Honey Bee Husband for Hire

Sheri F.

Had a great experience with Art. He was professional, showed up on time and got us a water heater ASAP. I would recommend him and this service.

David N.

Booked them through a Home warranty company on a Monday for a sink blockage. Said it was not an emergency but my dishwasher and disposal were unusable and the sink was very slow to drain. They said how about Saturday. I said I would get another plumber then. They said okay Thursday, which came and went, no show. Called Ana who is nice but she had a story about how busy they were blah blah blah. She said Saturday AM. Again no show. I called and there was a story about technicians being busy again. She said Monday. So this week have had Ana's nice sweet stories about busy techs, my phone calls not being returned until the home warranty company called them, and calls not being returned at all. ABout 45 minutes after I called the Home warranty company and asked them to cancel Honey Bee and find me someone else, a plumber arrived. I told him politely that I had cancelled them a while earlier because it took them 9 days to show up. The man was courteous and understanding and did not argue or give me a hard time and left quickly and quietly.

Cactus F.

Arturo from HoneyBee's plumbing is one of the best plumbers we ever had! My fiancée and I first bought our home two years ago and the water heater was done Mickey moused, to correct it we had a plumber (not gonna mention names) come out and replace it with a new one and they effed up badly. Thats when Arturo came and fixed it the right way and never had a problem ever since! Some of these clients don't understand how busy Arturo and his company can be. If he doesn't answer you right away he's working on a job somewhere and he does go out of town. Art is a great guy and never was rude or argumentative like some other ""plumbers"" can be. We are now in the process of selling our home and he installed our bathroom faucet and kitchen faucet and I must say as always he did OUTSTANDING WORK! I'm a sista, so wash day for my hair was a breeze with that shower-like effect the faucet has. If you need a job done right call Art or leave a message he gets back promptly and tries to work around your schedule and usually does! Don't listen to the negative reviews go with your gut feeling of needing something installed and done correctly because Arturo doesn't ""Mickey Mouse"" he's the done right guaranteed kind of a guy! Thanks Arturo for everything!

Michael L.

If I could leave a negative review I would. Art was hired to fix a leaky gasket on our garbage disposal and instead took the more powerful more expensive unit and replaced it with one that costs less than half as much and is less powerful.

He rudely responded to my wife by mansplaining to her that the new one was ""comparable"". It's not. It's junk.

Now the home warranty company has to replace the disposal that's garbage with a new garbage disposal.

First Art never said he would remove and replace the disposal. That's not why he was brought in. He offered it as the easy option, my wife declined it and he then went to argue with the warranty company i assume to get more money. After reading the numerous 1-star reviews on here I am wondering how the home warranty company ever thought this would go well.

He keeps saying he's coming back to discuss but ignored our calls all of last week. That ship has sailed. We don't want him to comeback ever.

An investigation will be done on the side of the home warranty company since we notified them of the incident. Doubt they'll pay him.

If you need to replace something in someone's home you tell them and replace it like for like. You don't fix the burner on the stove by ""throwing away"" the Viking and replacing it with a Hot Point and all it comparable.

There's a big difference between a .5HP disposal and a 1HP disposal in a home belonging to people who love to cook let alone the $120 price difference.

Overall it's sad.

Bruce S.

I am seeing so many negative reviews on here, I also see that the business owner blames the customers for the problems. Let's see how he will try to turn this around on me.

I contacted Home Depot on Saturday at about 5 pm to request service in regards to replacing a water heater. They took my information and then tried to contact the service provider. Since it was 5 pm on a Saturday, it was no surprise that there was no answer. Since it was a weekend, it came to no surprise that I was told not to expect a call until Monday am. As of 11 am on Monday I had not heard from him, and Home Depot does say in some cases they can provide same day service if you call prior to noon. I didn't want it said I waited too long, that is why I called before noon. They got Art on the phone and he told me he was on another job and asked me to send him a text with my address and he would call me back when he finished the job he was on, so I did. I texted him a reminder about 4 pm, no response so I called Home Depot at 5 pm and they said not to worry, the service provider had until Tuesday morning to contact me. That must be a huge job because here we are on Thursday at 4 pm and he has still not called. I called a competitor and they were here in an hour and with 4 hours I had a new water heater installed.

UPDATE: Honey Bee finally called me back...AFTER 14 DAYS. They asked if I still needed a new water heater.

Debbie H.

Called him Saturday morning about 8:30. Art was at my house an hour later. My issue with my water heater was there wasn't any hot water pressure through out the whole house. I just thought for sure I was going to have to get a new water heater. Art could have very easily said that I would need a new water heater. But that was not the case. The water heater was fine, the problem was the flex line. Was so corroded that the water just barely trickled thru. New flex line and I was ready to go. Art is very professional and he showed me each step he did to narrow down to the problem. He was in and out in just a little over an hour. I definitely would recommend him. I know I will be calling him whenever I have a plumbing problem. Thank you Art!!!

Linda L.

This dude has the Home Depot contract for water heater repair. My appointment was made 4 days in advance and, per Home Depot, the dude rejected the call the day before the appointment and never bothered to call, text, or email me. I didn't find this out until I called Home Depot after waiting ALL day. BEWARE.

Lisa H.

If I could rate this company zero stars I would. I called to set up an appointment and was told they don't make appointments. I told them I would be available until 3 pm, they called me at 2:45 to come over. Then when trying for another time, I gave them three days that I was totally free, never got a call. I chose a different company. Do NOT choose this company if at all possible.

Sally H.

I had a very good experience with this company. The water heater in my rental unit was under warranty and its replacement was assigned to Honey Bee. After sending an email with my contact information, I followed up late morning with a call. Honey Bee had my email but had not received the authorization. I contacted the warranty company again, they immediately sent the work order and Art showed up not long after. He removed and exchanged the defective water heater at our local Home Depot and installed the new one quickly and professionally. My tenant had hot water restored less than 24 hours after the unit failed. As a landlord in California, I really appreciated the quick response time! Thank you, Art.

Mark S.

Was assigned this company through our home warranty service regarding a faulty water heater under manufacturer's warranty. The representative that arrived was rude and unprofessional. He refused to answer any questions as to why he could not complete the job and just walked away. There are plenty of plumbing companies that will conduct business in a professional manner so do yourself a favor and skip over this guy....