Hilton Handyman Services

Hilton Handyman Services is a one-man Brockton operation that customers keep calling for the unglamorous middle of home repair — the drywall behind a leaking dishwasher, the water-damaged panel under a sink, the toilet or faucet that needs swapping out. Owner Hilton Pires runs it, and Thumbtack lists the business at about a year old with a single employee. The recurring thread through recent reviews is water and rot. In the last few months homeowners describe him patching drywall and water damage behind a dishwasher, rebuilding a water-damaged wood panel under a sink in Rockland, and a two-day tile-and-water-damage repair where he stayed late, caught a leaky valve, and reinstalled the washer and dryer before leaving. Others hired him for smaller swaps — a bathroom faucet and toilet, and a vanity that didn't fit around the existing plumbing until he measured around it. Beyond water work, the jobs range widely. He painted a living room and bedroom in two days, recaulked the crown molding through a large house and fixed a garage door so the rain stopped coming in, repaired a section of siding, and replaced smoke and carbon-monoxide detectors the same day he was called. Across 34 Google ratings at 5 stars and a smaller 5.0 on Thumbtack, three notes repeat: he responds fast, his prices land where people expect, and he cleans up before he leaves. Two things are worth keeping in perspective. This is a young, solo business — Thumbtack puts it at roughly one year with one employee — so the unbroken 5-star record is real but short, and several of the Thumbtack reviews are reimported Google ones rather than an independent second source. Owner Hilton Pires passed a Thumbtack background check in mid-2025. For a homeowner with a punch list — a drywall patch, a fixture swap, some painting, a small water-damage fix — this is a reasonable call, and the consistency of the recent reviews backs that up. For anything larger, confirm scope, insurance, and any permits up front, since this is a single handyman rather than a multi-trade crew.