Git-R-Dun Services

I contacted Brian to get a smaller job down at my house. I know it was not a big money maker for him but it was also something that could be done quickly that I just didn’t have the tools for. He came out and gave me an estimate that I thought was much higher than it should have been but I agreed to it. Well I guess it didn’t matter because he said he would call back to set up a time to get it done and he never did. I ended up using a different contractor that charged me less than HALF of what he was going to. My advice is to stay away!

I would highly recommend Brian and the crew at Git-​R-​Dun Services — and I will use them again.
Communication before and during the job was fantastic. The experience that Brian brought to the table helped us intelligently plan for the job. He asked us good questions about supplies and what our vision for the bathroom was. During the job, Brian and the guys were available on phone, and let us know their eta for arrival and their plan for work to be done each day.
Clean. At every step of the process, the guys doing the work were friendly, professional and clean. They laid down plastic and paper before the demolition and vacuumed and cleaned before they left every night.
Fast. When they were on site, they were working. The guys doing work had pride in their work and were family men — you could tell that they wanted to do the best job they could and then get home to their families.
When the job was done we had to really get close to find any issue with workmanship. We found just a couple of small spots in the grout that needed filling, and Brian fixed it before signing off on the job. We were picky!
What we had done: 1974 ranch bathroom redo — replace floor with tile, replace tub, replace vanity, replace toilet, replace tile around shower.
Time from start to finish: 4 days
Price was very fair. I feel that the money spent was well worth the expertise and workmanship that I received.

Short Story — Brain did a great job of transforming my ugly poorly laid out kitchen into an elegant one at a very reasonable price. I highly recommend Git-​R– Dun Services.
Long Story — I needed to remodel the kitchen in my house (in South Houston). I went out for bids to a number of contractors (one of which was on Angie’s List). Git-​R-​Dun was the least expensive. I looked at the reviews of the contractors and decided to go with Git-​R-​Dun. The project was larger than what they normally do but this didn’t phase Brian. The project involved demolishing the old kitchen, two closets, a load bearing wall and a good portion of the existing tile. They threw quite a few people at this project in the beginning and got the demo done with quickly. They then built a new closet, a large pantry, installed all of the Ikea cabinets and island, and elsewhere in the house added a large master bedroom closet and a new utility room. There were a few design problems that we discovered and some project scope changes. All of these were dealt with swiftly. The scope changes (new doors, additional rooms painted) were all done at bargain prices (no price gouging here). I was impressed how they dealt with the load bearing wall (all structural work was above the ceiling giving the kitchen a nice open feel). Felix the foreman was very easy to work with. Their electrician had common sense (unlike other electricians I’ve dealt with). Their tile guy did a great job on the slate tile and the backsplash. The workers were friendly, happy and respectful.
I suppose there is an area for improvement they could make. It took a bit longer than I expected to get this all wrapped up especially after the impressive start. But some of that had to do with me being out of town quite a bit and because part of the project involved getting gas service routed to the house (working with the city and the gas company is known to be a hassle). But all that is pretty minor stuff. I was very happy with the project. I would definitely consider Git-​R-​Dun for my next project.
I’ll post pictures when I figure out how to do this. The kitchen turned out great.

You get what you pay for.
So I contracted Git-​R-​Done in the summer of 2013 to get two large windows installed. The price seemed great and it looked ok. About four months later the windows were leaking like crazy so he came out to fix it (it wasn’t the windows itself but right around the border where the windows were installed, so it wasn’t a manufacturing defect, it was an installation error).
After he fixed it, it started leaking AGAIN 6 months after that. So he came out the second time again to fix it.
Each time he came to re-​fix the windows it took some time and coordination to meet up. I had to get off early from work each time and had to clean up and retouch up parts that needed to be patched. It was obviously a hassle and I decided to maintain my review because he was willing to come out. It was annoying to coordinate because he wasn’t getting paid for this job so he would have to take care of his paying jobs before fixing this job first as well as coordinate with his other worker.
During this time, I had to put up buckets and towels to prevent more rain from leaking into my son’s room while I wait for his schedule to open up.
So after 2x of leaking and Brian promising that the windows were sealed completely… it leaked AGAIN the 3^rd time last night.
I know it was his poor attention to detail because we had two windows installed. The left window was perfectly dry, the one on the right was leaking, so he must have forgotten to do something on the window on the right.
While Git-​R-​Done might be good for other jobs, windows are not in his scope of expertise. His attention to detail is poor and I had to clean up and even touch up his sloppy work afterwards to make it look professional (I had to sand down and even re-​plaster the wall in certain areas).
While I know Brian will come back for a 3^rd time, I refuse to use him again because even though he’ll come out to fix it again for free, I don’t trust his workmanship anymore.

I have pocket doors and one of the pieces broke to the bathroom door which made it unable to close. I was having guests for the weekend and REALLY needed it to be fixed. I scheduled an appointment for Brian to come over. He couldn’t get the part until the following week, so I suggested taking the part from my bedroom closet door for a «work around» until he was able to come back with the part. I paid him for his time, the part that he was going to have to purchase and a very generous tip. The next week came… no word from Brian. The following week came so I decided to reach out to Brian. This was the response: «Hello Krista. Been slammed this week please be patient» That was January 21, 2015. It’s now April 8^th. I think I’ve been patient long enough…

I was trying to find a good electrician, and saw some good reviews for this company. I never received a call back after several attempts.

A really wanted to use this company. It was becasue of David N.‘s raving reviews that I decided to give them a shot. LOL, jokes on me it’s been more than a week and no one has returned my call. I thought perhaps they are on vacation, but if so wouldn’t your message reflect that? Another one bites the dust.

We hired Brian to work on the upstairs of a new home we recently purchased. The timeline was tight (of course) but we managed to get several people out to provide quotes first.
Brian’s quote wasn’t the cheapest, but it was clear as he walked us through it that he had the best ideas on tackling the problems. He sent Dave out to do the work. Dave was good too and Brian stayed in close touch, both in person and by phone, to make sure everything ran smoothly.
At one point, Dave turned on the faucet in the upstairs bath and noticed it was leaking (not part of the original list of projects). Dave called Brian and they both checked the ceilings and wall to make sure no permanent damage was done, given that we had no idea how long the problem had existed, and then they worked to fix it. Brian charged next to nothing for that unanticipated problem!
We are so glad we went with Git-​R-​Dun. Brian is very knowledgeable. honest and easy to work with. He seems to have a lot of business, which isn’t surprising, but if he is working with you, you’ll get his full attention and can rest assured you are in good hands.

I called to get my shower grout redone. A man named Leeland was sent to work on the job. It was specified that he was going to remove all of the old grout and put new grout between the shower tiles. After a couple hours, he said he had to wait for it to dry before he could polish it, so I went to see how it looked. He clearly had not removed all of the old grout. When asked, he stated he did but it was apparent in numerous areas that there was old grout left. I pointed out the areas which he did attempt to fix. He said it would look better once it dried. Days later it is clear he did not remove the grout because the color of the grout he placed is remarkably darker/​different from the previous. It can be easily seen where he attempted to cover the old grout that was meant to have been removed.
I called and left a message for Brian that same day, and have yet to hear back. He did a very sloppy and messy job all together and we will not be using this company again for the numerous other projects we have to do.

Based on the great reviews I called Brian. I recently purchased a home in the Heights and had a ton of projects to get done. I left four messages for Brian over two weeks; he never returned any of my calls. Maybe he’s good if you can get him to return your calls and show up. I don’t know the trick to that…

I called Git-​R-​Dun in distress. I first dialed 2 other top-​rated Unilocal handyman services in the Heights area and left messages. No one returned my call except for Randall Yates of Git-​R-​Dun Services, and I’m thankful he did.
Despite telling me at first he was booked up with another job in a different part of town, he put off another task (s) to come assess my house and give me an estimate at a time that worked best for me.
The situation: rent house, tenant texted me pictures of a leak in the 1^st floor ceiling directly below the 2^nd floor shower. Within 10 minutes we had a game plan for dealing with insurance (which did not cover the work, slow drip water damage), scheduling the work and received a cost estimate for parts and labor by the next morning.
Randall is a straight shooter — he does not mind telling you the good and bad news of the situation and presented all of my options in a very reasonable and realistic manner — I am so grateful for these qualities.
Work completed within 6 days of me first calling with problem: Wednesday to following Tuesday — consultation/​estimation, demolition of old shower, assess leak damage, add hardie to shower, new shower pan, reconfigured shower drain, replaced shower valve and rotten piping, selected tile for me, installed tile, selected shower door, installed shower door, repaired ceiling, retextured patch in ceiling, painted ceiling… AND even fixed my hot water heater (not associated with the original project).
Ultimately, the project remained within the allotted budget and I could not be more pleased with the results.
I will continue to give Randall my business and recommend his services when any kind of handyman, painting or plumbing work is required.

Talking to Brian over the phone and just getting an estimate done was a waste of time. Didn’t seem to want come over to view a small project and give me an estimate. Instead gave me a very unreasonable price over the phone and not seeing the issue for something that probably be done in few hours or less.
So disappointed because going to Unilocal and trying to find good handyman that is recommend by people. seem I rather get recommendation from friends.

Brian does great work. I’ve had him do repairs at my business, home and even my father’s home. He’s very professional and reasonably priced; I’d recommend him to anyone.

I called Brian this afternoon at 2pm with a heater that wasn’t working & a hot circuit breaker, not wanting to spend another night freezing. He rearranged his schedule to fit me in, was a straight-​shooter, had a great sense of humor and was very honest about our situation and what needed to be done. Brian went and bought new parts & fixed our breaker, and now I am sitting in a toasty house!!! He even texted us hours later to make sure everything was still up and running. Brian is the man!!!

I have used Brian for many small «handyman» projects in my personal home, and in my rent houses. He has always done VERY good work and an even better price. This summer I asked him if he was up for an EXTREME MAKEOVER project. He said he was, and so I purchased my first «flip house». I am happy to report that he did an AWESOME job. This was a TOTAL gut job: sheetrock, insulation, wood floor sanding and restraining, plumbing, a roof overlay, a total kitchen install and two bathrooms redone (one of the bathrooms did not even exist until he created it). This week I am listing it on
and I look forward to making a VERY handsome profit on the investment. You simply will not believe the «before and after» photos, but I would be happy to send them to you just the same. My email is

Brian came out and installed a ceiling fan in my home where there was no existing light fixture. His prices were fair, he was very kind, and even fixed a curtain tie back for me when he noticed it was loose! I’m very happy with the work he did for me, and I will be hiring him again soon to do other projects in my home.

Brian did a solid job with our kitchen remodel. He installed two cabinets and our fancy tile back splash. His tile work looks good, and we are both really happy with it.
Pros — charges a Very reasonable price, and does a great job.
Cons — not a 100% «turnkey» operation. Several visits, and a few things we asked him to fine-​tune, which he was happy to do.
Definitely recommended.

We were putting our house on the market and needed to get a bunch of small jobs finished before the house was ready. Complicating this was the the fact that we only had a week before we moved to our new home in another state.
We called Git-​R-​Dun hoping that they could finish some of the carpentry jobs that I’d started, leaving us free to focus on repainting. Brian came out and, after looking over everything we needed to complete, suggested that we let him run with it. He could be much more efficient if he took responsibility for the whole project instead of working around us. We agreed. He started immediately the next morning; painted the entire interior of the house and fixed all the little open projects — all in about 5 days.
We were extremely pleased with both his speed and attention to detail. The house looks great and we’d never have gotten it done without him.

I really like David N and trust his judgment. So, when I needed my garage door motor fixed (you know, that thing that’s on the garage ceiling that makes life easier), I went to Unilocal and checked out garage door openers. David’s review came up and I immediately called Git-​R-​Dun services. Brian answered and met me at my house within an hour. I was impressed with his speed and was excited that my garage might be back to laziness mode within the day. Unfortunately, Brian didn’t seem to know anything about garage door motors. He began to play around with the motor and ended up almost making things worse. He insisted that he could ‘figure it out’. After a while he wrote some numbers down off of the motor and said he wanted us to search the internet together. He was very nice so I went ahead with the idea.
Long story and an hour later, Brian doesn’t know really anything about garage door motor repairs. He wasted a lot of time and kept insisting he could work it out.
I appreciate that there are mechanical people out there, but know your limitations. I ended up calling Southwest Garage Door. They knew EXACTLY what was wrong and fixed it the next day. It was a 30 minute job and they had the parts with them when they arrived. If I had stayed with Brian, I might still be trying to ‘work it out’.
I do think Brian has skills as a contractor and bathroom renovator. If that’s your need, try him out. But, don’t call him for a garage door.

So when I first moved into my townhouse I needed a lot of stuff done since it was a foreclosure.
First off the garage door opener needed replacing. This was my tester for Brian Dingman and his services. I gave him only access to my garage and asked him to close the garage when he was done. The job was done properly and when I came home I was able to drive right on in. This set the foundation between myself and the services provided by Git-​R-​Dun.
The next batch of tasks was a big bundle of junk. I needed mirrors hung, molding replaced, ceiling fans switched out, installing a toilet fan, and just a lot of random handyman stuff. All of these tasks were handled with much care and promptness. At this point, Brian had gained my trust and it was time to tackle some bigger jobs. The next 4 things were bigger items that I was unsure he was capable of performing them.
The first was building a bar from scratch underneath my staircase, creating a custom shower with seat and extra shower-​head, back-​splash in my kitchen, and installing recess lighting in all of my bathrooms. Let’s just say I was VERY happy with all of his work. Pics will be posted of the craftsmanship.
Now why did I review him now?
All of his activities were done prior to Unilocal,but since then I have searched Unilocal for another handyman since I haven’t worked with him in awhile but no such luck so I went ahead and gave him a call again.
Sure enough he was out on schedule to replace a broken garbage disposal.
His prices are fair and he is a very trust worthy person. Also there is no language barrier. If you need a handyman this is you person to call!