Handyside Plumbing, HVAC & Electrical

Peggy P.

Very expensive and they'll try to sell you everything plus the kitchen sink. We had re-wiring done, they missed 3 receptacles we paid for. I called when the work was done but it was October and now I can't even remember what they told me. Just won't call them anymore.

Dominic P.

Of the last five comments, four gave one-star ratings and explained exactly why (which stated similar issues); so, with that said, all I can say is I totally agree with the four one-star ratings and will just say ""ditto"" to the language in the comments.

Neil T.

What a rip off!

$89 to pull into the driveway seems to be reasonable these days.

I needed an in-line compression fitting water supply valve replaced since it would not shut off completely.

Travis showed up within the promised time frame, examined the job, and spent the next ten minutes typing on his I pad.

Then he quoted me $350. I thought he was joking.

This is highway robbery! I declined the work and went to get my checkbook for the $89 'show up' fee.

As I returned, I heard him on the phone telling someone it was only a FIFTEEN MINUTE job!

Let's recap. $89 to show up plus $350 for 15 minutes work. This is simply outrageous.

Handyside is a bunch of bandits who I will never patronize again!

Jeremy P.

Do yourself a favor and look for a Owner/Operator local tech to work on your HVAC. The tech arrived on time, and honestly was great. He was in and out in 20 minutes to replace a capacitor. 350 dollar bill. 90 dollar call out fee, OK. Part was 225 and covered under warranty but labor not covered. Guess what the labor charge was for the 20 minutes? $250. Even the tech agreed it was a lot for 20 minutes. You're paying for Handyside's overhead. They lost a customer today

Trevin B.

My most recent service call from Handyside needs to be shared. I have used them 4 or 5 for service calls for my HVAC, and have been highly satisfied until today. I called to get service as my compressor was not cutting on. The service technician came out, did his diagnosis, and found I had a bad thermostat. Great news, I thought, as I had already bought a a new Google Nest thermostat to replace it. About a year prior, I had bought and installed a Nest thermostat for my upstairs unit so I knew it would take an experienced tech about 10 minutes to do the install. However, he quoted me $320 to install the thermostat! For 10 minutes of work?, I asked him. He confirmed. In disbelief, I called Handyside and indeed $320 to install a thermostat. I am still in disbelief. Anyway, in 20 minutes, I had the thermostat installed and everything is working great.

Update to management response: I did not call Handyside to replace my thermostat. I called for an appointment to diagnose what was wrong with the HVAC. The $320 was on top of the diagnosis fee. I gladly paid for the tech to come to my house and figure out what was wrong. The $320 was literally for 10 minutes of work.

Jeremy L.

I called Handyside for a quote to replace an outside faucet. The plumber came and looked at the faucet and quoted me $585.00 to replace the faucet. I was thinking maybe it was more involved than I thought. Either way, I told him no, and in my head I was like this guy is out of his tree. I called a friend of mine to come see what he thought and we quickly removed the faucet. I went to the hardware store up the street and bought a new faucet for $27.00 and replaced it in about 10 minutes.

I had to pay 89.00 for them to just show up and do nothing but give me an astronomical quote. These guys are crooks and should be ashamed of themselves for stealing money from people. I would call anyone but these guys to come give you a quote and for service.

Eva L.

David Potts, a plumbing expert for Handyside is A-ONE!!
One of the most thorough, knowledgeable and polite repairman that has walked thru our door.
We will be Handyside customers from now on, and will always request David as our repairman.
He identified the problem, had all the parts & knowledge to fix the problem and checked that everything was in working order after fixing it.
Thank you again, David!!!

Maxwell M.

Despite having signing up for their special service plan, we tried getting in contact with them during the weekend to remedy an emergency issue with our toilet seal, we left multiple messages and didn't receive even a call-back for two days (as of this review). Even the mailbox claims they have 24/7 emergency response, but this is clearly not the case. Do not recommend.

Gonna C.

Do you enjoy paying hundreds of dollars to have someone tell you to replace everything, and thousands to do it? If so, this is the company for you!

What they should have done is looked into fixing the extremely simple leak which just needed a little bit of calk around the drain. To fix this properly, all that was needed is disassembling the drain of this kitchen sink, calking it properly, and reassembling it, something that cost pennies for materials and no more than an hour of labor for a professional.

What was actually done instead is he took a brief look at it before quoting a thousand dollars to replace all the plumbing fixtures as well as the faucet itself, and charged us hundreds of dollars for that brilliant opinion.

Very clearly they are dishonest scammers with no honor or integrity. Avoid like the plague.

A B.

Positive: Plumber was knowledgable and service was prompt. $89 for 15 minute service call.
Negative: $300 to cap off a flex waterline. 15-20 minute job at most.
I'm a landlord and the tenant said the waterline (to outside faucet) valve was leaking after a cold peroiod. Told Handyside to just cap it off and the total cost was $300. Really? They charge by the job.
Recommend finding a plumber who charges hourly to avoid rip-offs.
I'm pissed.