Tony Spahiu

Tony Spahiu is a Wakefield-area handyman known locally through word of mouth on Reddit and Nextdoor rather than a formal review platform — his name comes up repeatedly in Melrose and Salem-area threads for handyman work, kitchen and bathroom jobs. Several Reddit threads point to satisfied customers: in a 2026 r/SalemMA thread, one homeowner said they went with Tony for a roughly $10,000 kitchen renovation because he was cheaper and didn't require the paperwork of a bigger contractor, and that the job went well. Earlier threads from 2024 and 2025 describe him doing work for a poster's in-laws on Florence Street in Melrose and simply call him great. A June 2026 Nextdoor post in Melrose tells a very different story about a bathroom remodel: the poster describes Tony Spahiu — also naming a company called 'In Need of Handyman' and an alternate name, Krenar Spahiu — as dishonest and difficult to work with, citing incomplete work, the wrong tile installed, plaster and sawdust left uncleaned, damage to a wall, old sheetrock dumped in the yard, and being caught going through the client's cabinets and drawers in a room he wasn't hired to work in. The mixed record — several word-of-mouth recommendations alongside one detailed, serious complaint posted just over a week after that same kitchen job was praised — makes this one worth vetting carefully: get a written scope of work, a fixed timeline, and references from a job similar in size to yours before handing over access to the rest of the house.