Fixer

Fixer is a small, hands-on repair and moving outfit — the kind of crew you call when a door won't close, a wall needs a patch, or you just need an extra pair of strong backs on moving day. Thumbtack places the business in Arlington, MA and lists it as about a year in business, offering handyman work, moving, cleaning, assembly and event support; its reviews put two names front and center, Nik and John, who show up again and again as the ones actually doing the work. What stands out across the 17 reviews on file is how varied a single visit can be. One homeowner describes caulking, an HVAC touch-up, wall mounting and a door repair all finished in one day; another credits the crew with a gutter fix that finally kept water out of their basement. Drywall patching and painting come up more than once — one customer had a hole repaired and painted over in the same trip, another had a store wall fixed the same way. A few reviewers hired the company to move furniture between houses and away for disposal, praising the care taken with both properties and, in one case, the reasonable final cost. Several say they've called Fixer back for a second job, which for a two-person crew is the kind of repeat business that's hard to fake. The record is almost uniformly positive: Google shows a perfect 5.0 across 15 ratings, and every dated review in the last six months is positive too. Thumbtack's own number is strong at 4.7 from seven ratings, but its published breakdown shows one 3-star rating in that seven with no review text attached — worth asking about if the next job is bigger or more complex than a quick repair. For a punch list of small, varied fixes, or a move that needs an extra pair of hands, this looks like a solid, consistently well-reviewed call. Confirm scope and pricing up front for anything beyond a quick job, since none of the reviews mention rates.