Cheapest In the Land Handyman

Same issue won’t show up for the job and won’t return calls. Avoid.

SHAME ON YOU PIMO! Do not hire this handyman/​painter. He will take your money and never come back to complete the work. He has canceled on completing painting of our home six times, made up bogus excuses and now will not answer his phone nor will not return messages. Absolute scam artist who has no scruples. He left holes in our walls, the paint is peeling a week after painting and, there are paint splatters all over our wood floor that he promised to come back and clean up yet he has not returned to finish all of the work that he started. Absolute crap work. We are so regretful that we ever trusted him. Do not hire this person unless you like giving away your money for no work in return. Horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible. Just absolutely dishonest and crappy work.
UPDATE: Attempted to phone Pimo from another number. He answered and told me to f**c off. Nice. We pay him and he ruins our walls, floors and this is how he talks to a mother. Filed BBB complaint and police report.

This guy pulls the same routine on everyone. DO NOT FALL FOR IT! He will keep giving more excuses on why the work is not getting done, then when that doesn’t work for him anymore he becomes aggressive and rude, and skips out with all the money and leaves you with a huge mess that costs even more to clean up. He will ruin your materials too then claim that it is your fault for buying cheap material! This guy’s name is Ruben Perez. Anyone who has had a bad experience like this file a report with the police or Sheriff.

He posts many ads on
claiming to be cheapest. He destroyed my window sash and lock and he damaged my draw (cracked it by putting a screw that is to long!). His work is VERY SLOPPY and messy!
He said he will refund me half (see text) and he never did. He’s VERY RUDE!
He’s DISHONEST and HE not a professional who knows what he’s doing.
If he doesn’t know how to do something say it! Now I need to hire a professional and spend double the funds for someone to fix his mistakes.
BTW he only accepts CASH ONLY. Now I know why, Please stay away from this guy.

I just wanted to leave a review for this company (or rather individual) to help others hopefully avoid a bad experience. I have worked with a lot of contractors and handymen, but this guy was definitely one of the worst.
I hired Pimo (Ruben Perez is his real name) to put some tile in an apartment that I own after the unit flooded. His price was pretty low, but not so low that I thought he would be completely terrible. The work was supposed to be done in 3 – 4 days so my tenant would not be inconvenienced for long.
The first day Pimo accomplished not very much work. When I arrived I was a little surprised at how little was done. He said his helper didn’t show up and he was on his own. His work was also very low quality. I kind of figured that it wasn’t going to be great, but it was immediately obvious that he did not know what he was doing. I was in a rush though so I resolved to have a very poor tile job. My biggest concern was it getting done and getting my tenant back in the unit. He promised to be back the next day around 8:00am and was going to work until he got at least the bathroom and bedrooms done. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and paid him the $ 500 deposit I promised.
The next day was when the real nightmare started. Pimo showed up 2 hours late and without a helper again. Around 1:00pm he sent me a text saying there was no way he could get what he promised done because someone put too much glue down when they laid the linoleum and he couldn’t get it up. I told him he needed to use a stripper machine. He was trying to get it up with a chisel. He got very defensive and upset. I told him not to worry and that I would go rent a stripper and we would have it up in 30 minutes. He seemed anxious to leave and asked if we could start on it the following day. I said that we really needed to get this done today. He agreed and I said I would meet him there in about 45 minutes.
When I arrived at the apartment Pimo was nowhere to be found. I tried calling him several times, but he has never returned my phone calls. He left the grout half way done still wet and all over the tile. I had to rush and wipe it before it dried. I also had to scrape up all the excess mortar that he just left everywhere. It was a mess!
Again, I just wanted to leave this review to make sure no one else gets put in the same situation I was with this guy. It was a terrible experience and a waste of $ 500 and a bunch of my own time. Hire a professional and make sure to check reviews.
I hope this helps.