Pretty Handy Guy

John gave us a reasonable estimate and did a great job within a 3 day time frame. He communicated when he could do the job and did so.
John is a friendly guy and is thorough in getting the job done.

I had bought the barn door kits for our front hall and master bedroom.
It was then that I discovered a few installation details that were beyond my comfort zone.
Knowing John was in this business, I asked him to install these.
Despite the evident challenges of working in an older home (lower ceiling and unlevel floors ) John found the best way through and the result is exceptional.

I found John from here too. Although a little bit long waiting , I am glad that I decided to wait , it is worthy .
My basement , one part of dry wall is a tough one that was destroyed by an unprofessional handymen one year ago, John repaired it , Professinal , carefulness, the outcome of repairmen is over my expectation. Highly recommendation .

We found John through the HomeStars website for ceiling drywall repair/replacement and were very pleased with the work done. He was very responsive to messages and completed the job in a friendly and professional manner. We would highly recommend him for handyman/renovation projects.

I found John through this website and am exceptionally pleased with the service John has provided. Immediately upon entering my home, I found John to be professional with a calming personality and a wonderful sense of humor. His work was excellent. The walls he repaired and painted looked better than when I bought my home. His work is seamless. He is an expert at what he does. The cleaning up part of the process was attended to with as much professionalism as the start of the project. Once you hire John, you will have him return. Thanks John!

We called John as there were so many small projects around the house which weren't getting done and he came to our rescue. John was very profesisonal and delivered high quality workmanship. While we started off with just a few small projects (hanging coat rakcks, building out the railing for our son's bunk bed, etc...) we have already started our next list of projects for John to tackle.

John returned to our home to replace two gates that seen better times. Along with this job he also completed a few tasks around the house that needed to be repaired or replaced. As always we were pleased to have John in our home. John is pleasant and an excellent worker who always puts good effort into his work. He certainly is a good problem solver and makes good suggestions when requested. We look forward to having John return in the spring.

John did excellent work building a hallway closet for us. The closet looks like it's always been there and blends seamlessly with rest of the room. He matched the paint and trim to the existing paint and trim which we really appreciated. John also did some minor work in our garage for about $300.

The lack of a 5 star review is for a few reasons. 1. The initial quote was quite far off (~$500) from the final bill and this was due to the fact that he didn't accurately account for the type of trim we had. He quoted us for pre-fab trim and ours was milled trim. We feel this is something he could have known when he quoted us at the beginning but perhaps not? Also, he had to source a matching door from somewhere in Toronto which added to the cost. Again, this could have been something account for from the beginning. The actual cost is less of a concern it's more that it wasn't very accurate to the quote and we were surprised with the final price. We know this can happen of course but it seems like these things could have been more accurately accounted for at the beginning. 2. We had to ask him to come back to finish the project. He didn't install a rail and shelf in the closet which we had discussed prior the commencement of the project. 3. There was a lot of debris left on our property that we feel should have been disposed of by John. There were drywall and trim off cuts and scrap wood left in the garage. Again, we don't mind him leaving behind the extra trim which we paid for but the dust and debris should have been removed or at least put in a garbage/recycling bin. We had to load our car with the garbage and find a dumpster to dispose of what was left.

These are very small complaints and overall we are very happy with the work. John is a very nice person and we felt comfortable having him in our home.

Thank you John!

We had some random house projects to tackle that we just didn't feel comfortable doing ourselves such as fixing our exterior pillar that started rotting, we needed door hinges to be notched out of new door frame and our shower glass wall needed to be resealed to the tile. We had our quote done within the week and John schedule worked with ours and everything was done in a very timely manner. He is very professional, personable and reasonable. We would definitely recommend Pretty Handy Guy!

We hired John in early September to help us finalize some of the last few minor fixes and upgrades on the main floor of our home, which we had been putting off for some time. He patched and painted a ceiling for us; repositioned our powder room vanity; upgraded the baseboards in our dining and living rooms; updated some steps leading into our dining and living rooms w/ laminate/bullnosing; patched up some smaller holes in our walls and repaired/replaced rotting wood fromour front doorframe.

Every day we would come home to see significant progress in the work he'd done and he worked so neatly that you'd forget someone was in the house at all. All of furniture was placed back in their original spots and all of his tools and material were neatly gathered in one space.

The quality of his work is great - we are sooo happy with all of the work he did - you'd never guess there was ever patchwork done on our drywall and ceilings and we are thrilled with how beautifully our baseboards and bullnosing turned out.

Most importantly he is a GREAT GUY! When we invite someone into our personal space, it's important to us that we feel we can trust them. John is professional, personable and has a great sense of humour. We had a great feeling about him the moment we met him and we certainly felt at ease with him in our home.

My husband and I are so happy to have found John on Homestars. He was a pleasure to work with and we will most certainly contact him for future projects.