Stanley Handyman and Remodeling Services

Had to reschedule and showed up late. Other than that, he was a nice guy and efficient.

Gary from Stanley Handyman & Remolding Services always truly amazing. He made initial contact within minutes of me submitting my inquiry/request for installation of a baby gate, to the time he left my house! He was not only a man of his word but though. He understood our needs and took our request for top notch safety to heart. His work was amazing and he was able to fix our attempt to do the job initially like it never happened!! Having just moved into a new home we WILL be having him as our main man to help with ALL of our handyman things!! Thank you Gary!!!!

Great job. Good price.

Outstanding. Gary and partner were great. On time very efficient. Put on critter cover over outside dryer vent. Also replaced outside Hardi plank damaged by hail. Highly recommend. Would definitely hire again.

Excellent. Gary finished in half the time he had thought he would need, so he didn’t charge me as much as I had anticipated. The beds are solidly put together. He is a very nice guy and pleasant to be around.

Very professional, did impeccable work! I will use Stanley Handyman for all future projects.

It went good. Was a little nervous Gary didn’t have help but put my gazebo together in a timely manner. He’s friendly as well. Will use him again in the future.

Gary Stanley did an excellent job, very professional and timely.

He was on point, with his experience that shelf was put together in a timely fashion. It took 3 hours.

Gary went above and beyond to come and do the repairs the same day! I would definitely hire Gary again.

Excellent work! Very affordable and easy to communicate with! Stanley the Handyman is a well experienced service and trustworthy. I highly recommend him for all projects indoors as well as outdoors! He is my handyman for life.

Friendly, knowledgeable and professional. Quick response and work was done within 2 hours. Would hire again for sure.

Satisfactory with job performance. Will rehire for future handyman projects.

He took down the medicine cabinet and moved shower plumbing to underneath my vanity, took out the toilet and another cabinet over the toilet started texturing the bathroom walls but hasn’t painted the walls or ceiling and trim! Jobs only partially done! I want him to finish it before I pay him the balance

Gary was awsome very professional and Meticulous in his work. the finished project was beautiful and it added life to our back patio. I will Gary on my next project

This is my final Review for Gary Stanley, of Stanley Handyman and Remodeling Services; as all jobs are now completed. I had written a review earlier in the process because so much had to be done and was more involved than anticipated. So some of this review may be repetitive. I will say again that Gary Stanley was a Godsend for this older couple with a 30 year old house that had over the years developed issues that we were not able to remedy. We had had a man build our Trex deck and experienced a time and money creep that left us leery of trying to find anyone else. However, we had good luck with Home Advisors/Angi's List for plumbing problems so gave it a try. Gary and one other guy answered withing 30 min. of Request placed. Other guy came with tape measurer and walked around seeing rotten boards and other problems I did not see; and ignoring what I was worried about. Told me he would send an estimate in a few days. Called back to say "they didn't make my kind of siding so would have to replace all with different type"-but no estimate. Gary Stanley came next day-got out of his truck and pulled off his ladder and took the time to actually climb up to check the siding to see what was rotten . Before I mentioned the concrete breaking up at garage door, he had knelt down and was inspecting problem. As we did a walk around for me to tell him all I had on my list. I told him there may be a problem with finding my siding based on other guy. I wanted to replace with Hardie board, but he told me that he could try but angles & size of boards may not match. I could tell from his immediate inspection of the problems and what he would do to fix each one---finally, we got the right guy with experience in all aspects of home building and repairs; carpentry, brickwork, concrete work---Thank You, Lord!! I had read his reviews: hard working, honest as day is long; doesn't quit until job finished; does good work. Big Plus was he is from Arkansas -I am from Georgia so we both spoke Southern! Now when Gary gives an estimate; he will include a phrase" unless there becomes a CATASTROPHIC finding." We were DIYers so we understood that if what seemed a simple repair was found to be more involved to repair that we would be informed and he would go from there. WE were OK with that because from the beginning ; Gary was working to save money for us- example: the iron clean out door was rusted & falling out of the hole in the chimney-I priced new ($85)- but size of hole off standard. Gary took it & refurbished the door and re-mortared it back in place for a fraction of new cost. CATASTROPHIC #1 !!!!!! became the OMG word throughout all the work! The front window repair was a nightmare of unseen rotten support beams that had to be replaced before entire top floor fell through- Gary took every precaution using a jack and series of supports to accomplish this. He re-framed the entire window including better flashing at the top (Andersen Renewal windows 6 yrs old). Replaced insulation, moisture barrier and painstakingly searched to find the right size Cedar board to trim bottom of window as I wanted. CATASTROPHIC #2!! Working on the porch, he discovered that of the 4 existing posts only 1 was bearing weight of whole porch& built in storage room on top!!!!! The railings were cemented into brick wall so removal left ugly area that had to be re-bricked. Gary made two new support posts installed in steel boots and wrapped in Cedar and painted our trim color. We were so relieved to know that issue was solved. In that process, he had noted minor missing sofit pieces and need for paint which he did and told me later. Just took care of little and big things--I noticed my front door was repainted-he said he had paint extra so he just did it and made everything on porch look new---that is his way! CATASTROPHIC #3!!! Repair of porch rooftop-He found that when roofers had replaced our roof in 2016; they had cut the shingles too far back from edge of wall. So flashing was gone and shingles migrated and water had puddled because they had tried to compensated with a dam of caulk and YEP-developed a leak. Gary always stopped and told us what he found and gave his fix and asked how to proceed. My husband, engineer, agreed with him and now all rotted trim, stucco, repaired and he re-shingled about a third of the porch roof making sure shingles installed right and that translated to repair rotten wood in top of porch where leak had occurred. Now, to the siding the other guy said he couldn't find----Gary found it at McCoys!! He also bought a Hardie board because that's what I wanted to replace-but Hardie did not work. So Gary got only siding needed to replace rotten boards. As this is a 2 story house, he put up scaffolding to be able to do the work. Every time I checked he was adding extra paint to blend in old to new and made it all look new. CATASTROPHIC #4!!! While working on side of house, Gary saw that the brick fascade beneath siding was moving. He showed us that he traced the cracks in all of the side which led down to lower wall of garage- from what he discovered and what we knew; it was revealed that our house had foundation problems! We had been unaware of the progression of the settling- Now,we understood we had to get some Foundation people out. Gary proceeded to stabilize the wall which went from bowed out to pulled back in line before he finished the siding repair. He could have just repaired siding and left us unaware of major problem. In each undertaking, I saw that not only was he skilled, but his integrity matched his skill. CATASTROPHIC #5!!-Bricking of Back Bay Window-Due to settling, bricks had actually pulled away from main structure and the mortar was crumbling in top third of structure on 3 sides. First of all, I had saved bricks from our 1984 build but was running short. Gary removed and cleaned bricks and used my extras to repair the entire area. He had to cut bricks at different angles to accommodate the degree of movement of the brick wall which he stabilized. He went the extra mile by applying needed mortar and caulk in areas adjacent to the brickwork he did- again it looks brand new. CATASTROPHIC #6!!! Our Trex deck was built around a growing OAK tree that had a hole for spacing of the tree's growth. But in last 5 years , the tree had pretty much take up space and the hole needed to be enlarged. I ask Gary to enlarge the hole but I was concerned about the Trex material and construction. He researched to find out the type of saw blade and made the cut within consideration of structure beneath the top boards. He found that the original builder had made a wooden box for the tree that sat on the support beams underneath. The positioning of that box led to water damage of that support beam which will need to be replaced but will require removal of some of the Trex Boards--that is scheduled in a month or two and I only trust Gary not to ruin the decking system for the repair! Fortunately, the other repairs went as expected. A Surprise was Gary's ingenious design and build of the cover of our outside HVAC. Evey winter when we have had freezing rains, this unit is located in the area downstream where rain falls down inside unit. The fan freezes up and all interior gets iced up and we have to turn it off to prevent motor burnout. I talked to A/C guy who said the cover had to be at least 4 ft. above unit and open on all sides to allow correct air movement. Gary was concerned about building a shelter from house going into wood siding or brick to hold weight of cover. He did research as we did looking at everything from a BBQ/Grill cover to a Pop-Up cover- We also had to consider our subdivision HOA, Gary designed and built a cover using gray PVC pipe and fittings with a top of light weight plastic sheeting- met all requirements and as was allowed attached to frame of unit to stay in place----Genius!! and didn't cost hundreds of dollars! I found a beautiful oak door that Gary finished , painted and installed for the Water Heater closet. Door was weird size and he had to make modifications to door

All was well done

Everything went as promised. Great job and excellent communication from Gary. Yes I would hire again.

He is a very knowledgeable and experienced person who brings a wealth professionalism to the job.

So thankful to have gotten Gary Stanley to help us. His vast experience in every aspect of building houses from framing, to roofing , to bricklaying, to master carpentry makes him a Godsend for a home owner like me. To be able to have one professional take care of every type of problem that comes with a 30 year old house instead of the misery of trying to hire different people to get jobs done was stress relieving . Gary Stanley is a true craftsman who works to his high caliber of doing any job the right way . The simple replace the trim & water damage fascia around the front window became a nightmare of water damaged wood more extensive areas connected to weightbearing boards. Gary showed us the problem and explained what needed to be done. With approval, he proceeded to perform a tricky repair using a jack to prevent the window failing. He is one of those guys who measures twice & cuts once. But he is dead on the money with reframing and adding extra support in that system so I am confident that he not only fixed the problem; he has prevented any major downstream problems. Another unexpected problem happened when Gary was going to fix a leak in our porch roof. What looked like a caulking job has turned into removal of water damGe stucco & trim to replace. But also he had to repair a bad roofing job where they cut shingles way back from side of house & did not put flashing. We found our same shingles at Beacon Building and Gary reshingled the area which was about 1/3 rd of porch size. He was so careful to rebuild the valley and cut shingles to perfectly match the pattern along with replacing flashing; tar paper ; and moisture barrier. He does what I call a triage of the problems and discusses his plan of attack with me. Then he methodically goes to work . Even after a long day on the ladder or scaffold; he always cleans up the area never leaving a mess. He is a polite, amiable young man who I find to be good hard-working man who is honest as day is long. We still have work going on but I go to sleep Thankful for this fine Handyman and plan more jobs in future where I only want him to do….

It went very well. I would definitely hire him again. He was very knowledgeable and did a great job fixing our doors. We are extremely satisfied.

Excellent!

What I ve learned from this experience is to never allow your kindness to be taken for granted, and to speak up. Gary was late every single day. He showed up Saturday night was overwhelming. Gary, showed up around 8 after have finishing up somethings at his home. Around 2 am, he wanted to cut wood outside . My husband told him he would have to come back tomorrow because it would disturb the neighbors. What was supposed to be a two day job, turned into a four day job. We helped him carry material in and out the house, supplied caulking. The job he had to take care of for his wife's grandmother was delayed,and for some reason it was my fault. A professional shouldn't project their personal issues on their clients, when they were not punctual, professional, and lacked supplies. He also left nails sticking out of the boards, paint splatters etc.When they say pictures says a thousand words, they will. Gary maybe great at other things. However this project was a major fail. I wish I had not given him any further payment.

Excellent work

Gary Stanley is an honest, hard worker and is very detail oriented.