Never again! $40 per hour.
I could have done the following myself but thought may as well pay a "handyman" for one hour of time. Here are the facts:
1) basic thermostat controller: 1 hour to put on
2) sound bar (speaker/ipod unit which plugs into TV): 2 brackets - several holes in the SHEETROCK as opposed to the stud and then 30 minutes later. But like he says, "you can just paint over the holes" (I JUST painted the entire house) and he also wanted to shortcut by not putting the spacers in between the wall and unit which took no extra time at all.
3) small 18" round mirror - don't get me started
4) medium size mirror approx 40lbs - asked me for help and then he nailed two flimsy 10lb picture hooks on the wall. I asked him why he would do that and he said, "Oh it should hold" Knowing it WOULD NOT I gave him two 50lb. hooks to hang it with and his response was , "Oh, well that was all I had, gee I should get some of these.
He talked MOST of the time and was in my house for 2-1/2 hours!!!!! Charged me for 2 hours @ $40 per hour - $80 for the above!!!!! I questioned him about the tasks and his charge and that I know what the time frame really was to do the work and his words are "time is time." No, sorry, not necessarily, not in this case.
These are the facts, pure truth, every word.
I realized this was the very "Handyman" my aunt used an she told me never again did she want him in her house. Of all the wonderful Handyman Services in Sonoma County how ironic that I ended up with this one.
Well, I paid. I did the right thing. He did the wrong thing. Bad referrals, Bad Reviews is not worth $80.
My professional contractor would have pounded those small tasks out in less than one hour at $55 per hour. And if my son wasn't so busy with school and other tasks he would have done it for me in one hour as well.
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