Vince Curcio - The Bizzzy Bee

It went very well. Excellent communication Excellent crew, on time. Excellent work Yes, i will use Bizzzy Bee again. Thank you Vince.

The company fixed some decayed wood fiber board siding. Here are the good and what needs improvement: |Good: |- They are a real company with real paper work |- They showed up on the first day on time |- You could get a hold of them and they responded |- We discussed the work and the scheduling over e-mail and text nice for someone that is busy |- They responded quickly to the service request |- The work met expectations for the most part |- They cleaned up after themselves |- Price was competitive |Needs improvement: |- Scheduling was less than perfect I had to call to finalize both appointments |- Additional things that needed to be addressed that were readily viable were not discussed on the first visit. I had to get a hold of the contractor after the work had been completed - they were going to call me about it though |- The person actually doing the work never introduced themselves to us | |Bottom line: | |For the CLT area an above average experience but not perfect. I will call them again the next time I need something taken care of that I can't do myself and I would recommend them to others. |

Vince has provided a variety of services for me over the past year, from the small (toilet clog just a little more complex than I could do myself) to complex repairs after a major plumbing problem/ flooded house. Vince is always quick to respond, schedule according to my needs & ensure I am happy with the job. I really appreciate the fact that I can be confident that the job will be done & done well. Last year after a major plumbing issue, the Bizzzy Bee team fixed my kitchen back together including electrical (replacing light fixtures), drywall (replacing the big hole in the cieling), and paint. They coordinated the work among the different pros so that I didn't need to deal with coordinating things like when the electrician would be done so the carpenter could start. I just had to make the 1st call & they took care of the rest. This was especially important as it was right before last Thanksiving when we were hosting 15 for a sit down dinner! When the painter had car trouble (morning before Thanksgiving) I got a call early from Vince letting me know, that he had another painter lined up, & when he would be there. Everything was done in time & so well that one of my guests walked into the kitchen & asked about the flood... the repairs were so good you couldn't see any sign that there had been a big gaping hole a few days earlier! You can be confident that the Bizzzy Bee will do the job well, show up when they say they will, at the estimated price.

The gentleman came out to give me a estimate and I liked the price and told him to go ahead and do the job. It was completed the same day and the job was perfect.

The electrician was awesome. Very nice guy and even took the time to introduce himself to my very large dogs. Plumber was quiet and efficient. One of his workers was quiet the first day even though he wasnt supplies with a to do list. I guess I was suppose to have that ready for him to do his job? The day after the same first worker and a second new worker came over to do the paint. They didnt cover or move my brand new memory foam mattress and got it wet, stained in one spot and left all the tools etc on it. GROSS. The older man apologized a lot while the second one stood quiet. The older man came back and the second one didnt at our request. He finished the job along with another young man that was pleasant. I then decided that I have found another handyman who actually owns his business and does the work and would continue the tasks with him. I even trust him to be in my house alone because he is so neat and tidy. He doesnt charge material pickup and handling fees either. Vinny was going to charge me $235 to do brick mortar on the window sill. The other guy I found charged $35 and showed me how easy and why it it isnt an expensive task. There is NO communication with this company and way to many people in the cookie jar. His wife does billing and takes her sweet time to do so. Vinny does the estimates. A whole bunch other do the work. His sister does the contract signing. I am one of the most easy going people and rarely complain. Vinny did ask why we didnt want to continue service and we didnt answer because I just want this annoyance done. I asked for billing that was suppose to be here Friday and it came Sunday. I am actually begging them to send this check out to get rid of them already.

Obtained estimate to replace damaged sections of chain link fence (3 sections totalling 15 feet in length). Proposed costs were higher than I expected and therefore decided to attempt the repairs myself.

I needed two ceiling repairs in separate rooms of my home. This process involved three visits from the contractor. The first for the repair, then two more for finishing work and painting. All this was explained up front and he worked around my schedule on the followup visits. The work was performed quickly and professionally. I was surprised and impressed that in each room he constructed a plastic sheeting column from floor to ceiling around the repair area to limit the spread of drywall dust to the surrounding area. This left our rooms available for use with minimal intrusion. I was also happy with the finished appearance.

They were very good! I still have their number to call them if anything else comes up. They came out right away! They even went out and purchased new equipment for the toilet. I was very satisfied with the service.

See above. A total waste of my time spent with this company!

This is the second review that I have done on Vince since this summer. This second reviewed contract is a direct result of an extreme mess that another company left me with. The other company came in to do a few things including painting, cleaning and pressure washing. I live out of state and Vince caught them not doing the work they were being paid for and let me know about it. They left my house a wreck. When they started it only needed light work along with painting and carpet/tile. When they left my paint was peeling and they did none of the cleaning, as well as damaging so many things and improperly reassembling, or not assembling at all, many others. There were also many damaged items that they just painted over rather than fixing like the contract called for among other things. Vince came in and fixed all of this for me so that it could be rented. He has also stated that he would be there as a witness to the damage that this company caused me. The price shown above may sound like a lot for what I have described so far, but let me tell you, the list of things that he did for me was extremely lengthy. Somewhere along the lines of 80 items in the punch list, and many of them were time consuming items. He took what was an extremely stressful situation for me and made it all go away. I really wish he would have been available to do the painting in the first place and I could have avoided getting ripped off. But I was naive then and thought that getting a painter in immediately instead of waiting 3-4 weeks (Vince's painters were booked 4 weeks out) would be better as I would not have as much vacancy time. Boy did that idea backfire! That is a huge lesson learned to me. Painters that can show up and paint in the summer with little more than a week or two notice, are available for a reason. I will never make that mistake again. I would rather wait a month to get someone to do the job that cares about quality like Vince does. Damage costs from the other company FAR outweigh vacancy costs. I could have waited 3 months for Vince's painters and still been farther ahead. To try to give a breakdown on costs: $400 for full house cleaning including baths, cupboards, lights, fans, vents, grout, floors, appliances and paint slop cleanup from the previous crew. $700 for proper pressure washing and hand cleaning of entire exterior of the house, driveway including oil spots and front porch, patio and walkway. (Including fixing poor workmanship damage from the last two pressure washing companies.) If you would have given me that price last summer for pressure washing I would have opted out. But after being ripped off twice now by people charging half that, I realize that it costs more to pay less. Both $350 companies did very poor quality work and each caused an additional couple hundred dollars of damage. Trust me, for what Vince does, $700 is a good deal and he doesn't break things. $150 for trash removal that previous crews left behind. A little over $300 for drywall repairs and paint touchups that the previous crew missed or ignored. There were plenty of spots and Vince easily could have charged more for this. $800 for repairs/replacements of damaged, missing or improperly installed items that the other company removed for painting. $400 to "band aid" fix some of the areas that were immediately peeling just 2 days after the previous company painted, due to improper surface prep. This will need much more work to fix later, but Vince was able to stop the peeling for now so that I could get the home rented and deal with it during next vacancy. $725 for misc flooring work. A different company had installed about 500 SQ FT of tile flooring. They made a lot of paint nicks that needed repaired, did not seat the door hinges properly, and did not cleanup the shoe molding after install. This price also includes applying grout seal, two coats, and making multiple trips to the home to wait around for that company to show up to fix their mistakes. $300 for misc pet damage repairs that should have been fixed by the original company prior to painting. Several new pieces of baseboard needed to be replaced or repaired, and then painted. $2250 for many misc other repairs that just needed done at nobody's fault but general wear. These repairs included door stops throughout entire house, blinds replaced, rotted fence posts replaced, yard debris removed, drip pans replaced, door sweeps and weather strip replaced, garage remotes replaced and programmed, misc wall repairs in garage, plumbing leak and damage repaired, countertop repair, new locks, dishwasher install and many many small items as well as meeting with new tenants for me. This general repair count was about 40 hours of labor and about $500 in materials. In general, Vince was once again a lifesaver for me. He turned a bad situation into a positive one. Tenants moved in and love the quality of the home. Had it been left as is I would have suffered with a monthly tenant call to repair misc items, and no doubt they would have treated the home in a way that reflected the condition at move in, thereby causing a repeat in likely 1 to 2 years. You can count on Vince to do quality work the first time. The man has outstanding work ethic, integrity, and cares about the quality of work and customer satisfaction. I am surprised by some of the recent critical reviews I read about him though. Vince charges what he is worth and until you have lived through the nightmares of contractors that don't care about quality but charge less, you may not immediately see the value. Maybe that is where they are coming from as a lot of them say he charges too much but they don't hire him. I would tell them, they would be wise to give Vince a chance even if he charges more than someone else. With Vince, you will get what you pay for and then some. I will definitely hire Vince first in the future.

We called concerning the water damage to the frame at the bottom of a large window we have over our front door in our foyer. We were put on the calendar and they called the day before to let us know what time they would be there. They arrived right on time and did the work the same day. Very professional job. We had been dreading fixing this window because we were unsure anyone would know how to handle it. But they did, and we are very happy with their work.

The work went great as usual. We have used Bizzzy Bee several times. All the work was performed over several weeks since some of the parts had to be ordered.

The work done was beautiful but I am unhappy how they did business. One man did the estimate and another one did the work. The job took longer than expected and that happens but maybe it would be less likely to happen if the man that does the estimate does the actual work. Despite that all charges were listed on the invoice there were several charges that felt like I was nickel and dimed on. 30 dollars dumping and charges for handling materials and you also have to buy your own paint for the job. There is a lot of mouse print on the invoice. I had left a signed blank check for the payment of work which was taken but I was left no invoice or paperwork. I called a few days later and asked how much the final charge was and they were unable to answer my question and it was unclear whether or not they used the check that was taken. I wanted to know how much money was coming out of my account and was unable to get this info. Several days later I called again and they were still unable to give me the exact charge but told me that my check was not usable because I had used 2 colors of ink (I still have no idea where that signed check is) - It ended up being 10 days or more after the work was completed and 2 calls were made until I actually knew what I owed and that it was more than the estimate. It took longer still to actually ever see an invoice. They e-mailed and it got lost in junk mail which happens but it was still a major inconvenience. Early on I had asked for something to be mailed. Seems like they could take the price of a stamp out of my 30.00 dump fee and send me a proper invoice. After all that nonsense I decided to just pay them with a credit card for the full amount of almost 900.00 dollars and they would not flex on the credit card fee of over 30 dollars. I hope that they choose to reimburse me on that fee and I hope they might send my send my signed check back. Unfortunately I would not use them again because of the hassles I encountered just trying to find out how much I owed and to make a payment.

They were fantastic. Vince was very open about giving me an evaluation. He was informative and advised me against using unlicensed companies. He was forthright, knowledgable and knew what needed to be done and handled it appropriately. I would highly recommend them.

Very dissapointed in the professionalism of this company. During our first conversation I was told not to waste their time and after I convinced them that I was not wasting their time they set up an appointmen to provide me with a estimate a week later. Today 09/11/2013 was my appointment and they called to cancel. Not to reschedule but cancel. BUSINESS MUST BE GOOD.

Mr. Curcio was very pleasant and knowledgeable. He was punctual and gave a thorough estimate. The reason his company was not selected was because it was a little pricey.

Great job done!! Vince was responsive and came out quickly to provide the estimate. Tom (who did the repairs) was on-time, professional, and performed the work quickly and carefully. He also made some suggestions to the work, which was appreciated. Totally satisfied with the work completed and would definitely hire the Bizzy Bee again!!

I scheduled the electrical walk through with Vince for Monday Aug 19. When Gary (outstanding electrician) arrived, he walked me through the price points of the various projects then offered to get to work. Gary was able to complete all but the TV install(we didnt have wall mount) and the outdoor lights as it was raining. Gary came back on Friday Aug 23 and finished the remaining items as well as corrected a couple electrical issues we were not aware of. While at the house on the 19th, Gary called Dave(top notch plumber) to assist with our leaky toilet. Dave was in and out in less than an hour! From begining tto end the Bizzzy team was transparent, pleasant and helpful and easy to work with. I would highly recommend Gary, Dave and Vince to assist you. We will continue to use BizzzyBee, in fact they will be coming back this week to game plan on another project AWESOME EXPERIENCE

Esxcellent. He arrived on time and was very professional in all tasks he helped us complete. We also felt the billing was fair.

The Bizzy Bee team was great!! They were friendly and the service was awesome. The price was good too!!!

Everything was done well. Great customer service. Respond to my call the same day and had a technician sent out within a few hours.

We asked The Bizzzy Bee to install a new fan box, ceiling fan and outlet switch and install new closet shelving. The fan appears to be installed perfectly and we are very happy with it. The guy who came out, Gary, was very nice and professional, although he was very late to arrive (he did call to let us know). The shelving looked good at first glance, but once we started to hang clothes and put boxes on the shelves, we realized that the ends of the shelves were not sufficiently attached such that items hung or placed at the ends caused the entire shelf to wobble and lift up. We will have to spend this weekend installing additional support brackets to prevent this from happening. We considered calling The Bizzzy Bee to come back and properly finish the job, but frankly did not want to deal with them any more after the way they treated us when it came time to pay. They quoted us a certain amount for the materials to do the job and then charged us almost $300 more for materials after it was finished. When we called the owner, Vince, to ask about it, he claimed that his supplier must have only quoted him for one shelf instead of the number that we requested, but that it wasn?t his problem. We explained that we hired The Bizzzy Bee based on their quote and felt that the risk of a supplier misquoting the price should fall on The Bizzzy Bee and should not be passed on to the customer. Vince pointed to the language in the contract that states that the cost of materials may fluctuate between the time estimated and purchased, however this was not a fluctuation in cost. The price of the shelves themselves did not go up. This was a mistake made by The Bizzzy Bee (or possibly his supplier). When we complained about the unfairness of this position, Vince offered to have his guy rip out the shelving that had just been installed and refund us the cost of any materials that could be returned to his supplier. We will never use The Bizzzy Bee again and strongly urge others to be aware of the way they treat their customers when they make a mistake. Do not trust their estimates.

Vince did a thorough tenant move out inspection for me and went through a full list of repairs. The initial statement of work was smaller, but Vince pointed out some things that other contractor left behind and he took care of them for me. He helped keep me notified of the items that the other contractors were neglecting or not doing correctly that were going to derail my schedule for flooring installation. Vince stepping in and keeping me informed of things allowed the flooring to be installed on time without extra costs that no doubt would have occured had Vince not pointed things out to me. He went above and beyond and saved me some potential costs or delays. Without his help flooring would have been delayed several days. Vince is very knowledgable and goes above and beyond to satisfy his clients needs. He does quality work and delivers on all commitments. He will let you know when he finds things that could be a problem down the road rather than just skipping and covering up ultimately costing you a lot more later. I am reviewing him now as this contract has been completed, but he is currently working a second contract for me as well. This second contract is the result of terrible work and a disaster left behind by the other company that was doing work for me. He is an amazing asset on that and I will go into full detail on that when that contract is complete. Bottom line, Vince is a lifesaver and has EARNED his status as the only person I will count on to do repairs on my rental properties from here on out. I would be in a real mess right now without him and am extremely grateful that Angies List brought us together. I HIGHLY recommend him to anyone that values quality work, integrity and work ethic.

It was a great experience. Highly recommend this business.

Terrible. Unprofessional from the get-go. Vince missed our original appointment and came out three days later to provide quote. After walking around, taking notes, etc., it took more than a week and multiple phone calls to get the quote. That quote read "I was trying to finish up your estimate by today but my brother informed me this morning that we are currently booked. After discussing the issues with meeting your deadline, at present, our ability to meet your time for completion is not a possibility." By the way, we never talked about a deadline. We had just moved into the property and had a number of jobs that needed to be done over a two to three month period. Don't waste your time. Bizzzy Bee cannot manage their workload.