaker box (as showed on the photo). When we tried to connect power to the dryer out he installed, the dryer kept showing error code. Bilal insisted on his guy did the right work on electricity work and asked me to check with the dryer manufacturer. I then connected with the dryer manufacturer, and a technician came and checked, found out that the new electricity circuit wirings are completely wrong and not to the code. The technician also told me that the circuit and outlet he installed will not support 240V appliance, and will definitely put our family and house in serious dangerous and fire hazard. Then I tried to connect to Bilal to ask if the person who installed the electricity breaker box and outlet is licensed and requested a fund on this incorrect and dangerous electricity work they performed. Bilal quickly replied to me on text message (see photos) that he admitted the circuit was installed improperly and wrongly and still said the person is licensed. I then asked him to provide me with his license copy to proof it if he hired someone by his company to perform electrical works, and then he stop replied to me and refused a refund. Apparently, Bilal is a liar and the person he hired to perform the electricity work at my house is not even licensed and I also checked with several licensed electricians later since I have to find a licensed electrician to redo the electricity work they did wrongly out of my pocket, they all told me that the person who installed the breaker box and electricity wirings does not have knowledge on electricity and no licensed electricians will make this fatal mistakes!!! Also, when Bilal and his team did the backsplash work at my kitchen, they did not use printer tape to protect my countertop and cabinets, not covers on the floors to protect the hardwood floors which results in lots of mortar and grouts on walls, countertops, cabinets and hardwood floors which are very difficult to be cleaned and removed. They also left the backsplash grout wet and asked me to clean the haze myself!!! The grout and tile works are awful. Some of the tiles are not properly grouted (no grouts on tiles) and there are lots of uneven cuts/edges on tiles, and grouts/mortar are put everywhere on the edge trims, walls, cabinets!!! Very messy!!! Also, they mistakenly cut a piece of a trim from my countertop without repairing and left (see photos). Very painful and bad experience I ever had!! So beware!! I wish I can give a negative star. read more

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Hired Bilal to try to fix two drawers in 3-tier file cabinet, one of which would not open at all & one of which was so tight it would open only half way with tremendous effort . He arrived on time (Saturday!!), removed his shoes without being asked, promptly figured out what I thought might be an impossible problem and fixed it within minutes. Very impressive. Highly recommend. read more

We had a date set for a job. Bilal never showed up and wouldn't return calls or texts.

Buyer Beware--Do Not Use. Bilal gave an in-person estimate to repair and paint one wall a week in advance, and when he arrived for the job a week later he said he should have inspected the wall better because he will have to plaster a patch. He proceeded to partially paint the wall getting green paint on the ceiling, adjacent wall, and baseboards even after using painters' tape. As he was packing up, he said he was doubling the cost due to the plaster issue. Since he could have told me this "new" price from the beginning, he was being unethical. I even reluctantly agreed to the new price and he was to come back the next day, but he didn't show up which wasted my time, and Bilal texted in the evening that he had a "family emergency." I told him his services were no longer needed and he was aggressive about getting his money which I did send at 50% even though he demanded more. I encourage you to report Bilal Ahmad Barakzai State Corporation Commission number 11148654 to your local better business bureau and state. read more

I needed a door installed in a jiffy. Called Bilal and he was able to do it the same day for a reasonable price. He was professional, responsive, and on time. Would definitely recommend. read more

Citystar was really responsive and quickly provided an estimate for a great price. Got an appointment the next day. Very polite and professional and followed good covid-19 practices. I will definitely use again. read more

Bilal promptly responded to my Yelp request to assemble a wardrobe. He and his crew were extremely polite, competent and punctual. I was so pleased with their work that I hired them again for trim replacement that was initially done by a previous contractor who had taken short cuts and had done a very sloppy job (see my review on Henry). It is so nice when contractors that you work with show pride and integrity for their workmanship. I'm a repeat customer and will reach out to Bilal for more home projects. - Maryam read more

Bilal came the same day of my request to mount my 70 inch TV in my basement. He did a great job, was responsive and respectful and did the job before my family and I even finished eating dinner. I would absolutely recommend Citystar for projects. read more

I quickly received a response to my quote request from Citystar, and the person came the day after. The person was very professional and fixed the furniture well. He's the only company that said a repair was possible, and he did it. The person was wearing a mask and was very mindful and polite. read more