Ace Handyman Services Northeast Columbus — Local services in Genoa Township

If you're looking for a Columbus contractor that can get your home renovation (big OR SMALL) finished on time and at a great price without dealing with the typical nightmares of unreliability, unaccountability, and lack of professionalism, then Paul & Laura Hammer at Handyman are the Contractors for you.

Full disclosure, my relationship with Handyman did not start out good as I tried reaching out to them and never heard back. I tried finding other contractors to help me install and frame a door that leads into my basement, but no contractor would take the job because it was "too small" and not a full bathroom & kitchen remodel job.

Out of necessity, I reached back to Handyman again, but I was very upfront to their representative about my concerns due to their lack of response on the first time I tried contacting them. After I got off the phone, the president of the company himself, Paul Hammer, reached out to me personally to apologize and explain that the reason they didn't reach back was that they had just changed their internal software that logs all inbound calls and requests and my request was unfortunately lost in that transition period. Mistakes happen.

Paul assured me that that was not what he or his company stood for and assured me that he and his people could take care of the job. I was happy he apologized, but I was STUNNED about what happened next...

Paul actually told me that he would be coming out to the job site, personally, with his contractor to make sure the job was done correctly and that I would be happy with their work. Who does that?!

Please note, this was not an expensive job by any stretch. But sure enough, Paul came out with Nelson, and they:

(1) Installed & framed my door leading into the basement (requiring them to move the whole guardrail in the stairway down a few inches); (2) Hung 3 Pictures on my walls; (3) Installed a clothing rack in my closet; (4) Hung a big cabinet in my basement bathroom above my toilet; (5) Installed a towel rack in that bathroom; and (6) Helped fix my leaking shower head in my shower that a prior contractor completely botched.

They did all of this and took great care to clean after themselves to not leave my house in a mess. Did I mention, they were really nice too?

I was SHOCKED then and I'm still shocked now thinking about it. And the price tag at the end of this was super reasonable too!

I would highly recommend Handyman to anyone in Columbus looking for a reliable contractor for any home improvement needs...

ACE Handyman Projects, March 2025 • Replace inner workings of outside leaky faucet • Shave tops of 2 doors that are sticking • Adjust garage man door so it seals and latches properly & replace rotted frame area • Workshop ceiling drywall patch & paint, install access panel to water line Work was performed by Chris W & Don I. Initially, I thought the outside faucet would need to be replaced, based on the plumber I originally asked to repair it. To replace it would require extensive work to my finished basement in order to get to it. Then it would require more work to put everything back in place. Thanks to Don’s super knowledge of outdoor faucets, he was able to repair it with readily available replacement parts for the faucet’s internals. This saved me lots of money and headaches from the work the plumber indicated. Chris shaved the tops of the doors that were sticking. They work great now. Chris added packing in the garage man door seal and adjusted the striker plate to fix the seal opening. He removed the rotted part of the frame and replaced it with a piece of plastic, caulked it and painted it to match with some leftover paint I had, Chris repaired the drywall ceiling in my basement workshop, there were quite a few sections to replace from HVAC ducts/ vents that were installed by a previous contractor. There were 4 large areas and 5 small areas. He squared off cuts to the existing ceiling, installed new blocking, installed the new drywall, applied mud at the joints, sanded it to a smooth finish and applied 2 coats of paint to the entire ceiling. Chris also installed an access panel in the ceiling to close the hole left by the plumber to the water pipe for another outside faucet that the plumber replaced because he said he couldn’t repair it. The plumber also said he was unable to install an access panel there. Don had no problem doing it. Don & Cris were very friendly, polite, knowledgeable and skilled. They answered all my questions. They explained what they were doing. They knew what to do and worked very efficiently. The work was finished near the low end of the project cost range provided. They did a good job of cleaning up after work was completed. Rachel in the office was good to work with to get things set up and with any questions I had. This was the 3rd project that Ace Handyman did for me, and I am satisfied with the work on this one too. I plan to talk to Ace Handyman on future...

I am in the process of finishing my basement into rec. space. I have had suspended ceiling in past basements so I appreciate their flexibility. I could not find an installer! Home stores would sell the material, but they didn't have installers or knew anyone to do it. Commercial places didn't want to do residential. Finally, I found HandyMan Matters. BRAVO!! James came taking measurements and sent a reasonable quote. He also supplied a materials list so I could buy the stuff myself. BRAVO!! Dan and Nelson worked for 3 full days on the job, arriving on time and never taking a lunch break. I appreciated the work continuing until complete, they were not pulled off my job for another. Dan did some touch up work for half of a fourth day. He wanted to make sure my wife and I were pleased with the ceiling. We are!! Both men were polite and respectful of our home. They cleaned up and hauled away the scrap material. BRAVO!! Ariane and James were quick to answer email questions I had before work started. I agreed to the work at the end of May and we arranged a start date of August 27 so I could finish my electrical, drywall, and painting before the ceiling went in. HandyMan Matters stuck to the start date with Dan calling the day before as a reminder. I also had an odd heating pipe configuration in the basement which was going to make my boxing around the pipes more difficult. James suggested RightWay Heating to take a look at it. They did and reconfigured the pipes so my box out was smaller and it improved the air flow. ...