Ace Handyman Services Newton & Needham

This is the shop people call for the odd-job list: a bathroom exhaust fan that stopped pulling, warped siding, shutters to come off and go back on, a rotted cabinet floor under the kitchen sink. Its Google page sits at 4.9 stars from 12 ratings, and several of the 2025 reviews come from customers on a second or third round. One wrote in July 2025 that Dan had worked at their house three times, the most recent that week; another, in June 2025, was on their fifth job with the company. Those 2025 accounts name whoever turned up — Dan, Mike, Matt H., Allen L — and they lean toward problem-solving rather than straight installs. A June 2025 customer said Dan worked out solutions for two jobs that weren't straightforward, replacing the cabinet floor under their kitchen sink and attaching three wooden flower boxes to a backyard deck. In another June 2025 review, Allen L hunted down replacement siding for boards that had warped and twisted, and left a few spare pieces behind. A third that month described Mike clearing a bathroom exhaust fan, with the office keeping the customer posted along the way. The company says it has been running since 2005 — first as Handyman Matters, under the Ace name since 2020 — that it is a locally owned franchise, and that its handymen are employees rather than subcontractors. Its site lists HIC #148962, and a service area running from Newton and Needham out through Brookline, Dedham, Natick, Framingham, Ashland and Jamaica Plain. If your list is a half-day of small repairs scattered around the house rather than one big project, this is the right shape of company. Confirm the hourly rate and any minimum charge when you book, and spell out the whole list up front so the person sent is right for all of it.