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It'a ALWAYS something when you have an old house!

This time we decided to tackle our garage, which is a mid century concrete add on to our original Victorian House.  Believe me, we are grateful for both the space and the curb cut but over the past 15 years the interior of the garage had deteriorated to the point where it was not functional as either a garage space or even for storage.  The space leaked water from the side where it attached to the stairs, and the interior walls consisted of spalling (a new word I learned) concrete.  Literally the walls were falling off.  There was a deep fissure where the garage door attached, which in our minds likely was unfixable.  Plus due to lack of ventilation, the garage...smelled.

I made a call to Handyman Heroes based on a friend who is a Realtor.  Louise was the person who returned my call and was so essential for communicating what the job was and initial scheduling.  This is a real advantage for Handyman Heroes- a full time communicator and scheduler--something many Handyman companies lack, and so you wait for calls that never come or get someone who is over booked and can't finish the job in a timely fashion.  She even gave me addresses of similar jobs done in the neighborhood so I could drive by.

The way it went in my case is that Vince came out to look at the job.  My favorite kind of person-someone who says IT IS FIXABLE!  He took a good look at the whole job, improving the drain to the side of the garage on top, repairing a crack on the top of the deck area, somehow diverting water from the roof, stop the leaking into the garage, repair of the spalling concrete and fissure, paint the top of the deck and the inside of the garage, and paint the interior place where the stairs have been shored up with copper green in order to mitigate further water damage to the stairs.  Whew.

Within a day or two we got a formal estimate which was definitely not cheap, but within the ballpark of what we expected.  We signed the bid and got on the schedule, a few weeks out.

The day we arranged the whole crew showed up befire 8am.  Larry (one of the owners) came to check the job before work commenced.

Mike and Ben were our crew, and they got to work in a big way, scrapping all of the spalling concrete, until they got to sound stuff, which we were very happy they found.  Then they installed wire mesh along the side of the wall that was most damaged, removed the cracked concrete in the fissure, and Mike designed an amazing rebar structure for the hole which was huge.  Ricardo came to do the plastering which was quite an effort by all of them, smoothing and smoothing until the surface was just about perfect.

Mike installed a drainpipe from the roof (2 inches wide instead of 3/4 inches wide), designed a scupper to divert the water, installed a new light fixture and outlet in the garage, impeccably installed vents to the garage door,  filled the crack on the roof of the garage, made the walls look like new and painted the sides and roof of the garage with drylock paint, sanded and painted the top of the garage with a texured color paint picked to match the house.  PLUS the garage does not smell anymore!

All along the way, Mike and Ben were efficient hard workers, communicating through the process and getting our input at various points.  They worked hard every day for the week they were here, and came back just when they said they would to finish the paint.  The whole crew were true professionals with an outstanding work ethic.

It is not often that expectations are EXCEEDED in a job like this.  Not only was our problem fixable, (my favorite kind of problem), but fixable in a professional and top notch way.

Berkeley Home Repair has helped me fix problems I've had for years in my house. Brian especially was flexible and innovative about finding solutions that fixed the problem and saved me money. I'm happy to finally have found a go to company for all my home repairs and improvements. Thank you.

We had a small leak in the shower stall of one of our bathrooms due to old silicone sealant grout needing to be stripped and replaced. I looked at the problem and decided that it was a bit above my skill level to do a good job of thoroughly stripping away the old grout in order replace it with new grout. Got in touch with Dave with some pictures of the stall and he quickly got back to me with an estimate. He and his worker were at the house the next morning and did a great job in replacing the old grout with nice, new grout, and also pointed out some unnoticed issues with the previous water leakage.
   Dave did a great job for me with quality work.

I originally found Bedr on the Apps but he is now my go-to handyman and there isn't anything I wouldn't trust him with! He has helped me install shelves twice and a ceiling lamp (built into the ceiling, required electrician knowledge).

He is incredibly meticulous and precise with his work, doesn't rush, and stays until you are satisfied with the job. I will gladly refer him to anyone who needs a handyman.

Needed some work done and Ben gave us a fast and very reasonable estimate on the work. He was responsive and very accommodating with scheduling... which was a pretty quick turnaround to get the job done. When he arrived, he was super courteous, polite, and knowledgeable - not just knowledgeable about what we hired him for (mounting several things around the house) but also lots of other things. He was also well-prepared with all the tools, screws, anchors, etc that might be needed. We will not hesitate to hire Ben again in the future.

We called Ongaro & Sons to install a new wall heater in an apartment we own in San Rafael.  Overall, we found them to be very professional.  Their prices were competitive, they had great follow-thru and they completed the job in a very timely & orderly manner.  Their office staff was also very friendly and courteous.  We highly recommend them for any HVAC project you may have!

Started a project with Mister Fixit (Ted) and so far he's been responsive, transparent, and detail oriented. He demoed the drywall of my shed to repair a leak and is coordinating with a roofing company to solve the leak in the roof.

Wanted to charge is $89 to come out for an estimate. No thanks - should share that upfront before wasting everyone's time

Divine provided a great service.  They solved my outlet issue and explained the whys and hows along the way.  Nathan was friendly and knowledgeable.  He went above and beyond to not only clean up the space he was working in, but even beyond.  For example, he leveled my mini-fridge and volunteered to recycle some boxes for me.  First class service all the way around.