Anthony Turcotte

Description of Work: I actually hired him twice this year, but had hired him the second time before inspecting the first job. I thought he was good at first, because he doesn't talk down to me (as a woman) & seemed to be knowledgeable. His actual performance is terrible. His prices also seem very good at first, for a professional handyman, until one sees the quality & scope of the work done. For example, on the first (5/4/12) job, he was supposed to install some plywood on a basement wall. Instead he installed pressboard & doesn't even use a straight edge or a table saw. He does a very sloppy freeform version of edges. He was supposed to fix the well pump. The exposed wire lying on the ground with a hole by the casing was only slightly less exposed & no attempt to fill in the hole. The regulator, which was ungrounded, cracked & taped together, was not replaced. It was mickey mouse grounded, but the unit was still cracked & taped together. The second (5/16/12) job: he was supposed fix the sagging roof of my garage. It is better, but still not level. He also charged me $150 for 3 other jobs. One, replacing some rotten boards on my rear deck, were not done at all, even though I paid for them. The second, to replace a faulty old fashioned electrical wall circle switch was done by mounting a cumbersome modern rectangular box on TOP of the wall. The third was to cut & install a pre-measured piece of vinyl sheeting on a bathtub ceiling. He ignored the marks, cut it freehand, too short & not even straight. Basically, his work is a waste of the materials I provided. Everything always has to be redone the correct way.