The Andover Handyman

Five stars across seven Google ratings — and only two people wrote anything down. The Andover Handyman works out of 149 Shawsheen Rd in Andover, and small household repair is what people have called it for: the short list of odd jobs most trades won't bother quoting. Both written accounts are warm, and the pattern in them is consistency rather than showmanship. The history is thin and dated, though. The two comments date from 2023 and 2024, so a perfect score is resting on a handful of ratings rather than a long run of accounts, and there is no way to watch how the work has held up since. One of those two write-ups isn't house work at all — it covers vinyl decal lettering for a small business's dumpsters, which suggests a one-person operation whose work mix runs wider than a single directory category. A reasonable call for the small-repair list — shutters, fixtures, doors — if you want one person who turns up and finishes. Before booking, ask what jobs are being taken on now, ask for its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration number, and ask for a reference from this year rather than relying on the two older reviews.