Sam the Handyman

Not sure about the negative reviews, but that wasn't my experience. Sam and a two-man crew took down a chimney to a stub and capped it prior to us installing a gas fireplace insert. A different brick company said they needed a boom from the street, couldn't come till next spring, and were going to charge a small fortune. Sam and guys came within a few days, managed the job with ladders, and were very careful to avoid the exterior lights and the A/C unit mounted up on the wall beneath the chimney location. It was also a lot more affordable than the other company.

In addition, when the gas fireplace people came to do the installation, they said there was an issue with how the old wood-burning fireplace had been installed and it was beyond their scope to remove it safely. I called Sam after the chimney job and he had the old insert out in minutes.

I find him knowledgeable, reliable, and personable.

Sam is 100% unprofessional. Showed up to do the job. Did a portion of the job due to issues coming up. I paid him for half the job but he did not do 50% of work. He left the exterior a complete mess. He was doing chimney repair and dropped cement onto my BRAND NEW interlocking, left a disaster of broken brick pieces all over and a bag of garbage in my driveway. When I called him he became defensive and asked to buy me a broom so I can clean it. He then hung up on me, blocked my # and canceled the job. He owes me money. Would not recommend. Karma will get you.

I really hope this guy is out of business and not stealing from people anymore !! Instead of repairing my mother’s roof he created s bigger problem that we have to take care of ourselves. He took my mother’s money and used the excuse of an illness to not come back and fix. He is a thief and a liar. Please be aware of this crook.

Look at Homestar reviews. Sam is a nice man but did not do a good job for us. He guaranteed his work for 5 years and has not returned my call after 3 years. He sold me on replacing our skylight (later learned it was fine) and said how good it will look, and it does from the outside. Inside there is a big ugly gap as he never matched the existing hole. We did not expect this and any normal contractor would have told us upfront that this would be the result, but not Sam. His answer was that "he doesn't work on the inside". Not his problem.

He also did parging on the outside of our house to prevent water seepage, which I learned is not a good solution. He charged $12/foot to basically slap down concrete. It fell apart quickly and he did come the following two years to patch it. He has never returned my call or email since. That's the 5 year guarantee.

I had hired Sam for the repair of my chimney. My house being over 60 years old has a lot of problems, when Sam came by to assess the job he gave me multiple options. He was very knowledgable about the situation, was even able to guess the year I had the chimney "fixed" last time. He showed me where the past contractor had gone wrong. After all the options I had gone with Sam's option of taking the chimney down and capping it.

Sam returned a few days after his quotation with his team, they spent a few hours tearing the chimney down and closing it off. Even with all the rubble from the chimney he kept my garden tidy and cleaned up all the debris. Sam and his crew worked non-stop on the chimney and provided me with an amazing end result. He is very engaging, informing me of each step and allowing me to come up and see his handy work.

I will be calling Sam again, him and his team have provided us with a permanent solution to our problems and kept to his word for the price of the quotation!

Sam was very helpful in doing the work we asked in a timely manner. He went out of his way to do a job for us when we were out of the city the week before he had to go on vacation. He did not worry about payment and knew how important the job was for us, so he did it and rec'd payment when we returned.

We could trust him to do as we asked and knew that he was competent at what he did. He was also very quick.

I called Sam the Handyman to help me with an emergency, my skylight was leaking. I would highly recommend Sam the Handyman and his crew for the following reasons. He was willing to come out on the weekend, his team came prepared with the tools to do the job on the spot. They were clean, tidy and friendly and the price was very affordable. I quoted 4 companies and this company came well under, I felt as though they were not taking advantage of me in my emergency.

Sam the handy-man cheated me. Fixed my leakage on a dry day. When called in again to report the leakage, not responding to my calls!!!! Would NEVER recommend anyone to use his services.