A French Handyman

I chose this company based on the previous reviews with Home Advisor Google. Unfortunately I did not have the same positive experiences. In my opinion , Antoine was not punctual nor tidy (the job site was a mess , documented with photos) nor communicated fully with me. I often did not know when he would be here , he said 10 and showed up at 11 for a few hours. I sent a few texts to him asking do you plan on working on my deck this week? I paid $4000 for material and now have been told they are not what is needed for the project. The plywood for the roof was actually sub-flooring. 04/29/2024 project started and after paying for materials , I was told another $4000 was due for labor that would be done. 05/01/2024 I prepaid labor charges of $4000 and that amount of labor was not done according to his bid. Due to my concerns about the quality/safety - I enlisted the help of a professional contractor. It was determined the load bearing post for the shingled roof was substandard, I have photos that show them 10 inches in the ground with no concrete footers. The Professional contractor had a conversation with Antoine who agreed the foundation needed to be redone. A building permit was not pulled even though my deck is 4-5 feet off the ground , Antoine said it was not needed. Most days he was here for about 3- 3.5 hours , a few days not here at all - weather was not the issue , I was told "admin day I was told that the enclosed deck would take about 3 weeks and at the end of 2.5 weeks , Demo was not even completed (again I have photos) He walked away with $4000 of my money. I ended up emailing him a letter of termination as I was not confident in his ability to complete this job according to code & that the finished covered deck would be safe. Home Advisor /Angie list has attempted several times to contact him with no response from Antoine. AND HIS WEBSITE SAYS: WE CARE;

Antoine did some roof work as well as painting on our deck. He charged a reasonable price, came on time and constantly communicated with us as to the progress of the project. Even though there were weather delays, I really appreciated the frequent updates. Did an excellent job, the deck looks brand new. I’ll definitely recommend him and will be hiring him again in the future.

He was very professional. Reliable, accurate, detail-oriented, considerate, respectful, polite, tidy and thorough. He was punctual, and if something delayed him he always communicated with me and estimated his arrival time which he kept. He actually gave us two estimates. The first one was for a lot of work, and when we decided we could do a lot of the work ourselves, he gave us a second estimate. Heâ s excellent with communication, and heâ s aware of all kinds of little details. We hired him to replace our ceiling drywall and to repair our walls. It was a lot of hard and heavy work. There was a lot of plastering which meant dust. The French handyman was considerate to the cats in our home And he cleaned thoroughly when he was finished. Yes I would hire him again. Yes I would recommend him, and yes I think itâ s a good value for the money.

Antoine was awesome! I was looking for someone on Google to help with our second home that we just bought out of state. I knew no one and needed a leak repaired. Found a few handymen online but they all told me they wouldnâ t work in the evenings or weekendsâ ¦the only time we were available. I saw Antoineâ s website and decided to call him. He answered all my questions and was willing to come over that evening to check things out. He diagnosed the issue and we set up and appointment for that weekend. He arrived on time and quickly got to work. Fixed our leak quickly and cleaned up his work space. His pricing was reasonable and he was very personable. Since I was out of state, he sent me pictures and a full detailed email of what he did. I was surely impressed. So much so I hired him again to fix an outlet behind our stove that was preventing the stove from sitting flush against the wall. He came back two weeks later and just like before made the repair quick and efficiently. Truly appreciated his professionalism. Will definitely be using him again. Two Thumbs for A French Handyman!!!

Antoine is responsive, reliable, transparent, and determined to do high quality work.