Handyman in London

Helped hang 4 panels of artificial plants, drilling 8-10 screws into concrete wall. Efficient, polite and fast.

It took me some time to write a review, but I would not book Ben again. I liked him totally as a person (even made him coffee lol), but the value / cost ratio was not the best. I trusted his lower hourly rate coz he didn’t have too many jobs and reviews on the platform yet. Thought it’s a win-win. In fact, the job took longer than expected, but hard to comment here, maybe I didn’t describe it quite right? Not a pro in this and don’t know how another one would have done it. I was friendly and relaxed, chatting and finding my instruments when it turned out he forgot one of his.. so it was 3.5 hours instead of 2 booked or 2.30 I’d expected. But what surprised me most, even though it’s a small fraction, was the parking. Long before Ben coming I wrote to him that there’s paid parking or I can get him an all day resident visitor pass for £3. He didn’t respond so I thought he’d take care of that, or had a permit; so apparently paid a street parking for 2h. When we realized it’s taking more than 2h, immediately I’d buy the resident visitor pass at £3 for rest of the day. What was my surprise when in the bill I also saw the street parking for like £12 or so? Why not just use my parking, so I don’t pay double (4x) the cost? Also there are some minor family’s like cracks of paint in the wall around drills, but again I don’t know if it’s the quality of paint so can’t blame. In one shelf there’s a set of different looking screws, perhaps also forgottenC, and nobody told me about it. It looks okay when it’s full, but if it’s clear you can see the different size and colour of the screws, not neat. I realize for Ben it’s not the main focus of the work life right now, but still why not be upfront with the client about any costs, arrangements and missing parts. I don’t feel quite well about this, as if I just lack a husband after divorce with baby & being a sole company founder, I should be tricked.. I sent an email to Ben privately about this a few weeks before posting any review, hoping we can resolve this (aka if he’s nearby he can come and change the screws, or apologize for parking misunderstanding), but received no response. So I wanted to inform fellow TaskRabbit clients to maybe consider again. I think next time I’m gonna stick with someone at £50-75 h rate and hope they can do the job in 1.5 h and also be clear about any extra costs. Such a pity, as I said in the beginning I really liked Ben as a person!!

Abdullahi was an expert who brought all of the required equipment and skills needed to sort out my new shelves. He is also a lovely person, very communicative and reliable, as well as flexible around postponing due to our need to isolate. I would recommend him to anyone.

5/5 service, extremely thorough and professional, will definitely be contacting Faisal again for any future handyman work and will recommend him to everyone! 

Christopher was very friendly, very helpful and great at getting the job done. I will be inviting him back for other tasks we have. Thank you

I had a few items to assemble which included garden furniture and desk and chairs. Jaroslave did an excellent job and even picked up special screws i needed for the plastered walls. He did not raise an issue with the instructions or questioned any job i had for him. I would thoroughly recommend.

Pawel was clear about the time frame for the job, showed up punctually. Did an excellent job. Very friendly and polite. I would use again in an instant. 

Polite, efficient and experienced handyman! Will definitely hire him again. 

Ken did a brilliant job for me, found great solutions to issues I’d had with the task and was super friendly and communicative.

Krasimir was very efficient & friendly. Nothing was too much trouble, he took 2/3a of the time I thought he would. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend or book again if I needed another job doing!

Zgjim put up some shelves, mirrors and a curtain pole for me. All tasks were completed quickly and professionally. Great service, thanks Zgjim! 

Michael was very efficient, and fixed my issue very smoothly and was dry polite, would recommend 👍🏼

Punctual, friendly service; did a good job dismantling and reassembling a wardrobe that wouldn’t fit up the stairs when I moved house (not a flat pack). Also wall mounted some items, no mess, no fuss.

Ayoub helped put up a blind that required drilling into the brick, he did an excellent job with no problems. Super quick and great results, thanks!

Really helpful, professional, conscientious and nice to be around!

Perfect! Very detail orientated, one of the things I wanted to do was not advisable given the state of my walls and Ricardo advised some alternatives. He cleaned up as well! 

Rafal is a great handyman. Very friendly and professional. Completed the job as requested in a timely manner! Highly recommend!!!

Excellent communication, very thorough and neat and workmanship was of the highest quality. Very pleased with the completed tasks and would highly recommend. 

Florin did a great job fitting a canopy over my pergola which was too small.  He managed to come up with a suitable solution.

I cant recommend Zgjim enough - he worked wonders and did a superb job. I'm already compiling a list of further tasks for him to complete :)

Took time to make sure the job was done. Arrived on time and was flexible with availability. Happy customer.

First time user of TaskRabbit, and was so chuffed I picked Goran! He was super professional, thorough and tidy. Highly recommended and will definitely use him again for other jobs. Thanks Goran!

Booked for what should have been a very basic task, cutting a round hole in the back of a cabinet for cables to pass through so it could be used as TV unit - could have done it myself but didn’t want to invest in the special tool of a circular drill attachment just for this one job. Despite what I thought was very clear brief Sachs turned up over an hour ahead of agreed time with no notice and without the necessary tools. He cut a messy square in the back of my hardwood cabinet using a regular drill and some sandpaper, I could have done that myself and only used Taskrabbit in order to have access to specialist tools a handyman would have to do a neat and professional job. I gave feedback throughout that I wanted a circular shape and neat edges but he told me the rough square was the best he could do. The cables fit through and thankfully it isn’t something you can see when the cabinet is closed but was very disappointed and at some point in the future will look to get it re-done with the proper tools. Very limited communication from the tasked throughout which probably contributed to the disappointing result. Wouldn’t book again sorry. 

Shazad was incredibly efficient, polite and friendly.