JasCal Services

Update, in response to Jim’s post: it was one invoice (not 4), and you lost in part on that. No one is looking for a public trial. It’s simply a review. We stated we won on the matter of the door, which is the item we originally disputed over, and it is reflected in the court documents that you referenced. We were not able to win on the cost of repairing your bad work. All this was already stated. Good luck.
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First of all, thanks Jim, for finally responding here. A couple corrections to your post:
1. He is my husband. Then, he was my fiancé. It is not that hard to get right. Not my «boyfriend-​husband-​friend whatever» as you said on Unilocal and in small claims court.
2. Jim, as stated in my original review, you did not win in court. It was a partial settlement. We won part, and you won part. We had to pay the court fees because we owed you money for the remaining cleaning and fixing charges which were project fixes that the judge did not award us. You made sure not to cash the check we gave you and to wait until court. As such, we owed you money on court day. In a partial settlement, cost of court fees goes to the person who owes the most. Please get that correct.
3. There was no project budget. We never had one. As such, we were never over budget. Asking you how much a task should cost is a normal part of conversation on a project. I asked how much texturing the walls and finishing the trim should cost. You pushed back hard on that, said that you had no idea, and told me that wasn’t an ok question to ask. Um, no, money is acceptable to talk to your contractor about, at any time. I asked you to please give me an estimated budget for that, before we started. That was the first time you really turned on me and began yelling.
4. Stating that you won in court is not true. You won a partial decision: you won your overcharged trip fees, and not having to pay for cleanup of your messy work (reasons for that are stated in my review, and for which I have many photos). The judge awarded a partial settlement to us. He awarded us the cost of the door, which you broke.
5. As the judge said, it is not my job to clean up your work site or manage where you left materials for your work. The door was in its original spot where you left it. It then fell, broke, I took photos, and it was moved the next day when my husband returned from out of town. When I brought the door up is the moment you flipped out on me.
6. That you hired an attorney to pursue getting the non-​court-​reduced portion (for the cost of the door, which we won) of your last invoice from us is 100% fine with everyone, including our legal representation. You cost more money than your services were worth in fixes, time and repairs, and we are not inclined to make it easy, when you have made things very difficult for us. We are not court ordered to pay the leftover part of your invoice after the door was deducted immediately — we are court ordered simply to pay it. Which we did. It is not a crime to not make the collection of your last invoice easy. Especially when you drug us to small claims court for asking you to pay for a door that you damaged, which the judge ultimately made you pay.
7. It was one invoice we challenged you on (not four), and asked the court for refunds on parts of others. Except for your last invoice, on which we went to Small Claims court, we paid every invoice the day you gave it to us.
8. Why did I pay invoices that you overcharged on, and then bring up the issues later? Because when you yell at someone for asking a question about how much wall texture costs, yep, they get kind of scared to talk to you about over charging trip fees and cleanup of messy work. My husband encouraged me to pursue the issues, and he was right. I should have called you on it at the time, and not paid your overcharging of your gas/​trip fees at all. Live and learn, I will be more assertive in the future.
9. We weren’t happy with everything, there were many fixes, and we communicated that to you all the way through. Hours of project cleanup AFTER YOU WALKED OFF THE JOB when we mentioned the door you broke, were the most eventful moments of summer 2014.
10. The project wasn’t a «workshop», and you didn’t work miracles — it was a studio apt that was renting for $ 650 p/​month not including extras, prior to us buying the property. I chose to update it, but it was fine before. The fixes were primarily cosmetic and included removal of old/​hanging of new cabinets, hanging of one new 8 X 5 (aprox) drywall, installing of a sink/​countertop, basic painting/​texture, partial trim work, light fixture replacement, stuff like that.
11. Challenging my character is a cheap shot/​an obvious anger-​based retaliation. It shows how emotional/​anger driven you become when challenged. Many business decisions you have made are, in estimation, based on that. I don’t need to address those negative comments or stand up for my character here on Unilocal

Very polite and professional. Almost too polite lol. The only thing I don’t like is the cost. JasCal is not the cheapest, but they do quality work. I’ll definitely contact them when the need arises.

Just moved to the area and getting settled into a new place involves hanging shelves, valances, pictures – you name it. Being as my husband wasn’t here and no family around to beg them for help, I decided to price out some handy man services. JasCal was one of the first places I called. I told him what I needed done and he told me his prices: $ 25 for travel and then $ 25/​hour. I made an appointment for the next week.
This is what I had done: hung 4 valances, hung coat rack, hung large picture, fixed closet clothes rod, hung 4 different shelving systems, hung flat screen tv, hung 3 coat hangers, and I don’t remember what else. I thought JasCal was professional and brought all tools needed. Also cleaned up any messes from drilling.
Would highly recommend! I will call again when more work is needed. My husband appreciated JasCal the most – as he doesn’t have to do the work now lol.