Carlos’ Painting & Handyman

We’ve been working with Carlos for almost three years, and we feel so, so fortunate that we found him! We wouldn’t dream of using anybody else for any home repairs or painting. Over the course of three years, Carlos has impeccably repainted the walls in our home, rebuilt and refurbished our backyard fence, and hung large format, heavy photos and difficult to handle art on our walls. Our dog recently chewed through every wall in our bedroom (on a day when the dog walker didn’t come and didn’t tell us!), and Carlos made our bedroom look like new in less than a day. I am a very picky person and Carlos goes above and beyond my expectations every time. Beyond that, he has a great personality and is fun to chat with. His prices are fair, especially for the quality of the work.

If you live in San Francisco and Carlos isn’t your go-​to handyman, you’re crazy! Carlos was amazing to work with and we’ll be using him from here on out. We needed a quick paint job in our rental unit and some small fixes (doors that wouldn’t shut all the way, changing the locks, etc) on a short timeline. He called me back from my initial message within an hour and came over that afternoon to do a free estimate. He was on time and very professional. He was able to squeeze us in within the week and he was super communicative, even after hours in the evening and on the weekends. He arrived on time to do the work, completed the work on time and well, and was reasonably priced. Like I said before, Carlos is going to be my handyman on speed dial and he should be yours too!

On-​time, reliable, trustworthy, hard worker, responsive, friendly, polite and gets the job done! What more can you ask for? I’m always skeptical to hire for work around the house — thinking «we’ll just get it done ourselves one of these days». But we really wanted to get a few jobs done before the season changes and after a few calls around town, I knew Carlos was the guy. He returned my call promptly, came to the house to review the work in a timely manner, gave us a fair estimate and scheduled the job on a day /​time that worked for us. Everything was done well and no mess left behind. We have more work and I would absolutely hire Carlos again. I can’t recommend him enough!

Carlos is a man of his word. I called him in the morning and he responded that afternoon. We set up a free estimate for the next day, his quote was reasonable and he finished the fence and retaining wall in three days! He was professional, polite, neat and he takes pride in his work! Even giving him extra added work the original quote remained the same. His motto is «if the customer is not happy, I’m not happy»!
I will use him again to work on my deck and the other fence!

Carlos is trustworthy, thorough, responsive and friendly, all the things you want in a handyman extraordinaire! He repaired a banister on our staircase leading up to our units and did a fabulous job. Highly recommend using him, and we will again for sure.

Carlos and his work are exceptional! I found Carlos on Unilocal,and he is absolutely deserving of all of his five-​star ratings. We needed our living room painted, and he went the extra mile to get our old walls and ceiling looking beautiful again for a very fair price. He is reliable, kind and a professional who pays attention to the details. I recommend Carlos without reservation. Thank you, Carlos!

Carlos just finished an interior paint job for us, and I have only wonderful things to say about his work. He is professional, courteous, and was very quick to respond. I will definitely reach out to Carlos as my go-​to guy for handyman work and paint jobs. Completely agree with other reviewers that Carlos is a gem!

Carlos has done painting and handyman work for us, and has been consistently excellent. On-​time, on-​budget, excellent quality — he is kind and extremely professional. He went the extra mile, including moving furniture both before and after painting. I recommend Carlos highly.

I have hired Carlos over the past year to do several jobs, both large and small — painting, carpentry, general handyman stuff. He is responsive, honest, and has always done a great job. Highest recommendation!

Carlos is the best handyman/​painter in the city! After trying to find a decent handyman to do some work at our restaurant, we found Carlos. He is honest, extremely reliable, and a man of his word. His work is top quality and at the best price we’ve been able to find. I would have no hesitation in hiring him for any and every job that comes up (and we have been for the last several months).
If you want a job done right the first time at a very fair price by a kind man who is good on his word, then hire Carlos. Thank you Carlos!

Carlos’ Painting and Handyman Services are absolutely the way to go! Carlos is professional, prompt, and his fees are very reasonable. He is a perfectionist and
has an amazing work ethic! In our home, Carlos has painted several rooms, repaired a water damaged wall, waterproofed our window sills, removed carpet and cleaned the hardwood underneath, and gave our kitchen the perfect ‘mini face lift’ (it’s gorgeous!!!) We were missing some supplies and Carlos went to the hardware store and got them for us– he goes above and beyond. He is wonderful to work with and it’s a complete pleasure to recommend his services! Thank you Carlos!

Carlos far exceeded all my expectations, going the extra mile to achieve polished, professional results on all four occasions that he performed work for my office. The work he executed entailed painting and patching a wall and hanging an immensely heavy and large dry erase board in one of our office’s conference rooms. That sounds simple enough, but due to complicated circumstances inside our commercial-​grade walls themselves (steel beams and studs, among other issues), in order to complete parts of this job effectively and safely — that is, to the extremely high level of professional results that Carlos holds as his standard — he found it necessary to make numerous visits to our office. Each time, his follow-​through, communication skills, dedication to safety for our staff, expert level materials and experience, and warm personal demeanor made it an absolute pleasure to work with him. It is my honor to wholeheartedly recommend his services!

I found Carlos on Angie’s List and couldn’t be happier. He did several jobs taking about 2.5 days total. I found his prices to be very reasonable and he does great work. I was happy with everything he did and you can tell he has high standards and wants to do a thorough job. He built an exterior side gate, replaced old bathroom sink fixtures and under-​sink plumbing, repaired a broken and interior door and rehung/​repainted, and cleaned the gutters.
The other thing that is important to note about Carlos (because this can be a problem with hiring people) is that he is ON TIME and responsive. He returned my initial call within 2-​hours and was always on time, from the initial walk through to each time he came to my house.
I would recommend Carlos anyone needing a handyman. Very professional.

For years we have been hiring Carlos to help us out with jobs around the house. From painting our living room to installing wall fixtures he has always done an excellent job. He is friendly, professional, and courteous.

I have hired Carlos to help out with a lot of stuff that needed attending to at my house. I have worked with him for almost two years now and can tell everyone that he is amazing, fast, reliable. I would not trust any other handy man!

Here’s all you need to know: Carlos recently won the #1 Handyman as voted on Angie’s List (the Craigslist for contractors). He is amazing. He may not have a ton of reviews here, but that is no indication of how great he is.
My story with Carlos:
I have known Carlos for 3 years, after I miraculously found him on Craigslist. At the time, I moved into my new home, interviewed about 10 painters and another 10 contractors to get some estimates on some projects I had going on in my head — thinking I could do some monster renovations for under $ 1000 (naturally).
Every other painter and contractor I ran into tried to oversell me. Not only would basic painting cost me $ 15,000, but any additional projects were out of the ball park.
But Carlos was different — immediately, rather than over sell me on how awesome he was (and for the record, he IS awesome) — he talked to me about what things would reasonably cost, how much time they would take, and how some things I was looking to do might be overly ambitious. I could tell, this man had a good heart, was honest, and took a lot of pride in his work.
So, I immediately hired Carlos to do some basic painting. And, when some of the paint dripped weird, he immediately fixed it. When I was ambivalent on a color, he helped me find a better one. I will say, in my experience, NO contractor is perfect (even the $ 135,000 ones leave behind broken light switches or don’t put things back)… but Carlos is as close to it as it comes, and the price is the best in the city. He works very hard to make you happy, he works very hard (period) and he takes a lot of pride in his work
After being thrilled at his work — I asked Carlos to do more, including the trim for my entire house and each room. I *STILL* get compliments on it. (Trim is a pain in the ass, you have to get the angle just right.)
And, even years later, he has come back to tile the backsplash in my kitchen redo parts of my bathroom, paint my boyfriend’s and friend’s house. All of them also love him as much as I do.
It’s weird to speak so highly of a painter/​handyman I met through Craigslist — but seriously, he is a diamond in the rough. Whenever I have a problem or project, he is my first call. I highly recommend him.

Carlos has been a blessing. We’ve had the misfortune of working with several other handymen who’ve lacked basic professionalism (lack of communication and transparency, cancellations, repeated cost overruns, etc). Carlos has been punctual to all 3 appointments (estimates only!), and has even gone as far as to teach my husband (at no charge) how to properly replace our ¾ way light switches after I managed to bungle them. He even showed us a valuable link on Youtube as reference, and had printed out sketches beforehand. In addition, he’s been clear and fair with initial estimates thus far, most of them «set», and already has given us some idea of where the pricing could vary. He’s also scaled us down from larger, more costly projects that others have more than gladly quoted. We’re certainly leaving our bigger jobs for his next visit.

Carlos is reliable, pleasant to have around and completely trustworthy. He does excellent work and pays great attention to detail. He painted my living room and has done countless odd jobs around my house. I would trust him with any task.