This gentleman was assigned to fix a cupboard door for us by our real estate, and I'm disappointed to say my experience has been quite the opposite.

He was given the job on a Tuesday, and I was given his number and told he would call me. I had not heard anything from him by Wednesday afternoon so I called him. He first denied having recieved the job and had no knowledge of it, then said he left it on his printer at home, I asked him to contact me to organise a time to attend or to contact my partner and he agreed and asked me to send through my details to his phone, which I did and he would contact me on the Thursday.

Thursday lunchtime rolls around and my partner has still not had a phone call. I called him and asked what his plans were and he first denied having our contact details which i rebutted and said I'd sent them through as he had requested. Then he said he would be a few hours but refused to give a time window. I said this would not work as we have two small children and he needed to organise a time to attend. He said he would call my partner.

He called my partner and said he would be a few hours, my partner told him the same as I had, that we have two small children and he would be arriving during their nap and this would be innapropriate, would he please come tomorrow (friday) morning and give a time window. He refused to provide a time window and said he'd be there through out the day and my partner again said this isnt appropriate, please give us a time you will be here.

It is at this point that the gentleman became aggressive and refused to give a time window. So my partner asked him not to come at all and we have asked our real estate to organise an alternative tradesman.

It is unprofessional in this day and age to not be able to provide a window of time you will be attending to a job. And it is not unreasonable to expect that tradesmen will work within a set of bounds acceptable to their customers. Gone are the days of waiting all day for a tradesman to turn up.

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We found this company via a google search after looking for a handyman. We were happy to see a website, so we gave Joe a call to come to our home for a couple of small odd jobs.

He attended on a Saturday afternoon to simply hang up a couple of picture frames on our wall, fix the towel racks in the bathroom and the toilet roll holder which had become loose.

Joe was very professional and friendly and did these tasks within about 30 or so minutes.

He mentioned to my husband and I that he does all sorts of odd handyman jobs.

I can definitely recommend him to everyone as we were happy with his work and found him to be quite polite and good natured.

Next time we have odd jobs doing around the house, I will not hesitate to ring Joe.
Prices do vary on the time spent, so best to ask Joe direct what you actually need and get an estimate of costs.

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