Hollywood Handy

I’m so grateful I stumbled across Alycia from Hollywood Handy. I went through
a really, really bad experience from an Air bnb guest who wrecked my place
and as I had to file a claim immediately, Air bnb had a certain amount of hours within which I had to provide an estimate of all the damages and see if I qualify for compensation.
Alycia was quick, efficient, caring, and basically helped me with everything I needed in order to submit this claim on time. I’m so grateful because in such a stressful situation as this is, when someone makes one part easier, its restores your faith :-) Thank you!!!

Ricky was heaven sent! Thanks to Alicia (I hope I’m saying her name right) for her patience and kindness dealing with me and my schedule, thank you so much! Great communicators over there. Ricky was prompt, fast and knows his stuff. Saved me from buying a whole new washing machine. Answered questions that gives me a piece of mind right now. BIG HUGE THANKS!

After a nice response that suggested immediate service I was psyched that someone would come out that afternoon and fix my kitchen light fixture’s wiring. After an hour went by with no follow up call from anyone, I realized I had no firm commitment and called back. Only then was I forwarded to Alycia who promised Ricky would be out the next morning at 8:00 a.m. Ricky was on there on the dot and worked through the antique wiring issues like a hero. Payment was a breeze. And I could not be happier with the work. If you keep calling until you get Alycia and Ricky and I think you should be good to go with this company.

I called a bunch of people on Unilocal for help with a leak and fixing my bathroom floor. Joe was available that week to help which was great luck. My husband and i loved that he was on time, competent, worked really clean, and dedicated to getting the job done well. He is a great problem solver, and sounds like second or 3^rd generation builder and handy man! He had to come back a second day to finish the job and was able to squeeze us in the same week. Best if all he used non toxic products to remove all the glue on our concrete floor. Would definitely recommend him for a job and plan on hiring him again in the future. Communications was fast via text and they were always in touch even though we had some schedule changes.

After meeting Joe, it’s my feeling that anyone that does not give him a five out of five. Is either in a personal delusion or working for a competitive company. With that said let me tell you about my experience.
I am in my mid-​30s. I have over a decade of experience of hiring different contractors and/​or a handyman depending on the task.
I hired Joe earlier this week to remodel my bathroom. Not only was he on time both days he showed up and worked diligently throughout the whole day without taking any breaks. He was hired to fix the floor. He ended up going above and beyond and fixing A leak in our sink and straightening the door in the bathroom. Those might seem like small things but there’s very few people you hire to do the one thing correctly let alone take it upon themselves to fix other things — just to be a good person.
I’m not going to think twice next time something is broken or I want to upgrade something in my loft. In fact I literally feel better about living here. I know any time something breaks. I have a dependable, nice & trustable person to call.
I grew up in a small town in northern California and hiring Joe feels like hiring a person I would find in my hometown and that’s an amazing experience.
Thank you again,
Justice
Ps I always use talk to text on my phone. I apologize if my grammar is strange.

Joe was awesome! Not only did he do all of my needed repairs, but he also helped redesign my closet!
Don’t hesitate to use Hollywood Handy as your repairman. Joe is skilled and efficient.

I used Joe again to fix the cracked grout in my shower floor as well as repair the drywall in the dining room ceiling and closet which was damaged from the leaky shower. Joe’s work has always been good in the past but this time I was really really disappointed. Since I asked my tenant to call Joe directly, I wasn’t aware of his new price structure and the $ 75 estimate fee until after he had come out to bid the job and I received the estimate. He gave me an estimate for the job which I thought was high but since his work had been good in the past and he is a nice guy, I decided to go with him anyway. Also that’s the only way the $ 75 fee would go towards something… by applying it to the cost of the job. Well… after it became clear that the shower grout was the cause of the leak and the scope of the work was much less than was put on the estimate, I asked Joe to reconsider his price and only charge what is reasonable for replacing two small patches of drywall. I had gone to the job site everyday wanting to talk to Joe but he was never there. His helper was. When I realized I wouldn’t be talking to Joe in person and after trying to call a couple of times with no answer, I sent an email and was basically told I was out of line for asking this and should have voiced my concerns before the job started. On the last day of the job when I was thinking that I would meet Joe at the job site to discuss everything and make the final payment, his wife arrived. She was extremely difficult to deal with and refused to make any sort of concessions. I’m sorry but fixing a 3×3 section of ceiling drywall does not warrant a charge of $ 600. Also when the helper dremelled out the grout in the shower, he chipped a tile. The only reason Joe agreed to fix this was because I happened to take pictures of the «before» condition of the shower to document it for my own purposes. When Joe agreed to fix the tile, I was told it was a «courtesy»…I think not. It was necessary since their helper chipped the tile in the first place and then lied about it to them.
Fast forward a month later and I get a call from my tenants saying the shower drain is backing up. I told them to call a plumber and have it snaked. Long story short, 3 plumbers and 3 snake attempts later, camera scoping equipment found a blockage that it couldn’t get through and couldn’t identify. The only solution was to cut holes in the drywall to try to access the section of pipe where the blockage was. 9 holes in my drywall and 1 in my neighbors garage ceiling and we FINALLY found the blockage… grout! Although Joe disagrees with me, his helper did NOT adequately protect the drain and all of the grout either from when it was dremmeled out or when the shower was regrouted was washed down the drain. It cost me $ 2500 to find the blockage and repair the drywall. I told Joe I was going to take him to small claims court but in the end in order to save myself some stress (I was pregnant), I did not take him to court. Instead I am writing this review. Oh and the work that he did do this time was mediocre at best.

May or may not show up. May or may not complete work. May or may not provide receipts. Used Joe several times over 2 years, was continuously mistreated as a customer after carving out time from my work day to have his «assistant» forgot to convey his appointments, etc. Beware.

It started out on a good note, but ended as a flatline. Never called back with an estimate. Never answered telephone messages. It was a total waste of my time and effort. I guess he didn’t need the extra work.

Can’t discuss his actual work as a handyman or contractor. But like Karen H. said in her review, there may be communication problems. I had made an appointment last Sunday for a Wednesday evening fix of a lighting fixture with a broken ceiling push pin recessed bulb. I wasn’t called afterwards to confirm the appointment. Then I left a message that Wednesday to cancel as broken bulb already replaced, which wasn’t easy. I asked to get a call back just to confirm they got the message to cancel the appointment, as well as texted their cellphone number. I never got any response back.
Bottom line is I would hesitate before calling them again for future work. I wouldn’t have bothered posting this as pretty trivial in itself. However, after reading Karen H.‘s review, it may be an example of a larger problem.

I had used Joe in the past and had good experiences, but the last time I called him I had to call him back twice to get him to respond. I should have contacted someone else at that point, but I was on maternity leave and dealing with a newborn. Then, we made an appointment and my tenants made a point to be home and he never showed and didn’t call to say why. I texted him and asked him what had happened and never heard back. I suppose there might have been an emergency or something going on, but I would have thought that he would have contacted me with an explanation at a later date. The behavior was very unprofessional.

Came well recommended from a homeowner in my building.
However he did not finish the job. The window tinting fell off window within 36 hours, and he was supposed to return to fix a window screen because he forgot
The mesh material… he promised to call and return to no avail… I called to try resolve but he has not returned call in a week.
On good faith I paid him! Big mistake.
Got a call from Hollywood Handy… all good… he will take care of me… wife almost ready to give birth…

Joe is the absolute best contractor/​handy man you could ask for. I am opening a new business and he turned a bathroom into a office, bolted some heavy equipment into the floor, cut a window into a existing wall, sealed the floors, put in molding and did quite a few other odds and ends. He was quick (got the job done in less than a week), didn’t bull shit me on the labor, was very communicative and the quality of his work is amazing. I will be hiring him for any job I have come up in the future and I highly recommend him.

Finally found Joe after browsing through 3 pages of handy men searching from my zip code. After leaving message after message to other handy men, Joe is the only one that actually has an assistant who picked up and arranged for a visit. It’s a major plus not to have to play phone tag when you have a flood in your house.
Joe showed up right on time and immediately found the source of the problem and provided an accurate estimate. A water heater was replaced the very next day, and now I have no more excuses not showering.

Beware their $ 75 estimate fee. They wanted a $ 75 service fee to drive less than 3 miles, in my case Hollywood to Silver Lake, for an estimate. High for an estimate, since they’re just a handymen service, and I’d recently gotten 2 other estimates from licensed contractors (one all the way from Sherman Oaks), with no estimate fee whatsoever. I’m doing a $ 30,000 bathroom renovation and I’d have thought they’d be pleased to have a chance to bid the job.

Joe was prompt, diligent and very respectful. He worked hard and did an excellent job for me. Very patient and reasonable. Great work!

My name is Bill Lindley with Spa One Repair, Inc. We. Represent 25 different manufactures of Day Spa, Beauty Salon & Barbershop equipment in all of North America. Joe is our primary Technician in the Hollywood and surrounding area. Our clients enjoy knowing they have a qualified artisan working on their equipment. I don’t endorse too many people but Joe & Hollywood Handy? Not a problem when you know you are recommending the best.

I love Hollywood handy — have used them twice thus far and they are always really helpful and do quick work — will not hesitate to use them again.

Joe did a variety of jobs for me, and I was very pleased with the work and general skill level. He works with a bunch different guys. Most of them seem quite competent. There is one issue which they might do better which is to focus on washing up more. Of course, they get dirty doing the work that they do, but they left a few dirt marks that I haven’t been able to get out and need to be painted over.
That said, I would highly recommend these guys.

Joe did an excellent job in my apartment installing a ceiling fan in my living room. There was no box in the ceiling, and he did all the necessary work to make it work, adding a box strong enough to take the weight of the fan, and doing a clean installation of the electrical wiring and the switch. It looks like the apartment came with it.
He said he would do it in two days, gave me a quote, and that’s exactly what he did. Highly recommend him, and now I’m thinking of other projects for him…