New York Handyman Services

"He is someone I would list and give an A. I think I spent about $2000 with him so far. He is honest, does what he says he is going to do, and does excellent work. I would recommend him to others because he is dependable, his rates are reasonable and he does excellent quality work."

"I have been using ., for about a year now (April 14th, 2011) and I have been very pleased with the service.  , the owner, is what I would expect from a good contractor: He is punctual, true to his word, knowledgeable in wide technical areas, and take great pride in his work.  His prices ...more are very reasonable. Our next-door neighbor who has moved in the last year recommended

to us.  Our neighbor also owns a large brownstone, and has used

’s services for extensive repairs and re-modeling of his back and front gardens, and his house.  My wife and I own a large old brownstone, built in 1885, in Manhattan, and we have used

’s services for maintaining our house."

"Home remodeling and changes should be fun and hassle free. Working with Bill is exactly that - he has a can do attitude for everything. He really enjoys what he does, is a true professional, and is a full pleasure to work with. The entire job was 100% custom and made to order to specifications that I designed. He had previously done the custom closet ...more work for me so this was my "phase 2" with him. The project took a couple of months from design to (offsite carpentry) build, to install. The actual install was a few weeks in December. Bill was very involved in the design process and very collaborative, was very honest and upfront about the costs and expense of what I wanted, and wasn't settling for "good enough" - really wanted things to come out exactly how I (and we) had imagined it. All-in-all Bill and his team at Oasis are just really good, honest, and hard working people. Totally responsive and A+ all the way...I'm kind of dissapointed that there aren't more large projects to work with him on...I don't think I'll ever call anyone else."

" was prompt, professional and a really friendly guy. He did a great job with the slatwall installation. Even when we ran into the small problem of having a wall socket in the way of our installation, was prepared with all of the tools and the knowledge to solve the small problem and still install the ...more slatwall in less than 2 hours. It is refreshing to work with someone so professional. I'd use

again. Thanks!"

"This work took almost nine hours and everything was done perfectly. is very workmanlike, and a true craftsman. He told me right away I didn't need to have my bathrooms regrouted entirely, just where the grout was dried up, which I really appreciated -- I thought it would be a much bigger job. I kept loading projects on him and ...more he didn't seem to mind at all. He really knows how to fix things. I really got my money's worth. I plan to have him back again!"

"His name is Kuller. He was excellent. He really did a great job repairing the bookcase. It was a lot of work with diagnosing and fixing it. He was really conscientious and he was a great guy to work with. He gave me a great price. I would absolutely use him again. "

"My friend recommended . I called him. He got right back to me; we agreed on a time; he came early and removed the wall-to-wall carpeting and padding for me efficiently. I plan ot use him again for another job."

"In March we asked him to come up with an estimate for the renovation work to be done. He visited the apartment and when no estimate was forth coming he asked again to visit and measure (which we'd assumed he'd already done the first time). We continually asked him for an estimate, providing him with a detailed list of what work needed to be done. None ...more came -- the best we got was a general figure attached to a non-specific work item, i.e., replace flooring $7,000. We liked Mr. Muamba and wanted to continue with him, but his lack of responsiveness and inability to deliver a professional estimate after 5 months had gone by forced us to consider alternative contractors. (Incidentally, when other contractors came to do estimates, they delivered detailed lists within a matter of days.) Meanwhile, Mr. Muamba was going to have the architect he works with come by the apt to draw up the needed blueprints. I asked that he do it anytime except the 3 days i was in the hospital as I wanted to be there and hear the architect's ideas and impressions. Mr. Muamba scheduled the visit while I was in the hospital, despite my specific instruction not to. The lack of estimate, the unresponsiveness to emails and phone calls, the constant stream of email excuses (headaches, family, staff, "cash flow") forced us to tell him we could not hire him as the contractor on the job, and we were sorry but we'd need the balance of our $10,000 deposit returned. Mr. Muamba agreed that he indeed owed us this money but said he didn't have it -- "cash flow problems" he said. He told us told draw up any payment schedule and he'd adhere to it. This was in

of 2010. We then were forced to hire a lawyer who then

up papers and devised a very generous payment schedule. Mr Muamba made not one payment -- not one dollar was paid back. In fact, he emailed our lawyer saying eh agreed with the judgment and would sign the papers and send them back "immediately." This was in early December of 2010. Despite what he wrote Mr. Muamba did NOT sign and return the papers and we've had no payment from him, nor has he returned any of our calls or emails. We have been very disappointed to learn that the man who we thought to be good and capable was in fact untruthful and dishonest in

and word, and he has quite a bit of our money that does not belong to him. At our lawyer's suggestion we contacted the Dept. of Consumer Affairs and have recently fund out that he "was not licensed at the time relevant to our agreement. In other words, he was unlicensed to boot. Unless Angie's List can help we'll be forced to take Mr. Muamba to Small Claims Court and try to recover our money. What we can never recover is the loss of time,emotional well-being, faith, trust and cash we desperately needed during renovation."