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    Business ProfileforAffordable Handymen

    Handyman

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 1 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    1 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    8255 Martello Ln, Raleigh, NC 27613-6968
    BBB File Opened:
    2/24/2016
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Larry Cox, Customer Contact

    Customer Contact

    • Mr. Larry Cox, Customer Contact
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    Customer Complaints

    1 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    05/10/2024

    Complaint Type:
    Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    Unanswered
    See attached (uploaded) supporting document named Affordable Handymen Painting ********************************* ************ *** agreed to paint ******************** between Oct 31 to Nov 2 for $5000 (4500 lab & 500 mat). I sent him an email outlining our agreement is detail and he said "ok" The key points of the agreement are to use specific paints, prime & paint by hand all trim with ******************************* Oil Based Primer, called Extreme Blocker, paint by hand (Brush and Roll, no spraying) all walls and caulk and seal all siding, trim, s**** holes and gaps in wood Little in our agreement was done as agreed. I tried for over one year of to meet with **** and show him all the issues. He had one excuse after the other, usually a sickness. But then he stopped responding all together. This is the reason it has taken more than 12 months for me to make this complaintI was trying to give me the opportunity to make it all right. ***** finally responded, we met on December 7, 2023 and he admitted that: 1.The roof boxing/soffits are bleeding through. Basically, no or little ************* was oil primed. They just painted over my water-based primer. 2.The s**** holes were not filled with caulking 3.The white flashing/drip over hang was painted grey. He said some people like it that way.4.The caulking btw the siding and the corner boards/trim around windows and Doors was not caulked. He said he did not remember discussing that. 5.The house was only sprayed & not hand-painted. He said he never would have taken on the house if it was a hand paint job. But that is clearly what we discussed prior to the job and what the contact said to which he agreed. It is also not what he said on the November 4 email where I specially asked him if he hand-painted the house and he said yes, one coat hand and one coat spray. He lied.He said hed be back in Jan 2024 to fix the issues. He didnt. When I contacted them in Apr many times,**** texted back that he was blocking me

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    1 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Dan A

    1 star

    11/01/2021

    Terrible workmanship. ***** quoted me a price that seemed very high. Ask him to break down cost of material vs cost of labor instead of bundling in every single piece of wood/board with parts and labor as one.

    When I started asking about the price and perhaps putting it off, he said he would not charge for caulk and paint in one of the sections, which would knock off about $100. I agreed, but the caulk was runny, the paint was not smooth, nor was it a color match. He claimed it was "leftover paint" and he does not do color matching. when I said the workmanship was terrible and not smooth or prepped, he said "well, you didn't pay for it, so you can't complain about something you didn't pay for".

    no attempt to even come out and look at the work in person. he sent his son, who left such a bigger mess, we just told him to leave. he refused to accept that he did anything wrong, and claims we didn't pay for it, didn't pay for the prep work , and didn't pay for matching paint.

    so, careful with this company, they will take your money and they are not attentive to detail. we also have paint spots all over the car port and driveway that they didn't bother clean up. also lots of nails all over the driveway. they didn't bother putting down any tarp to collect trash, they just threw on the driveway and did a terrible job sweeping up and cleaning up.

    Affordable Handymen Response

    11/01/2021

    Customer was supposed to leave paint and didn't. We did clean up only pulled five nails. Wanted us to fix things that were not quoted for free and my son did go back and spent two hours trying to fix things he didn't pay to get done. Went over all work that was quoted with him prior to starting and he agreed but after we were done he complains about work that wasn't quoted. When my son went back for two hours his wife said she was happy with everything. Guy called later that night and cursed at me terribly. Worst customer experience I've ever had.

    Customer Response

    11/01/2021

    this is by far the worst contractor experience ever. we picked up at least 10 nails that could've easily punctured our tires. He never mentioned anything about us supplying paint. we didn't pay for paint and caulk because he said he would do it for free. only reason wife said she was happy was so that she could get them out of our property. we have to now apply our own putty and do all the proper sanding and prep before we repaint. they deserve all the cussing we directed towards them. son was useless and just sat at our site while the workers were doing labor. he was checking his oil and coolant on his vehicle, and then occasionally picked up a broom. don't waste your time or money on this horrible company. do yourself a favor and seek a more reputable and reliable company. this one I wouldn't even trust to build a dog house.

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