I would not recommend this handyman based on my experience.
He came to my home, inspected the area for a gazebo installation, and we had a long conversation about community, humanity, and helping others. He spoke about how the U.S. government had provided him educational opportunities and said his mission was to give back and help the community. Based on that conversation, he came across as sincere, trustworthy, and dependable.
When we discussed payment, he initially told me to pay him whatever I felt was fair. I actually insisted that he should set a proper price because he was the one doing the work. Eventually, we agreed on $1,000 for the gazebo installation, and he also asked whether I could help him during the installation. I agreed.
Based on that commitment, I went ahead and ordered a $2,400 gazebo, expecting him to install it as agreed. The installation was supposed to happen on August 20. I arranged my plans around that commitment and waited nearly 10 days expecting him to honor what we agreed upon.
Instead, after leaving my house, he essentially disappeared. I sent him multiple messages and received no meaningful response. No cancellation, no explanation, no apology, and no professional courtesy whatsoever.
What makes this especially disappointing is the huge difference between the person who sat at my home talking about honesty, humanity, helping the community, and doing good for others, and the way he actually handled a basic business commitment. Words about integrity mean very little when your actions show the opposite.
If he had simply told me he could no longer do the job, I could have hired someone else immediately. Instead, I lost almost 10 days waiting for someone who had already inspected the job, agreed on the price, agreed on the date, and then ghosted me after I had already spent $2,400 on the gazebo.
I cannot say what his intentions were, but this experience felt extremely unprofessional, unreliable, misleading, and suspicious. I would strongly advise anyone considering hiring him to be careful and not rely on verbal promises or scheduled dates without something in writing.
Based on how I was treated, I would not hire him again and would not recommend him to others. read more