I've never hired a handyman, but I've tried to hire one multiple times over the past few months to…read morehang my curtains. My walls are a nightmare - I tried to hang these with a friend and they fell, and then my super came, tried, left big gaping holes in my wall, and promptly stopped answering my phone calls. You'd think I'd just give up, or just get tension rods, but nooo - I am completely enamored of the curtains that I bought and I got to the point mentally where I needed to have them up or my apartment would never feel like my home (yes, I'm crazy). I decided to call in the experts.
First of all, out of all the handymen I called, these guys were the only ones to actually show up for their appointment - it's bad when simply showing up puts you ahead of the rest of the game, right? Well luckily, it's only bad for the other NYC handymen out there because thankfully, NYCityStuff is great for so much more than simply showing up. They sent THREE people out to do an estimate for me, which cost nothing, even if I decided not to hire them, and they had a very in-depth conversation about the work to be involved in front of me while they came up with the estimate - I appreciated hearing about all the details. They were able to book the appointment to do the work within two days. I didn't even have to be home - Suzanne came at 8am, I left for work at 8:30am, and I came home in the evening to beautifully, evenly hung curtains.
They are a bit expensive, but the thing is that we live in New York, and what they charge is only a tad above normal handymen prices for New York. It wasn't that much more than phone estimates I got from handymen who never showed up who didn't even see my walls so couldn't tell what was really involved. That tad above normal-for-NY is completely worth it - you get efficient, trustworthy people who stand by their work and their word, who call you back, who are punctual... in short, who are a breeze to work with. I have complete faith that if my curtains were to fall, they'd come back and fix them without charging me again because they've promised me that their work will hold. All that is REALLY hard to find when looking for a handyman. And honestly, in the long run, you save money, because they do the job right the first time.
If I ever need more work done in my apartment, I'll definitely call them - the peace of mind you get with hiring the best is worth skipping a few unnecessary luxuries.