Verne’s Handyman Services

I actually reviewed Verne and his «handy work» back in May of this year. I am assuming he removed the old account and restarted a new one due to his wonderful reviews myself and someone else both posted. Based on the first review of his «fresh start» he is off in the same direction. I am going to cut and paste the review I left for him back in May (minus the pictures, but if you would like to see them please message me). By the way — you should actually Google his full name. If his handyman services don’t make you laugh you will sure get a smile on your face when you see what pops up.
«Verne would have gotten 5 stars and a positive review had he worked a full day, shown up when he said he would show up, used the right tools to complete the job and held to his end of the deal. He agreed to meet us on Monday, that Monday turned into Tuesday morning at 7am that 7am turned into 825am. He showed up on the jobsite with the wrong tools to complete the job. Him and his «assistant» would work for a few minutes and complain about how much harder the job was than they anticipated. They would go outside and BS and smoke for 25 – 30 minutes, work for an hour or so and repeat. They left for lunch at 1230pm and never returned until 4pm that afternoon. Alot of minor details and conversations happened between the times of 4pm and 6pm. He ended up trying muriatic acid on the floor (it’s and indoor office), again wrong tools. He came back on Wednesday (at 9am after agreeing to be there at 815), said he was going to skim coat it and paint it, asked for another $ 400 I agreed. After leaving for Home Depot for 3 hours, he cam back complaining that the $ 400 wouldn’t be enough «that just barely covers my material,» not my problem I am not the one with the contractors license that should figure that out for him. He said he was going to see if he could find it cheaper and left at 1pm. At 4pm, I called to tell him that I would buy the material and he could finish the job for the original amount agreed upon. He agreed with that and said he would be in at 8am the next morning. At 830 he arrived to start the job, once again complaining about money. Him and his assistant began working on the floor. Neither of them were measuring the ratio for the skim coat and they were using the wrong tools. After being there 14 hours on you can see the skim coating results in the attached pictures. He said that he would be back in the morning (Friday) at 8am. At 830am when he arrived I told him that the job is done and it’s time we both cut our losses and that I would finish the job myself. By the way later that day his «assistant would text us and tell us that we needed to pay him for the job he had done with Verne. We politely told him that we did not hire him, we hired Verne so he will have to get his money from Verne.»

I had front yard work. Simple grind stump, level the lawn and haul extra dirt. He told me to do it for 400 $. Next day he showed up late. Worked about an hour and then left. Came 2 days later with the wrong tool. So he left and came back the day after. Telling me that 400 $ is not enough I told him I give him 200 $ more if he finish the job. Next day he came again and told me that if he continue like this he’s loosing money. I told him we agreed on 400 and I am giving you 150% of what you asked for. So I just told him to leave and paid the 1^st 400 $. He should be ashamed of himself. He’s giving a bad picture to all the contractors.