Shirey Handyman Services

Our home was burglarized for the second time in less than a month. The first time we secured the broken door ourselves, but this time the door frame was damaged and we knew we didn’t have the skills to repair it. I googled a list of handyman companies; the first three didn’t even answer the phone. Then I called Shirey’s. The dispatcher was very nice and was able to get Mike out to our house the same day. He did a fantastic job securing the door. Since they charge in hour increments, he asked if we had any other jobs for him since we were over the 1 hour mark. He re-​caulked our sink, which we’ve been meaning to take care of for a while. We would not hesitate to call Shirey’s again. If you need some work done around the house, give them a call and ask them to send Mike.

I’ve actually never written a negative review since joining Unilocal and if you told me this would be the first I wouldn’t have believed it. As a matter of fact — a couple of years ago I wrote a glowing review of my initial projects working with the owners. As other reviewers have stated, things have clearly changed over at Shirey Handyman and not for the better. Our bid from their new staff member was $ 5300 — we received a final bill of over $ 11,000. We were not provided with notice, asked for approvals or given any type of communication as to their 100% + overages. Based on this experience, I would not consider working with them again.

I wrote a bad review on this company that disappeared. I did not take it down. They did terrible work and padded their hours. They also fraudulently obtained signatures on two documents, did not give us copies and then later altered the documents.
Worker # 1, did terrible work and padded his hours. We complained to Shirey and were given a run around, but we were promised a credit. They did give us a two hour credit, but charged our credit card for 4 hours of work that had to be redone. Worker #2 came to correct and complete the 1^st workers job. He made a valient effort, but could not complete a fraction of the work. He left with newly applied, wet sheetrock mud on the project. After it dried we saw it too was a bad job. The tape he tried to repair separated again. Neither of the workers attempted portions of the work.
This job had been estimated by construction professionals at 6 to 8 hours. Shirey billed for 14 hours and did not complete the job. Another contractor tore out all of Shirey’s work and did a beautifful job in 8 hours.
We trusted Shirey because we had their workers here as late as December 2011, and were delighted. All of those workers have since left the company. We had new hires working on our house and in the office. The company has changed.
The recent job was taping and mudding beautiful cuts made for electrical repairs. The electricians made careful cuts and replaced the sheetrock with clean edges. They were also asked to do edging around one new door opening, priming and hanging two standards for wire shelves.
The first Shirey worker put mud on that was so thick it took 2 days to dry in a warm room. Most of the the tape separated from the wall. He did not tape the door edges, just applied thick uneven mud to one side of the door. The second worker tore out most of his work and spent several hours trying to correct the uncorrectable.

WAY too expensive for average and slow work. All of these reviews about record time and worth every penny are not about the person that did my work. They charge by the hour and maxed out the 8 hour time quote (at $ 90 an hour!!!) and still didn’t finish my pre arranged list. As soon as they left I called a local handyman who will come and finish the job for $ 45 an hour and give me a flat rate quote. Also miscommunication, between office and me but I would have been happy to ignore that if all of my repairs would have been done in with the nearly one thousand dollars that I spent today. Geez, do I feel stupid.

I had used this company for years without a problem. Recently I asked the owner to bid a a job that required his services + a sub contractor, a very expensive job. He came out and estimated the job. When I didn’t hear back from him in several days, I called the office and left a message. No response. I waited another week and sent him an email that I had given the job to someone else & his no response was no way to run a business. I won’t even consider them again. I don’t allow a company to waste my time. There are plenty of other firms that are crying for business.

There truly is no other business that my husband and I trust more than Shirey Contracting. They have helped us out again and again. They are an over and beyond company who treats there clients like friends and family, not like a paycheck. We first hired Shirey when we decided to do a major remodel of our house. From my understanding, remodels can be nightmares. Ours never turned into one. Where we used to have an oppressive galley kitchen, we have an inviting, functional, and modern kitchen that I constantly use. It’s the reason I learned to cook. Now I cook three times a day, nearly everyday. Our main bathroom is the envy of all that visit us. It is modern, sleek, and a dream to relax in. We’ve mostly abandoned our bedroom bath, for preference of our remodeled one. They removed a window in our back room, and replaced it with a door, which allows us to access a deck we had recently installed (this done by another contractor who was, indeed, a nightmare). This remodel was done a few years ago. We have since used Shirey Contracting/​Handyman Services for a number of small home improvements and emergency needs. Last summer, the ice line in our refrigerator leaked. We have a basement bedroom, which is located directly underneath the fridge. Needless to say, the leak ran through and filled our bedroom drywall with water and ruined our downstairs carpeting. Riley Shirey personally came to our rescue. He instantly set upon the situation, allowing for repairs to be kept to the minimum needed. We’ve had a a minimalist entertainment unit custom designed and built and a gas fireplace unit installed. Our outside stairs started to suffer from wood rot. Shirey Handyman service helped us with cutting costs by cutting out and replacing just the immediately necessary portions of stair which is allowing us to wait at least another two years before we will need to replace the entire staircase. Just yesterday, our washer drain clogged and flooded our beautiful new carpeting. My husband was out of town. I panicked. I called Shirey. Again, one of the owners, Riley Shirey, came to my rescue within the hour. In doing so, we were able to avert a total disaster. Both of the owners, Donna and Riley, are incredibly caring, personable, and extremely professional. Donna has always worked very closely with us. They are very «hands-​on.» Every employee of theirs that we have met and/​or worked with has been courteous, capable, quick, thorough, and exceptionally good at their job. There really is no other company we would trust our home needs with other than Shirey Contracting/​Handyman services.

I usually hate to write negative reviews, but felt compelled to do so to prevent someone from experiencing what we did. We were looking for an estimate to do some repairs around our home. We met these folks at a home show and they seemed pretty reputable and knowledgeable and were a member of the Master Builders Association. I called their office and was told it would be $ 180 for an on-​site estimate. If we chose to go with them, we’d get a $ 90 credit on our service. We had someone come out, they charged us $ 180 and gave us an estimate with no costs. When we did receive our written estimate (which I had to call the office to get), there were additional fees that the gentleman did not give us verbally on site. I would have hoped that if a company charges $ 180 for an on-​site estimate that it would be a little more professional. To add to this, the gentleman who showed up was a different person than who they said would be coming out AND he was late. Save your money and go with another company that can get the estimates done right and does not charge an on-​site estimate fee. We found another company, Westhill, Inc, which did not charge an on-​site estimate fee and presented us with a professional proposal. Not only that but Kris from Westhill Inc Design and Build took the time to explain the different solutions and didn’t just tell us about the problems we had. Westhill just finished our job and I would hire them again.

I needed some work done on one of my rentals and called a number of Handyman services before I finally was recommended to Shirey. I called them and in one call got a date for an estimate. The repairman was very knowledgeable, recommended some good people for the work that they don’t do (like septic and mobile home repair) and did the work in record time and for much less than I had anticipated.
The quality of the work, which was extensive, was top-​drawer and done in one day. Yeah, I could have done this over a number of weekends, but the tenant was waiting to move it. Thanks guys for a job well done! :O)