About Us
We have more than one area of expertise by design. Our Handyman services provide hourly task resolutions up to one or two day long 'Honey Do Lists" as needed by our clients. These lists can range from changing light bulbs out of safe reach to hanging expensive art work or simple plumbing and electrical needs. These services cover almost any task required to keep a home beautiful, safe and functioning.
Another very important part of our business is home renovations. Our people can not only help design unique and one of a kind changes in your home but can also help you find ways to keep the cost to value ratio in check. Our clients range from fixed income house holds to money is the last concern. Decades of experience has taught us to know the difference and deliver what the client needs and demands!
We certianly don't want to neglect what surrounds your home and where we often spend time entertaining family and friends. Some of our most beautiful designs and craftsmanship just may be in our clients yards. From a simple fence and deck to beautiful outdoor kitchens, our ability to design and implement our clients visions are met or exceeded on a daily basis.
So if it's a broken piece of furniture your grandfather used as a child, a remodel, a home addition or hardscape for the yard. Feel free to call me for an estimate or at least interesting conversation.
Skip Scales
Services Provided
Attic Restoration, Baseboard Installation, Basement Remodeling, Bathroom Remodeling, Concrete Repair, Crown Molding Installation, Custom Home Bars, Deck Building, Deck Repair, Drywall Installation, Drywall Texturing, Exterior Door Installation, Flooring Installation, General Contracting, Home Remodeling, Kitchen Remodeling, Laminate Flooring Installation, Lighting Installation, Linoleum Flooring Installation, Roof Repair, Shower Installation, Skylight Installation, Sliding Door Installation, Soffit Installation, Soffit Repair, Stucco Repair, Subfloor Installation, Tile Installation, Trim Work, Vinyl Flooring Installation, Wainscoting, Water Heater Installation, Window Replacement
Areas Served
Atherton, Belmont, Burlingame, Daly City, East Palo Alto, Emerald Lake Hills, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Hillsborough, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Stanford, West Menlo Park, Woodside
Awards
General Contractors for California and OregonEPA Lead Certified #RV-I-19851-0125, Flex Gas line Certified,
Credentials
1 Houzz Award
3 Houzz Badges
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5 Reviews for A Honey Do List Handyman
In the Deets
Relationship
Colleague
Skip and A Honey Do List are great contractors to work with! The office staff is extremely responsive and friendly. The jobs are scheduled and stay on track. Skip is honest and easy to work with. He provides options and ideas. The crew is hard working and personable. I highly recommend A Honey Do List for any small or large projects around your home.
May 30, 2017
Naveli J
Relationship
Client
Hired them to install recess lights, remove pop ceiling and then texture + paint the ceiling. Once the job was assigned, for the first two days only 2 people showed up to work. Because of this they had to speed up and then eventually overcharged by almost 35-40% just because they had to make their workers do overtime to meet the deadline (there was also a minor change in scope which shouldn’t have impacted the timeline had they started with more folks on Day 1 itself).
It’s a family run business but unfortunately none of them agree or communicate well enough with each other and thus the customer bears the brunt. Example of this was: the job was not completed on the last day and no one followed up for 5 days and all of sudden I see an invoice for completed work! When I spoke to Michelle (front desk manager), she said Eric (onsite coordinator) did not communicate that all this was pending. But Eric says that Michelle knew about it but still did not contact. You leave texture all over the crown moldings, all switch outlets exposed and misplace the fire alarm and don’t bother to wrap up or even follow up? Eric says he never agreed (to Skip – estimator) in the first place to complete the work within the time Skip promised me. There is just a plethora of confusions, communication gaps and disagreements here that we as customer have to navigate through.
It’s been over 3 months since and
A.They have still not completed the work. I had to install the switch plates to prevent mishap. The installed switches are all misaligned so the plates don’t fit correctly (See Photos).
B.The work that was done is coming off already. The ceiling paint is already peeling off in places (See Photos).
C.They refuse to provide justification on the additional charges. They say it’s a family business but the owner Skip, apart from giving the initial estimate, has been elusive and not reachable even after multiple attempts. All this for the pride of having a family business?
I think anyone can make a fair sense of using them or not after checking out the photos.
November 19, 2014
buhl
Relationship
Client
I hired Skip and his Company to remodel my kitchen. I have to say it was a great experience. They showed up on time to each appointment (most contractors in the area do not.)
They did excellent work at a fair price. I would recommend them to family and friends and use them again for future projects.
Eileen
April 1, 2013
ericgrantz
Relationship
Client
Integrity, professionalism, and personable are the words I would use to describe my experience working with the Honey Do Handyman company. Last summer I hired Honey Do Handyman to install a gas fireplace, two vertical display cases and a TV alcove. This job required knocking out an eight foot section of an exterior wall (in a two story house), rewiring the electrical outlets, running a new gas gas line under the home, and all the reframing and finishing required. The job was completed on schedule with no surprises, and a willingness to do whatever was required to meet my satisfaction. I could not give this company a higher recommendation.
March 30, 2013Last modified:March 30, 2013
Kiki Corbin
Relationship
Client
I hired Skip and his crew to remodel my home. He did a wonderful job. The wood floors were beautiful, and the non-toxic paint turned out looking just the same as other paints.
March 27, 2013
Comment from A Honey Do List Handyman:
Thank you for taking the time to say something really nice.
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Commented: Type of woodTiger wood should be another consideration, just do a google image and see.
September 14, 2016
Commented: love the deck color. What stain is it?Just IPE oil on IPA deck planks
January 6, 2015
Commented: chairsNo problem
March 31, 2013
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po box 814
Belmont, CA 94002
Belmont, CA 94002
Typical Job Cost $75 - $95 - $500,000
Prices vary depending on our client needs. We adjust our prices depending on many variables some of which are competitive pricing, length of project, type of work to be performed, etc...
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I would not normally respond to an honest negative report. I believe that people know that misunderstandings and mistakes will happen and it is the effort and results of correcting those misunderstandings and mistakes that really count in the end. I also believe people should see all reports good or bad. That being said lets review the facts.
•You informed us you bought a condominium and family was arriving in a few days. We told you it would be tight but we could help.
•We changed our schedule to accommodate your situation as you were referred to us by a wonderful couple that we had just done a whole house renovation for. She recommended us because of the quality of work we had just done for her.
•You explained the work to be done.
1.Remove all popcorn on all ceilings in the condo.
2.Repair all the ceilings
3.Texture all the ceilings
4.Paint all the ceilings
5.Replace a dining room ceiling light fixture
6.Install 8 new LED can lights
You then added
•2 more LED can lights on a completely separate circuit with 3 way switches. (Which entails opening, closing, texturing, paint 2 walls, not included)
•Asked us to go to the store 3 times to buy and show you can light samples. (not included)
•Go to the store and buy your paint. (not included)
Both Erik and I sent out and supervised in person 2 to 4 technicians (depending on the work type) over 6 days. I know this as I was there.
We spent $782 on your materials and $4839.16 on labor. = $5621.16
Are you telling me you don’t see the value here?
As to the missing switch plates, I have the receipts for them from the day they were installed. But since I did not personally install them I cannot verify they were in fact all installed.
As to the unfinished details and clean up, if you recall, you surprised us on our last day (Saturday) by telling us that you had cleaning people coming in and that we had to leave.
You also told us it was not a problem as you were going on vacation and we could complete the work when you returned. But when you returned you went on another vacation and we did not hear from you again until you told us that you never asked for any extra work and were never told that extra work, extra lights and switches would cost money and that if I charged you for the extra work you would write bad reviews on all the websites you could find. Then you named then.
Well here we are! I am not a big believer in lying or blackmail.
Skip