JR Carpentry

JR Carpentry is a one-man-plus-helper outfit — customers know the owner as Junior — that fixes the wooden things around a house: decks, sheds, fences, trim, and the odd mailbox or bookcase. Angi shows 4.7 stars from 57 ratings, 91 percent of them five-star, and the profile says six years of experience with Spanish spoken. The listing gives a Manchester address while Angi files the business under a Salem, New Hampshire post office box. Sheds and decks come up most. In an August 2026 review, a homeowner had two sheds worked on and said Junior communicated what the project needed and stayed on budget; another in July 2026 had a 10-by-20 shed repaired and was asked to do a final walkthrough before the job was closed. A May 2026 customer said he started on time every day and worked late when rain was forecast. Earlier accounts fill in the range — a three-level deck replaced in 2024 with an extra railing added, deck repairs that same fall after a quick estimate, a privacy fence built in January 2025, a mailbox replaced in frozen ground in February 2025, and in June 2025 a custom surround for an electric fireplace plus four rooms painted. Several reviewers were on their second job or had already referred him to family. The one hard complaint is about billing. In an August 2024 review, a customer was happy with the work but said gutter cleaning and a faucet install were charged as expensive extras, and that they paid for eight hours while he was on site about four. Ask for the scope and the hourly or job price in writing before he starts, and settle what counts as an extra. New Hampshire doesn't register carpenters or handymen, so there is no licence to check. For deck repair, shed rebuilds, fences and small carpentry where you want someone who shows up on schedule and communicates through the job, the people who hired Junior from 2024 through this summer were pleased. Get the estimate itemized first.