JK Handyman Services

We hired JK Handyman (Josh Newkirk) to finish the drywall in our basement and he talked us into having him finish the entire basement, including installing the ceiling and laying the flooring along with painting and installing trim and baseboard. Josh never showed up when he said he would and had an excuse at least once or twice a week for not showing up at all. He gave us a date that the project would be finished on several occasions and each time the date would come and go without his being anywhere close to being done. We became so frustrated with his being so unreliable that we had him sign a paper in front of a witness stating he’d be done by a certain date and time that he set or he would agree to monetary penalties and he still continued to not show up on time and we finally had to fire him when the date, again, came and he was nowhere close to being finished. After firing him from the project we contacted LNI and found out that his contractors license has been suspended since February 2020 and he has no bond (we hired him in April 2020) so he lied to us about being licensed and bonded. When LNI reached out to him he did what Josh does best...he didn’t respond back. We ended up having to hire someone else to come in to not only finish the project but to fix a lot of subpar work that Josh did. We found places on the ceiling that Josh didn’t even use mud under the tape when mudding and taping and we now have cracks in the ceiling. Josh also did damage to our front steps and door when bringing in his tools each day and didn’t lay down paper or plastic on the flooring in the bathroom that had already been laid before he started and dropped mud all over the new floor and ruined the flooring so we’ll have to replace that as well. I would not recommend hiring JK Handyman Services unless you don’t want the job done right or you don’t mind him taking forever to do it. He may do fine on very small projects like installing a sink or microwave but he’s not good at anything larger than that.