O'Brien Handyman Services, LLC

O'Brien Handyman Services, LLC is a one-man handyman business run by Mike O'Brien out of 16 Pontiac Road in Peabody, Massachusetts, serving the North Shore. The Angi and HomeAdvisor listings describe small-project handyman work: door, storm door, sliding door and window repairs, cabinet and furniture repair, gutter cleaning, power washing, and deck and porch repair or clean-and-seal. Both listings show a Massachusetts trade licence, number 201790, expiring in September 2027, and an International Code Council certification. People who hired Mike describe a careful tradesman who fixes what others would replace and charges what he quoted. In a 2014 review, a landlord with a mangled door lock said the repair took longer and proved harder than expected, yet Mike charged the agreed price. That same year a Lynn homeowner had several stuck windows repaired and said he made sure each one worked as well as it could, not just at all; another customer said he sent photos of every cleaned gutter section so they could see the work from the ground. A 2019 customer had a sliding glass door fixed along with a long list of small jobs at a price they called very reasonable. The more recent accounts keep the same tone. A 2022 customer hired him for power washing, was impressed enough to add deck painting, and noted he brush-painted rather than rolled for a better finish. A 2021 reviewer said he is in enough demand that you have to be willing to wait, but that the wait is worth it. A 2019 reviewer described a job complicated by weather and by a helper quitting mid-project, and said Mike still finished it and made it right. Repeat customers are common in these accounts: a 2019 reviewer who had him install a storm door said he had done a number of projects for them over the years, and a 2014 reviewer at the YWCA in Malden was lining up the next job. Reviewers use the words honest, prompt and reasonable more than any others. Angi and HomeAdvisor both show 26 reviews at a perfect 5.0, but the two profiles are one review set published twice, not independent sources. The written accounts run from 2014 to October 2022, and most of the detail is from 2014 and 2019, so the last few years of work are thinly described. For a punch list of small repairs, a balky door or window, gutters or a deck refresh, Mike's customers were consistently glad they called. Expect to book ahead, and ask for the price up front, since past customers say he holds to it.