G&G Handyman

Needed gutter screens replaced after they fell during the snowstorm. Contacted him thru Unilocal and got a quick reply. Handled the job in no time with a great price. Asked about another potential project and he showed me how I could do it myself in a few minutes.
Will definitely contact him again when the need arises!

Gino replaced our kitchen garbage disposal about nine month ago. He was responsive. It was easy to schedule an appointments and he was on time. It didn’t take him a long time to replace the disposal, considering that he had to go and buy an additional part. We live in an older property and our kitchen has not been upgraded in years and at times it is not easy to install and match things. I noticed a tiny leak about a week later, Gino came back after my first call and fixed it, free of charge. He said to follow up with him anytime if anything goes wrong. It has been over 9 month now and everything is working properly. Will definitely contact him again.

We highly recommend Gino. He’s everything you want in a handyman– thoughtful, good at communicating, and can help you be creative about work arounds to save money. He has done a few projects for us, and in all, he’s done a great job, giving us exactly what we were expecting, within the budget we talked about. Would highly recommend.

We have now had Gino over to the house on two separate occasions for small projects. He has fixed doors, installed blinds, installed lights, fixed a toilet. Nothing major but projects that we just can’t fit into our schedule. He is always responsive and on time. He has gone to home depot to pick up the parts that we need and his pricing is reasonable. He was a recommendation from our relator and I’m sure we will be using him again.

Gino did several tasks around our new home. A few he missed and some were done to an acceptable quality level. He cleaned up about 80% of his mess but still left 20% around the house. In the end he argued about payment for the second day of work. We agreed to split the difference but this something that should have been brought up at the start.

Gino came in and redid our attic insulation, repaired the attic window, got our storm door to finally latch, and refinished our basement window after our drywall job left it looking a bit haggard compared to the new walls. He was a great consultant, making sure we knew about the cheaper vs premium options and how each would look: cost. He was reliable, friendly, finished the job quickly, and frequently gave us updates on how things were going. He came back later to take care of our gutters, and even gave us advice on how to clear our drains ourselves instead of charging us to snake it. I recommend him highly and will definitely go to him for future jobs.

Gino was helpful with small projects around the house & was accessible for quick turnaround times. He hung light fixtures & blinds, replaced light switches & outlets, painted the interior of my front door & provided helpful suggestions based on his experience.

I contacted Gino due to his overall Unilocal rating, and asked if he could help me with a DIY project. After our initial call, I sent him pictures of all the materials I had already purchased & the link to the project idea I had found off of Pintrest. He responded via text, & seemed confident that he could tackle the project. He quoted me 3 hours to get the job done.
Sounded good. I was about to book an appointment with him, when I read the review Kent B wrote on 7÷8÷15. Since this was a recent negative review, I became concerned. I wanted to be comfortable with letting a complete stranger into my home & feel like I was hiring the right man for the job.
I called Gino again & asked him if he had done a similar project before, & asked if he had the right tools (hand sander, wood cutter, and a drill). I explained I had read the review on Unilocal,and was just trying to do my due diligence. He got really defensive. I told him I didn’t need to know what had happened with another customer, I just wanted the reassurance that he could get the job done. He responded by raising his voice, rudely telling me I should go find someone else, and hanging up on me. He obviously doesn’t really need the work, & I feel like I dodged a bullet. His «customer service skills» are certainly lacking.

Wow. So this was a nightmarish, miserable experience all around, which I’m willing to explain in painful, long-​winded detail. In short, though: Gino is something like a con man who will spend most of his time trying to convince you his work is great when it’s actually very sloppy and lazy. Stay away unless you just enjoy going to war with a handyman who, in fairness, tries — but simply doesn’t understand what good is, or why someone’s word is important.
My experience was cry-​till-​you-​laugh bad, and how he has bamboozled people into thinking he’s good is, in actuality, his greatest skill.
That’s all. No? You’d like to know more?
Based on Unilocal reviews, my wife and I hired Gino to handle about a dozen tasks around our house, ranging from medium to very small. Our top three priorities were the installation of a stairwell railing, the mounting of a garage door opener, and stopping a ceiling leak in our sun room. Lesser projects included making adjustments to our front and back doors, sealing a french drain panel in the backyard, putting in a pantry door latch, making it so a light chain switch stopped sticking, and so on.
He began by sending me to Home Depot for materials, which I agreed to because I hoped it would save some time. I wasn’t thrilled about this, though, because I told him I was working from home that day and needed to get on various conference calls. Didn’t I hire *him* to handle all this? I returned home to find him sitting in his truck, talking on the phone — he took a lot of phone breaks throughout the day — but then he got to work. I noticed that morning that he didn’t bring many tools with him; in fact, he had to borrow my power sander and electric saw (neither of which he bothered to put back after he used them).
Yada, yada, yada … Hours passed. He stopped often to talk with me, about sports, about my neighborhood, about whatever. He disappeared for an hour, unannounced, and retuned with weather stripping I had casually mentioned in an earlier conversation but made clear was not something I really wanted done that day. While I was on a conference call at one point, he ran my electric saw, frightening the people I was on the phone with. He later got mad because I was on the phone so much.
He never touched the garage door opener, did a very strange and sloppy job on the staircase rail (splotched stain, a really rough finish, and you should see the joint he attempted), and the ceiling still leaks. So much for my three highest priorities. Oh! And he didn’t bother cleaning the garbage and wall shavings he produced throughout my house, left a big pile of sawdust on my back patio, and tossed two scrap pieces of wood NEXT to the outdoor garbage cans instead of inside them. I don’t understand stuff like that.
I basically paid Gino $ 520 or so to fix my front door and install the pantry latch. Otherwise, the backdoor still doesn’t latch correctly, and the upstairs light switch still sticks. Where he installed weather stripping on the front door, the door doesn’t close properly and must be slammed to be locked.
As he was leaving, I told him I was pretty disappointed with the stairway railing, and he replied that he stands by his work and would return to make any corrections if I was unhappy.
I emailed Gino early the following week for him to return and further work on the railing, and he responded that he wouldn’t be available to come by for several weeks. I found this unacceptable, especially considering I paid him so much for pretty sloppy work, but he refused to budge. I called him, and he tried to convince me the stair rail looked fine, and I told him that, Gino, it most definitely does not look fine. He said he was too busy to come fix it, and when I told him the ceiling still leaked, he became defensive. He did a lot of shouting and talking over me, insisting that the work was done at a high level. As for the leaking roof, he said he did the best he could and that my roof was just old and that he wasn’t capable of fixing it. There was no mention of the roof’s age when he was here that day.
So I asked for a partial refund, and he offered to send me $ 125. I thought this was fair, since he did spend his entire day at my home but that I would have to hire someone else to fix these things. I asked him when I could expect it, and he said I would «get it when you get it.»
Almost two weeks passed before a check arrived, along with a note that said he changed his mind. The check was for $ 75. This is just wrong, kind of Gino in a nutshell, and after I threatened legal action to recover the entire amount I initially paid him, he sent the remaining $ 50.
He’s just a shyster, that’s all. As another reviewer put it, he talks a good game. I don’t doubt that he is capable of putting together some Ikea furniture or painting a wall, but he simply can’t do bigger projects. He’s not an engineer. He’s not a carpenter. And, saddest of all, he’s not honest.
Nice guy, though.

We’ve had issues finding a handyman in the past — they’ve been unresponsive and did subpar work — so, I was a little dubious about hiring another one. However, as I lack all handyman skills, I didn’t have much of a choice. Also, a good friend recommended Gino and his work.
Enter Gino (who did so exactly on time):
First, he went around the house to look at all the projects, including installing a light fixture that had collapsed, evaluating a leak in a shower, fixing a toilet, and plastering over a hole in some drywall.
Then, he started working and quickly completed one project after another, leaving only those for which additional materials were needed.
Next, he drove to home depot (with me, because it turned out we needed to pick a new shower head) and helped me identify all the materials we needed with amazing speed.
We returned to my home and he quickly made short work of the remaining projects.
He is now definitely our «go to» guy anytime we need to get something fixed.
In addition to doing great work, he was very friendly.

Will definitely hire again. We’ve worked with numerous contractors and handymen, and Gino was the first who I felt did a great job, was honest and didn’t try to take advantage of us. He even provided alternative, affordable options for fixes on items that would’ve cost us more to fix differently. He books a week in advance, but after hearing that we needed help the same week as our call in order to get our house ready for sale by the weekend, he moved things around to have one of his guys come right away. Reasonable pricing and great to work with.

Gino painted my kitchen ceiling. He spoke to me the day before and advised me to buy semi-​gloss (and not flat) paint. I know nothing about paint so I appreciated the advice. It was a short, simple job.
Gino is prompt and professional with reasonable prices. I highly recommend his services.
He’s very friendly and talkative. I don’t mind this at all because I enjoy talking to strangers. But if you are the quiet type that’s something to be aware of.

Gino was great to work with! I knew I needed quite a bit of work done on my condo — basically painting the entire place and making small fixes here and there. His price was very reasonable, he delivered very quickly, and the place looks fantastic. I will call him again.

I had a great experience hiring Gino for some light handy work and hanging a TV at my apartment. Gino was very communicative – contacted me back immediately when I first called him – and thereafter was great to check in if he were going to be running late from another job, etc. Pricing was exactly as quoted. And, the work he did was very solid.
Best of all, I felt like Gino went out of his way to do a responsible job: The wall I wanted the TV on was very tricky, and Gino was very clear that he would rather not do the job than do it and me have a gaping hole and busted TV a week later. He went out of his way to explain what he was doing and to find a solution to the tricky wall that offered the necessary stable support. He was pleasant to chat with and very courteous. Thanks again, Gino – best to you, would definitely hire you again and recommend!

I contacted Gino to obtain an estimate on some closet work I needed in my home. He was responsive and flexible about scheduling a time to stop by. The estimate he provided was around the same amount as others but the reason why I decided to select him for the job was his attention to detail. He really wants you to be happy with his work. His crew took 3 days to complete the work, and were always very polite and respectful of my property. I’m very happy with my closets and glad that I found Gino.

Very good experience working with Gino. Can handle a variety of tasks. On time, responsive and reasonable price. I would recommend to anyone needing small household projects.

I had Gino come over to help with a variety of handyman jobs: paint my daughter’s room, install window treatments, hang a piece of art, and patch a hole in our ceiling caused by water damage. He was prompt, appropriately managed my expectations about timing and cost, and did a high quality job. I would definitely recommend G&G.

I called G&G with a question about how to install a ceiling light. I was in the middle of doing it myself and he talked me though the install over the phone without hesitation. I was trying to get on his schedule so this was a pleasant surprise. It was very nice of him and I was able to complete my project with confidence. The wires are connected and the fixture is hung and working. I’m very pleased and will use G&G in the future!

If I could I would give less the one star, I called set up a appointment txt him my name and address he said he would come by gave me a time frame never show up or even called to apologize or reschedule.
Terrible!
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I can’t remove my review, I did contact you, you send me a time frame and never show up or txt me back. I’m not in here to lie I’m reviewing my experience. Im not sure if you write your potential clients name, I don’t know you either, I have only tried to contact your business.

I would be very weary of this guy. He talks a godo game, but not dependable and edges on insulting. He was quick to say he could do everything we were looking to have done when I spoke to him on the phone: re-​caulking a tile shower floor and re-​setting and grouting several loose tiles. When he arrived he claimed he didn’t want to reset the loose tiles because «it would create too much dust»…really? When we agreed to have him caulk our shower floor he told us 3 weeks was the soonest. He never showed and when we called he gave some excuse about losing his phone with our contact information. The worst part is he said the earliest he could fit us in on a Saturday (our originally planned day)…another three weeks out. When we asked about a Wed/​Thurs possibility he ad the nerve to tell us he would have to charge time and a half… obviously the insulting part.
I would say G&G has a lot to learn about good customer service skills!