Honey Do! Handyman Services

This review is for Paul at Honey Do HandyMan Services. I never hired him for work — thank goodness. He was so incredibly rude and unprofessional in his communications with me, I ended up not hiring him.
I contacted him in November 2015 to get a list of tasks done around our home. We were in no rush, so we hired him for December 18, 2015. I texted Paul on December 17, 2015 confirmed that he was coming the following day — Paul texted yes. I took the day off from work, specifically to get these projects done for Paul on December 18, 2015.
On December 18, 2015 — he sends me a text from Lake Tahoe at the LAST MINUTE that he is in the E.R. and has to reschedule. Hmmm… sounds fishy… but I reply that I hope he is feeling better. Extended skiing/​snowboarding trip? Who’s knows… but regardless, he says he has an opening on the following Tuesday or Wednesday. What about the E. R??? Sounds like Paul is going to be A.O.K???
I give Paul the benefit of the doubt, and reschedule for the following Tuesday. Even though I took a day off from work, due to his last minute cancellation. After talking about it, my husband and I decided to not hire Paul because his whole story about Tahoe and the E.R. sounded so random and unreliable, that we didn’t want to hire someone we couldn’t trust into our home.
I texted Paul over 24 hours in advance cancel our Tuesday appointment. Figured that would give him more «time» to heal from the E.R. or recoup from his Tahoe trip. Whatever. He texted me back SCREAMING that I was inconsiderate for cancelling at the last minute and to never text him again. Ha! Are you kidding me???
We are so relieved we went with our gut instinct and not hire this rude and unprofessional person. I’m sure he would’ve messed up our projects around our home as well. We definitely dodged a bullet with Paul.

Paul Cardona of Honey do is a fantastic handyman! He has worked on many projects in my home on many occasions. Everything he has repaired has lasted! He is punctual, creative, and professional in every way. I cannot recommend him high enough, he is fabulous!

I hired Paul to patch my ceiling that had water damage. He replied promptly to my initial quote request and offered a fair price.
On-​site, Paul did a great job. He even made an extra trip to Home Depot with a sample piece of my ceiling to ensure that he obtained the exact shade of white paint to make the patch blend in perfectly.
I would recommend Paul for Handyman services for other Unilocalers.

Paul, is a professional handyman. Called when he was going to be later than anticipated. Worked conscientiously, and did a fantastic job. What more can a homeowner ask for? Followed up with a text, asking if we were content with the job… who does that anymore? 100 percent recommend him, but kind of reluctantly, because I want him to be available to do future work for me, but he will undoubtedly be swamped with business because he is a gem. Hire this guy.

I reached out to paul to help with some projects that I wanted to get done (but didn’t want to wait until I had enough time to get around to them). He was able to help me with getting them done and did it in a professional manner. Making the schedule work was not a problem, and the outcome was great and I couldn’t ask for more. So I very much recommend.

I contacted Paul to assemble and hang a cabinet for me. He showed up on time and did a great job! While he was there I also asked him if he could take a look at my ceiling fan. I had a light bulb that had broke inside of it and could not remove it. He fixed it for me and even offered to install the new light bulb at no extra charge. He was polite and very patient since I wasn’t exactly sure where I wanted to hang the cabinet. He held it up for me in different places so I could figure out where I wanted it to go. I will definitely use Paul’s handy man services again in the future!

I moved recently to a tiny 1 bedroom in Palo Alto. I needed significant help putting together 2 HUGE ikea storage systems, shelving systems, and hanging up paintings. Because he did such an excellent job, I asked him to return to also paint my front room.
First, his communication is fantastic. He communicated before, during, and after all of the requested work. This ensured that I was satisfied with his timeliness, progress, and end product. Second, he was polite & thoughtful of my space. I was never concerned about my new home or even items around him. He cleaned after each project. He also helped me brainstorm ideas to manage & organize my stuff!
Third, most important, I TRUST him. Because of work I had to unexpectedly leave Paul at my new home alone. I came home to all of the work beautifully completed. I just felt so fortunate to be able to trust someone I barely know to help me even when I wasn’t there to supervise.
He is my go to handy person from now on!

Hired Paul to disassemble, move and reassemble a play structure for the kids. He exceeded my expectations from the get-​go. He was responsive to calls and texts, he came on time, worked hard ALL day and was always professional. The kids love the structure, the adults love that we didn’t have to get into a fight while assembling it. It was an overall win-​win situation. I will definitely use him again.

I had some door staining, shutter repair done, and he did a great job. was out when he said he would be here, very friendly, will definitely call him again

I initially contacted Paul from a list of many other handymen. I had a toilet leakage on the second floor which made its way to the first floor ceiling. Paul was responsive and provided me with clear expectations to solving my problem with an estimate of cost. He gave me a time he would arrive and he was able to asses the problem and even made his way to the local home deport to purchase all the supplies need to clean the leak and patch the ceiling. In the end– Paul did great work and he’s a nice guy too with reasonable price. A hard working professional trying to grow his business. I will be using him again. (June 2015)

I would highly recommend Paul.
I needed to hang some stuff for the nursery, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the result! Paul arrived on time, and did an amazing job.

Yeah. Paul’s nice.
But he is irresponsible, unreliable, and his work is average at best; horrible at worst.
As direct result of his and his «assistant’s» work, we are out thousands of dollars. They RUINED our unsealed brick deck by pouring and dripping Thompson’s Sealer on it while over-​applying the sealer to the pergola above (also ruined).
Claire B. In Saratoga: I should have heeded your review. It might as well have been written by me.
Initially: I got a fairly quick response from him after first contact. But then it was a series of emails and attempts to nail down a meet date that resulted in too many days going by — and a total no show (waited around for hours; Paul never showed).
Finally, he comes and proceeds to ruin the deck, ruin the pergola, and slap some boards on a wall in the garage that looked like a third grader did it. I had another handyman come out and assess; he laughed at the work.
Paul kept stating that he stands behind his work and expressed frustration at the destroyed deck (completely blamed it on the assistant — but isn’t the work of the assistant ultimately his responsibility?) and then told me he would make it right. It took weeks for him to make time (arguably, it was circumstances out of his control).
During the weeks that he was unable to address the project and damages, efforts were made by us to fix the deck and the cushions (the sealant had dripped all over the deck furniture as well). We spent over 15 hours on it. Our money; our time.
There was no way to extract the sealant from porous brick.
When he finally set a time to come over to truly assess and discuss restitution, he didn’t show. He. Didn’t. Show.
Again.
He will claim that he did come. Apparently, he arrived nearly three hours after the scheduled time and tried to say that he was here and that he’d come to fix the situation. Ummmm… No. Your scheduled time was three hours earlier. Incredibly unprofessional. After sitting around for two hours, we left the house.
Although damage control and/​or replacement will run in the thousands, we simply asked him to return half of the amount paid to him. Never heard back from the guy.

Paul is a very nice guy (which has value) but he came without his truck so he had to leave my old vanity in my garage. This would have been fine if he came back to finish when he said he would but he no showed and didn’t call for our next appointment. I had arranged to be home from work so this was really frustrating. It was only after I called him 2 hours past our appointment that he let me know he wasn’t coming. He sort of apologized and said his car was in the shop and he forgot to tell me. He offered to reschedule later that week but I decided to cancel due to the flakiness. I had that old vanity with nails sticking out in my garage for weeks.

I found Paul on Unilocal.He did a great job. He went out of his way to fit with our schedule. He installed a bathroom pedestal sink and a ceiling light fan fixture. He also put together a bbq grill for us that we needed completed for a party even though he had a full schedule. He gave us an estimate (very reasonable) and stuck to it.

Paul has been 100% consummate professional — always on time, ready to work and has basically helped me get every typical «moving in» job done with an extremely high quality of work and diligence. Being a very fussy customer — he is patient, checks and advises on how to best go about a job and even plans ahead to get exactly the right or best looking fixture or fitting to do some very fiddly jobs. He fixed a variety of things to the wall, restored some garden furniture absolutely beautifully and also helped with repairs and fixes around the place. I cannot recommend him highly enough — been a blessing to have him in my new home

Who’s giving these guys all that 5 star reviews? Friends and family? I’ve been calling and leaving messages for 2 weeks, and no one answers or return calls!

Contacted Paul a couple weeks ago for some work. Since he’s so good at his job he was completely booked until this morning!
Paul did a great job hanging two sets of curtains and installing a security lock. I will be calling Paul again in the near future for some additional projects.

I contacted Paul for help during an office move. We had a limited amount of time to move a conference TV and wall-​mounted rack server. Paul disassembled the items from the old location and installed it at our new office location. He did a great job and we were very happy. We also had him come the day after our move to help with finishing touches around the office (hanging pictures, moving furniture, etc.) He’s now our #1 guy to call when we need help around the office.

This review is based on one experience with Paul:
Paul did well hanging a couple of mirrors for me. One mirror was very heavy and before drilling into the wall, he patiently held the heavy mirror up against the wall while my wife and I had a long conversation about whether or not to reposition the mirror downwards a few inches.
Both mirrors are hanging level and feel secure. Paul also did some miscellaneous work repairing gable vent screening in my attic. He responded to all my questions while doing the work and helped me better understand the features of my house.
Paul showed up within 10 minutes of our scheduled time, and stayed the full two hours from the time of his arrival. Paul was able to come to my house on a Sunday at 1pm, which allows me to go to work and stay at my work during weekdays. I look forward to working with him in the future.
Before calling Paul, I did look over his one negative Unilocal review. There was some complaint about paint colors not matching after patching (a wall?). In terms of patching up holes in my walls — I view it as my responsibility to have the right color paint for my contractors. But more importantly, I wish the other reviewer would have posted a photo of the work she had a complaint with. All the photos on this Unilocal page comprise of before-​and-​after photos showing high quality workmanship.

I can’t say enough good things about Paul. He is reliable, competent, honest and thorough. He cleans up after himself. He is extremely polite. His rates are totally reasonable. And, HE GETS THE JOB DONE (this one seems like it should go without saying, but you’d be surprised.) I truly can’t think of a negative thing except that I wish we’d found him sooner.
Do yourself a favor and call Paul.