The Handyman Services

Was hired for a few small jobs, makes a terrible mess and doesn’t clean up after himself. 2 of the jobs failed. He returned to repair one of the failed jobs and refused to come back for final repair or refund that portion so I could hire someone else. He said he broke his leg in July but it’s now November. It turns out Gianfranco cut the screen for the balcony door too small so I had to repurchase new screen and hire someone else to do it. Most of the time he was on the job he was on his phone too which is very frustrating to a customer. Worst homestars experience.

I live and work in Ottawa but my house is in Toronto and is currently being rented. Living so far away, it is important for me to find honest, professional contractors to deal with the odd problems that arise.

I found Gianfranco to be very responsive, professional and easy to deal with. Not only did he do the jobs I needed done in a timely way, but he was proactive in indicating and providing a remedy to things that could cause me problems moving forward. His rates are reasonable and I would definitely recommend and contract him again.

Had an issue with putting up my ceiling fans when I found that one of my housing was very loose, tried to get a couple estimates over the phone with others but most were unhelpful or diagnosed my problem wrong. Gianfranco actually listened and figured my problem wasn’t as bad as I had described and came out to take a look. He was right and he fixed my housing issue within the hour and took care of some other minor problems I had as well. Would recommend and hire him again in a heartbeat!

Our first time using Gianfranco’s excellent services definitely won’t be the last! He was thorough in explaining everything that the job entailed and left our living room looking great. 10/10.

We finally had ceiling fans installed in our children’s bedrooms. Although we have AC, it never seems to work effectively on days/nights of extreme heat and humidity. We hesitated thinking that this was a major job that would lead to more repair. We were mistaken. We checked out Homestars and to our surprise we received two responses - both seemed so positive so right away we were skeptical.
We took a chance on the first offer. The electrician, Gianfranco, was so clear about the nature of the job. Attic access was required as expected and it was
quite hot, but he assured us that he had done this before and that he would be fine. We purchased the fans in advance on our own. Gianfranco was a total pro. After the initial call we communicated by text to set date and time. The work was done very smoothly. He clearly knew what he was doing, answered all of our questions and even anticipated some of our concerns. He followed all the safety requirements that ceiling fans require. It took him about four hours to install two ceiling fans with remote control. We preferred the portable remote control to the wall switch.
We are so relieved that this work is done and that it was actually much more straight forward than we thought.
We highly recommend The Handyman Services.

Gianfranco showed up on time, gave us good advice, was friendly and skilled at caulking. Did a great job, and we would use him again and also recommend to others.

We had a room in the house spontaneously lose power (not a tripped breaker) and Gianfranco was able to quickly diagnose the issue and repair it. In our case it was a socket that had a broken wire inside. Socket was replaced and room is back to normal. Very happy with the service and would use him again.

The handy man showed up on time with all his tools and proceeded right away to the task at hand . Hanging a heavy mirror in the front entrance . Everything was done in an efficient and competent manner . Very cooperative and comfortable to work with . Did other repairs that were needed on the fly too .

Very professional, followed up on the day of our scheduled apt which I appreciated! Worked quickly and efficiently and was very pleasant to deal with!

Gianfranco mounted 2 large TV's for me, including electrical work and fishing HDMI wires.
He is very professional, courteous and did an excellent job.
I've hired him to come back to do another job at my home, and will refer him to my friends.
I highly recommend his services!