Dave Hill Handyman and Painting Services

Description of Work: I choose Dave Hill as I have seen him in the local area and needed the services of a handyman. We met with Dave Hill Handyman for some tile issues in the tube area of a rental. I gave him some ideas of what we were looking for since it was a rental, as well as replacing the soft wall and the tile. He took those ideas down and said he would check them out to get pricing and compare costs. I gave him my phone number and email address to call or send the estimates to me. This was back in late June of his year

Description of Work: Called to put in a multi-date thermostat

Description of Work: closet work....repair. replaced weatherstripping on door

Description of Work: I used Dave Hill Handyman and Painting Services to paint 2 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms.

Description of Work: My husband and I purchased an older mobile home several years ago. We have been having work done on it as we can afford it. We found some old termite damage in one bedroom while repairing windows. We took off the old paneling & insulation to the outside wall and replaced the damaged 2X4s around two windows in a corner so a part of two walls were involved and a small portion of the ceiling. We also had particle board in some of the living room floor that had absorbed moisture through the years and was deteriorating to a point that those sections needed to be replaced with plywood. Some of that floor had been replaced before we bought this home. When Dave came in to give us an estimate, the bedroom being already demoed, was easy to see what needed to be done. The living room floor was carpeted so it was a question to how much would have to be accomplished. The living room had to have heavy furnishings moved, carpet removed, and then the portions of the floor replaced. The bedroom work was estimated to be $350 plus $90 in materials (we supplied the paint). That took two half days. On the second day, they started the living room. All the furniture was moved, the carpet and padding removed and then we could see exactly what needed to be done. Dave and his helper cleaned up after themselves and cut up carpeting and padding putting it out for the garbage. We were very pleased with that. BUT, what we failed to understand that this was costing us $50 an hour. We understood that we would be paying $25 an hour for labor, but didn't know that we were paying for every person here $25 an hour per person. Not having a written estimate with the terms spelled out was something we will never repeat. When part of the floor was removed, they told us that our air conditioning duct work was incorrect. We had had a new A/C put in 3 years prior. They told us that they would call the company that put it in because they knew them and the A/C company would fix the problem. My husband asked specifically if the A/C company would charge us. Dave and his helper said NO. The A/C company charged us $82 for service call; Dave and his helper said Sorry we didn't think they would charge you. Sort of a "Sorry about your luck" kind of thing. On the 4th day of being here, in the afternoon, while they were running a compressor inside and a saw outside, they blew the circuit breaker. Dave and his helper said our breaker was old and just burned out. They quit for the day while we were left with four rooms without power. They told us to go get a new breaker and install that night. We did, but knew there was something more wrong when we replaced the circuit breaker and fire flew from it. We did not panic at that moment, thinking all would be solved when Dave and his helper returned the next morning. Dave and his helper said that they needed to finish up and the would use the outlets in the other rooms. And by the way, we probably needed to have an electrician come. We did call an electric company and not one Dave recommended. Dave did finish the floor that day and billed us $1705. That was mostly labor, since we supplied the new flooring, plywood, quarter- round, etc. Dave and his helper came into our home that had electricity that they had used for 4 days with no problems; and walked away with us not having power in 4 rooms. My husband asked him when he paid him the $1705, did Dave feel like he needed to chip in (by way of discounting our bill) for our electrical problem. He said he had nothing to do with our problem. After two days of looking. the electrician said we had a dead short in the living room where they were working. The electrician that has been in business for over 30 years said a dead short does not just happen: that the electrical problem was connected to the living room work. On the bill for the electric work, it plainly states that it is the electrician's belief that the work in the living room caused the problem. So, we also had to pay the electrical company over $400 to run new wiring to the living room so our home would be as good as it was BEFORE Dave.

Description of Work: 34 years ago I built a 7.5' high, 10' wide wall unit from 3/4 inch Red Oak plywood. This unit was in my home's family room for 34+ years. This unit has two large drawers, six Plexiglass doors covering three storage areas, and a drop down typewriter shelf. I used Red Oak plywood and applied a medium colored stain that darkened over the years. When my iwfe and I were packing to move to Florida we started looking for someone to refinish the unit. We found David through Angie's list. He offered us two prices - do it good and quickly at price A or do it good and slowly at price B, using the work as fill in between other jobs. We chose price B and Dave delivered the first of the three segments yesterday. We are totally satisfied with the quality and very happy with the price. Dave has two more sections of the unit to deliver and he will then pick up our china cabinet for the same treatment. During the time period I built these pieces of furniture I couldn't take work home with me as I worked for a three letter security agency, respected security restrictions., and wanted to keep my job.

Description of Work: Replaced two large lighting fixtures. Excellent!

Description of Work: We recently purchased a 72 yr old home and was in much need of repairs, restoration and trouble shooting. We were gifted to have a referral of Dave Hill - handyman and painter.