Handyman Tom Brayer

Across 72 Google ratings, every single one is five stars, and the written reviews back it up with specifics rather than just star counts. Tom Brayer runs a Duxbury-based handyman and carpentry business — every review describes him doing the work himself — for the kind of list that's been sitting untouched: a rotted doorway, a sagging deck, a drywall patch, a fence that needs building. The written record runs from 2021 through mid-2026, and the pattern barely varies. Reviewers keep naming the same things: he answers quickly, shows up when he says he will, and finishes the list he was hired for — replacing storm doors, rebuilding bulkhead stairs, repairing rotted deck stringers, hanging interior doors, patching drywall, building a garden fence. In a 2022 review, one customer described him fixing "a front door, teak deck chairs, a deck, a cabinet, a window hinge, damaged clapboard, rotting front stairs" in one stretch of work — that range shows up again and again rather than any single specialty dominating. Price comes up unprompted and consistently as fair: a 2025 review called his pricing reasonable outright, and a 2024 review credited him with keeping costs down compared to other quotes. Cleanup gets mentioned almost as often as the repairs themselves — reviewers across several years note he leaves the site tidy and hauls materials away rather than leaving a mess. One thing worth knowing before calling: in a 2022 review, a customer noted Tom was upfront about not being available for a few months when first contacted — a sign that booking ahead is worth planning for given how much repeat and referral work he takes on. He's a solid call for the accumulated small-to-medium repair list — door and deck work especially — from someone whose communication and follow-through show up in review after review, not just the rating.