Drapeau's Appliance Repair

Drapeau's Appliance Repair is Dave Drapeau, a one-man appliance repair business working out of Holden and serving the surrounding towns. He fixes what other people replace, and that is the thread running through the reviews. A 2025 customer said he told them honestly that a washer was not worth repairing and to buy new instead of taking the job; a 2024 customer said the same about consulting him rather than buying a new appliance outright; another 2024 customer had a microwave he declared beyond saving and then came back to install the replacement. A 2024 customer described him getting an LG refrigerator running again after the R600 iso-butane compressor failure, waiting on LG's letter of authorization to do the repair under warranty and still arriving before LG's own contractor could. Speed is the second theme. A 2024 customer whose refrigerator died on Christmas Eve said he came out the day after Christmas, fixed a screeching dryer while he was there, and returned to finish the fridge once the part arrived. A 2025 customer had a dryer diagnosed, parted and fixed inside four days. A 2024 customer with a Maytag F5 lock error said he diagnosed it in ten minutes on a Friday and finished it in another ten on Monday, after a certified repair company had already overcharged them and simply attached a wire to the lock. Price comes up constantly and always in the same direction: an estimate well below others in a 2025 review, $115 for a prompt fair-priced call in 2024, $75 in another. Reviewers describe a diagnostic fee charged even when nothing needed fixing — one 2025 customer said they were sorry to pay it but understood, and valued the explanation they got instead. The dissent is a single one-star from November 2024: a dishwasher leak diagnosed as a gasket, a second bad part identified only after the gasket was installed, a part the customer then sourced themselves, and a dishwasher that in their account still leaks after $350. It is the only complaint in the record. This is a fit for a homeowner who wants an honest verdict on whether a machine is worth saving, and who is comfortable dealing with one person rather than a dispatcher. Confirm the diagnostic fee and what it covers before booking.