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We hired Odd Jobs for some small repair jobs around our condo - painting a door, caulking a faucet, etc. Odd Jobs was great - came on short notice, on time and easy to deal with. Exactly what we needed!

I can do most small repair jobs around the house myself, but sometimes I get too busy or find myself with a project where I'd rather bring in a pro. After using Odd Job to deal with a roof leak and plumbing issue earlier this year, I brought them back to fix a basement wall damaged in replacing our water main. Sean arrived on time, consulted with me on the project, repaired the wall and installed an access panel in less than the allotted time. It's very likely I'll be calling them again.

Great stuff. Easy, good service, fast, reliable and courtesy service. Couldn't ask for more. They were great. Very pleased. Highly recommend. They'll get the job done easily for you quickly.

I needed curtain rails fixed in place. The appointment was convenient and the work done to a high standard with no mess.

Always on time, knowledgeable and provide great services. We have had them work on many projects and our expectations are always met if not exceeded.

Odd Job Handyman installed an interior door trim and crown moulding above a custom shelf. Although I found them to be a little overpriced, they still did a good job. I found the company online and looking at reviews on HomeStars.

hinge replaced in my pantry shelf door as well as shelves under the sink that is cracking from dampness or moisture

I moved recently and My new place didn't have a hideaway for the litter box. Having 2 cats I need 2 litter boxes and looking online most of the ones I found only accommodate one box.

With this project; I found Odd Job professional and creative. I have a condo now that is a unique space where the challenge was to find a piece that wasn't overwhelming and could be accessible by two cats near a window with a Bump Out in the wall.

Luckily a piece was found in the AS-IS section of Ikea. Odd Job picked it up for me and transported back to their shop where the adjustments for my measurements were made- Keeping the noise and clean up out of my condo was very much appreciated due to my condos rules. Thankfully they have a shop and are accommodating.

I found Odd Job online a couple of years back when I needed work done around another apartment. Since then I have recommended them to friends and family.

We hired Odd Job to do some odd jobs - recaulk a tub, fix a faucet, build shelves, some deck work, etc. While they were quoting us, we asked if they did larger jobs - like installing a wall and pocket door. They said yes and proceeded to quote us on our small reno job as well (we had already done one large and one medium reno, so this wasn't our first time through this process). They were the more expensive but we wanted high quality, we wanted to NOT WORRY ABOUT THE JOB, so we picked them - but not before confirming that they had done walls, trim work, installing pocket doors, etc. before, and didn't just do odd jobs. Yes yes and yes. The project started fine enough and there was a great two days of work. Once the odd jobs were done, they set about the wall and door. And it quickly became not fine. And then it turned bad as it became very apparently that they are not skilled at larger jobs. The screws started popping out of my drywall immediately in multiple places. The tape/mud job needed to be touched up post-paint twice (and still wasn't great in spots). There was paint all over the wood flooring. But the thing that killed me was we asked them twice to "not purchase the cheap store brand pocket door kit at Home Depot as we understand there to be a big difference in performance" - so they bought the store brand kit at Lowe's instead (!!!). We have 5 other pocket doors in the house, all installed on the non-store brand kits. So Odd Job installed a crappy cheap kit (which had only negative reviews online) and when challenged on it, defended the product as being a good one, something a professional in the home improvement business should know better about. They also installed parts of it incorrectly - and then tried to tell me this is how it was supposed to be. Looking at the picture on the guide rail package clearly showed how it was to be installed. They had no idea what they were doing. And we didn't know this till after the door was installed, dry walled in, painted, trimmed, etc. The door drags, marring the paint on the door within a month. It is 110% unlike my other 5 pocket doors, all the same door material. We had 2 other contractors working next door come over and comment on the job before we paid the final invoice and they both said we would eventually have to open up the wall to reinstall the door.

That day has come.

One year almost to the day, after dragging and dragging and dragging, and the door has fallen off it's track. I have 10 year old pocket doors in my house and they run smoothly, no drag, and certainly have never fallen off the track. Unlike this work done by Odd Job. Justin was endlessly defensive, became combative, and tried to shift the fault to us. We negotiated a discount on the bill for this and other issues experienced, b/c I didn't want them in my house anymore to b/c each time they came to fix something, something else was 'broken' (for ie - they came to fix the mudding, but then got paint on the floor). Justin felt that the discount was not justified - but the headache for a project that went 4x other timeline, in addition to remove a portion of the wall and reinstall the door is more than the $1000 or whatever discount he gave us. In a world where time is money, I wish so much that I could turn back time and not select Odd Job for this reno.

I have documentation for all of my claims as I was going to go to small claims court over this. Feel free to get in touch for pictures, emails, etc. This dude should stick to odd jobs and leave the big boy jobs for the professionals.

This was a negative experience from the very beginning with the needlessly complicated job booking system. We ended up having them replace the grout in our shower 2x and it is still spotty and has started falling out in chunks. They also did some little things around the house and in one instance, used screws that were too short. The worker was super nice but he didn’t seem to have a ton of knowledge. It’s like bringing your neighbour in for some work and paying $500-plus for the favour. I regret bringing them even though it sounds like such a great service.