Home Improvement And Consulting

Andrew Mcleod runs Home Improvement and Consulting, a one-person handyman operation in Roxbury with an unusually consistent record: 4.9 stars across 168 Thumbtack ratings, with 91% of them five stars. He's been at it 11 years, according to his profile, and was named a Thumbtack Top Pro three years running, 2016 through 2018. The written reviews on file — spanning 2017 through early 2026 — circle back to the same two things: he shows up on time and he's straightforward about pricing. In a 2025 review, a customer called a tricky faucet job 'fair in pricing and direct,' praising his responsiveness and communication throughout. Two other customers, in reviews from 2017, described same-visit garbage disposal fixes with no callback needed. The most recent review on file, from February 2026, describes a plumbing consult over the phone before a faucet swap that 'works perfectly' — Mcleod talking through the issue and setting a quote before ever showing up. The work itself skews toward small, contained jobs — faucet installs and repairs, garbage disposal swaps, and general handyman tasks like furniture assembly, lighting, and drywall patching — rather than larger plumbing projects like water heaters or gas lines. That's worth knowing going in: this is the person to call for a leak under the sink or a disposal that died, not a full bathroom re-pipe. The newest review on file is from February 2026, about seven months back, so it's worth confirming he's still taking on work in Roxbury and nearby before reaching out. For a contained plumbing fix or a handyman punch list, the track record here — years deep and consistently positive — is the kind worth trusting.