Best Handyman Boston

A door that hadn't latched in two months, four bifold closet doors two previous handymen had given up on, the plywood under a water-damaged kitchen sink: Best Handyman Boston takes the jobs that are too small for a general contractor and too fiddly for a Saturday. Ryaan Tuttle, a carpenter by trade, founded the East Boston company and Kristina Tuttle runs client services. The site says it has served families since 2017, though other pages on it claim 14 and 20+ years of experience, so treat the founding date loosely. The name that turns up in review after recent review is Henry. A first-time homeowner writing in May 2026 said he talked her through the repair under her sink instead of rushing it; a March 2026 customer said he fixed a door that had been sticking for two months, after other companies told her to buy new ones. The front end is quick for this trade: customers in 2023, 2025 and 2026 all describe getting a written quote back inside a day of an online request and booking through the company's own scheduling system, and one customer on its residential maintenance plan said in March 2026 that the year-long guarantee is why he keeps calling. That speed has a flip side. Two reviewers in March 2026 were unhappy for the same underlying reason: the company prices a job from a written description and photos rather than coming out to look first. One said that produced an appointment for work that could not be done as scoped; the other, quoted $3,300 for interior repainting and wall repairs, said the technician turned up 45 minutes late and alone when two people had been scheduled. In December 2025 a customer said Ryaan cancelled a confirmed job a day ahead, after the deposit was paid and materials bought, telling him he had asked too many questions; he was refunded. Price is the other recurring objection — an October 2025 reviewer called the service overpriced and sloppy, and a June 2025 reviewer, also calling it expensive, said the glowing reviews looked to her like they had been generated or bought. That is her suspicion, stated in her review. For repairs, doors, painting, tile or a floor you want booked this month, this is a straightforward call: most of the recent reviews are positive, its Better Business Bureau grade is A+, and a 2023 Reddit commenter passed its site along saying he had heard good things. Before you pay a deposit, get the scope in writing, ask whether anyone will see the job in person before the crew is dispatched, and confirm how many people are coming on the day.