Paul W. Gerzon Handyman & Carpentry Services

Paul W. Gerzon runs a one-man handyman and carpentry shop out of Arlington, the kind you call for the jobs a big contractor won't bother with: a door that won't close, shelves for a linen closet, a screen door that needs swapping, flat-pack furniture still in the box. He also markets himself as "Handyman Paul G.," and by his own account has been at it since 2001, working the Arlington–Cambridge–Lexington corridor and the wider Greater Boston area. Carpentry is the through-line. Across Google and neighborhood sites, the work people bring him is repair and small-build: doors and storm doors, fascia, cabinets, custom shelving. Reviewers describe him as efficient, communicative, and fairly priced, and several say they'd hire him again. The catch is how little of this there is to go on — a 4.3 average rests on just six Google ratings, and nothing new has surfaced in the past six months. He works solo for most jobs and, he says, brings in an on-call partner he describes as a licensed contractor for bigger projects like bathrooms and additions. That licensing is his own claim, not something checked against a state registry, so if your job runs into plumbing or electrical beyond the basics, confirm who is actually licensed to do it before work starts. Several of his directory profiles are also unclaimed or bare, which is why the picture stays thin. For small carpentry and around-the-house repairs in the Arlington area, he's a plausible fit — just go in knowing the track record is genuine but shallow, and get the scope and pricing in writing.