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HR Home Repair does business today as Bright Valley Construction, run single-handedly by owner Harold Ramos out of the Westwood area — the company says Ramos started it in 2015 after 14 years working as a professional engineer, and he still works every job himself rather than handing it to subcontractors. The thing that stands out across five years of Google reviews is how often the story is the same: a bathroom job that turned more complicated than expected, handled without drama. In a 2024 review, a homeowner described a simple 1940s toilet swap that grew into replacing the entire lavatory floor — Ramos coordinated directly with their plumber to pull it off at a fair price. A 2022 review lays out a full small-bathroom renovation down to a baseboard he crafted to fit around the toilet, unprompted. In 2021, a homeowner had him convert a bedroom's glued-down carpet into porcelain tile with new moldings, a marble threshold, and two hung doors, finished during that summer's worst heat wave. The range extends past bathrooms: a 2023 review describes him checking off an entire pre-sale punch list in a single day — a window sill, trim, a screen, six doorknobs, a crooked railing — and a 2025 review covers a rotted-shingle repair over a window on the side of a house. All 21 reviews on file run five stars, with no complaints turning up anywhere in the record. Worth knowing before calling: the newest review on file dates to June 2025, so the written history, while consistent, runs more than a year back from today. Nothing in what's here states a licence or insurance, so it's worth asking directly before booking anything structural. For a bathroom renovation, a flooring swap, or a scattered list of smaller repairs, this is a one-person operation with a genuine multi-year track record of finishing jobs cleanly and communicating along the way — just confirm current availability and licensing directly, since Ramos runs every project himself.
Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from HR Home Repair. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A day rate replaces the task list — usually the better deal once the list gets long.
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$220 – $850
Typical handyman visit around $540
I am very pleased with the work that Harold did in repairing a hole and replacing the rotted shingles over a large window on the side of my house. He performed the job very quickly (within two weeks!) and efficiently and the cost was very reasonable. I will not hesitate to contact him again when I need home updates or repairs.
Harold has helped us several times with repairs. He’s timely, does an excellent job, has reasonable prices and always explains what he’s doing . Super nice guy! I highly recommend him.
Harold was recommended to me by my plumber when a simple replacement of a 1940's toilet turned into a major job requiring the replacement of the lavatory floor. Harold worked seamlessly with the plumber to get a tricky job done well for a fair price. The job included 1) removing the old tile floor that ran under the ceramic wall tile (without damaging it); 2) cutting and then replacing a structural element of the house so that the plumber could access and replace the drain; and 3) replacing and retiling the floor. The finished floor looks great and Harold was a pleasure to deal with.
Harold is the best! He helped us with a leak in our shower. As other reviewers have cited, he is super professional--keeps supplies/dust very neat & organized, shows up on time, is knowledgable about the work he is doing, and is truly a nice guy! He stuck with us even though it wasn't a big job & it took a while for the plumbers to diagnose the issue. I feel like some contractors wouldn't have seen it through. Thank you Harold!
Amazing work, very professional would highly recommend his services
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