Martin Ondrejcak

I tried contacting Martin several times, based on the Unilocal reviews, but he never contacted me back! I emailed him twice and called several times, and left voicemails. It has been a week and a half, so I hired someone else. I wouldn’t call him if you want something done in a reasonable time.

I am very pleased with the work Martin did to install my complicated glass tile backsplash. He made sure he had the right blade to cut the tiles and was precise with the installation. Martin was responsive to emails and provided a good rate. He shows up when promised which is sadly not to be said for everyone. And he also offered to fix my garbage disposal and after much trying (I felt it might have been beyond repair) hang around and install a new one I picked up. I would definitely call on him again.

Martin, the installation angel!
We moved into a new place in Capitol Hill in the beginning of August. The place was adorable as most Capitol Homes are but also quite tiny. We didn’t have any storage so our entire premise for moving in was built around being able to hang our bikes on the room in our den. Upon moving in we quickly learned that the walls were a mix of plaster and brick and too difficult for us to work with. I was completely distraught not knowing what we’d do.
We found Martin and he was like angel sent from above and solved all of our installation woes. I called him and got his voicemail which instructed me to email him. I emailed him, left a voicemail the next day as a reminder and then he got back to me by email. His prices were around what others were charging (a little less which was a perk) but what sold us was that he had availability a few days later. He confirmed he was coming the day before and let me know by text when he was on his way. He worked quickly and cleaned up each room when he was done. We had him install 3 bike shelves plus 7 other things in total. Along the way he found plaster, dry wall, wood, cinder block, and brick.
Martin made our home exactly how we wanted it to be. If you live in an old home and feel wary about hanging things, give Martin a call!

Martin Ondrejcak is wonderful. Super responsive, knowledgable and reasonably priced. We’ve used him many times and he always comes through.

I can’t say enough good things about Martin and his workmanship. I initially hired Martin to tile my kitchen backsplash, fix gaps in my crown molding, and repair/​paint drywall. He remained good-​natured and flexible throughout the multi-​week project, even as the scope of the work expanded unexpectedly.
Martin lives on Capitol Hill and knows his way around the quirks of our old homes. He did a beautiful job on my tile backsplash — perfect, clean lines and lovely finishing. Martin was also able to give me sound advice on a number of home-​related issues above and beyond the work I was paying him to accomplish. I also appreciated his honesty when he told me what kind of projects were outside his area of expertise.
Throughout the project, I felt comfortable entrusting Martin with a key to my house, and he worked diligently even when I was not here. Martin also had endless patience working around my very «helpful» one year old puppy.
I will definitely call Martin again for future home repairs and improvements.

He is horrible with communication! He does not answer phone calls or reply to emails.

Martin is our go-​to guy for just about everything. He is professional, responsive, flexible and an all-​around nice guy. So far he’s made custom screens for our windows, installed light fixtures, hung important pieces of art and painted our entire home for us. There’s no doubt we’ll be putting him to work on more projects in the future.

Martin did a fantastic MAJOR job for us a couple of years ago. Enclosed the back yard with a privacy fence. Designed and constructed a structure for a garage door. Installed a spiral staircase connecting our upstairs/​downstairs rear porches. The job was big and complicated by the city permitting office and a jealous neighbor who hadn’t been able to do the same thing a few years earlier. Martin made it all work, and we still love the security and privacy in our renovated back yard.

Martin spent several weeks repainting our home, installing new fixtures, repairing walls, etc. We left town while he was doing the work and trusted him completely. He kept in touch with us every step of the way and did a beautiful job. We love Martin and so does our cat! Martin is the best.

I love Martin. He’s helped me with interior mountings, lighting, electronics, interior house painting, etc. more times than I can recall. He’s extremely knowledgeable and innovative, super wonderful to work with, and always does an amazing job.

Just to say that my husband and I have dipped back into the Martin pond several times since I wrote this review OH GOD THAT DOESN’T SOUND LIKE WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY I JUST MEAN FOR HANDYMAN THINGS, and we’re so happy with his work that I can’t see us ever using another handyperson again. Professional, nice, funny, affordable, and really, really good at what he does.

My boyfriend and I live in a condo that we rent from an owner. It’s a lovely place with big windows taking up almost half of the outer walls in the living room and bedroom. We look down onto a park and people watch from the comfort of our couch. Plants line the sills, drinking in the morning sunshine.
Unfortunately there is also a street light directly below our bedroom window and the morning sun that our plants love gives us nothing but angst at 6am. Blinds do very little to mitigate the frustrating, constant brightness. Sleep masks are only a partial solution as they tend to be torn off and thrown mid-​sleep. We found construction-​paper blackout «blinds» that taped to the window frame. Those fell down the first night. Yay for condensation.
We thought that we couldn’t DO curtains because of how little wall there is surrounding the windows. There is nowhere to anchor the curtain rods (or so we thought). Our attempts to hang curtain rods from the ceiling were laughable (also:messy). We’d just about given up when I idly stumbled across Martin’s Unilocal page here.
All of the reviews are true (except for the guy who says Martin doesn’t call back. He does!). This guy is great. I don’t know what ninja skills he used to install our curtain rods, but they were up in less than an hour. Then Martin fixed a light fixture in the bathroom. For funsies.
Now my boyfriend and I live in luxurious, velvety darkness, courtesy of Martin and our blackout curtains.
He’s a good one, folks. Spend your money with this guy if you need things taken care of around the house.

Never returned our phone calls. Pity.

Martin put up some shelves and wall racks for me on very short notice and he was great! Knowledgeable, friendly, on-​time, and super-​organized. He also has a keen eye for detail and did a great job cleaning up after himself.

Is it possible to give more than 5 stars? Martin was the consummate professional, very knowledgeable and easy to work with.
My wife and I hired Martin to complete a marble tiled back splash in our apartment in Adams Morgan. The job was somewhat involved and required Martin to visit our house twice (one day to hang the tile and the second day to grout the tile). After an easy email negotiation, Martin arrived promptly on our agreed upon day. After some discussion and Martin measuring the area to be tiled we concluded my wife and I had under-​bought on tile required to complete the job. Instead of increasing his fee or becoming visibly frustrated Martin re-​scheduled and assured us we weren’t the first people to fall victim to such a bone headed rookie mistake.
Once we were able to procure the correct amount of tile, Martin returned and executed the job to perfection. Despite some issues with the original construction of our apartment (increasing the degree of difficulty for the back splash), Martin was able to hang a level and visually stunning back splash. I would hire Martin again in a heartbeat!

Every review here is RIGHT! Now for a view from a brand new building with concrete ceilings, plaster and metal studs. Martin did a phenomenal job hanging Ikea curtain tracks, TV on the wall and a painting on a track in front of it. Clean, excellent service and really a professional. I highly recommend him for any job you may need done. He also provides insight and information before he comes and answers questions so I knew what to buy at Ikea, Home Depot etc. Really a pleasure working with him and while I don’t think his rates are outrageous, he is worth every penny.

Martin did a great job with all the items I needed help with. He stopped by to assess the level of effort and provided me a quote, after which I put him to work on my number 1 priority I wanted done. He did even a better job than I expected. The backsplash install was top notch and looks great. He also did a great job painting one of my rooms, fixed some water damaged dry wall, installed custom roller blinds, filled in some cracked grout in the shower and left the place cleaner than before he started. All of that was in under 2 days. I would definitely recommend Martin for any handyman projects. Thanks especially for the great backslash (photo uploaded).

I found Martin’s information through the reviews on Unilocal,and I am very happy with the handyman services he provided. I am renting out my condo and I needed to have blinds put up in the bedroom and bathroom, the shower caulked, shower rod replaced, and light switches replaced. He did a great job and also advised on a couple of things I asked him to do like replace the thermostat. If I have any maintenance issues as I rent out my place, I will definitely call him again!

We’ve moved in to our new condo which had ungodly paint colors and wine accessories nail to the walls all over the place… among other cosmetic issues. Martin expertly fixed every ding, provided his input on paint colors, and moved light fixtures. He finished everything — and it was a rather large amount of work — within the week cleanly and professionally.
Bonus, our dog LOVES him!
I couldn’t ask for better service from Martin and I highly recommend him to anyone looking to have work done even if it means you have to wait for him to be available.

I picked Martin based off of the reviews here on Unilocal and was thrilled that he really is that good. He returned my phone call the same day, was able to come look at the work I wanted to get done within a few days and had an estimate over to me later that day.
I had him replace bi-​fold doors on my closet as well as paint and put a medicine cabinet in my bathroom. He completed the work in a little over a day and the invoice was under his estimate, as we weren’t able to put in a medicine cabinet as anticipated due to pipes. He handled everything professionally and left everything as clean as he found it. Great craftsmanship and very professional. I will use him again and have already recommended to others.