
Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
Free estimates
Small jobs welcome
Credit card accepted
"Joe was Very professional, reliable, and efficient. Showed up on time, did great work, and left everything clean. Highly recommend!"





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
Free estimates
Small jobs welcome
Credit card accepted
"Joe was Very professional, reliable, and efficient. Showed up on time, did great work, and left everything clean. Highly recommend!"





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2022
Free estimates
Warranties offered
"Steve is an excellent handyman. He was flexible to work with our busy schedule and arrived on time. Very soft spoken and respectful gentleman, I must say. Repair Job he did on our zipline was anexcellent quality, and after the job he ensured no mess was left behind, and site was clean. Cherry on the top, his service charges were very reasonable. Highly recommended."

Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
Super Service Award Winner
In business since 2000
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"Promptly returned call. Set up service quickly. Job was done carefully. Will definitely use again! Highly recommended!"





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2025
Free estimates
Small jobs welcome
"JAAC was my first caller for my very small job, and Liliana was so nice to me about my request, that she energized me to try the job by myself. I accomplished it. Liliana then called me back right after I had done it and I explained that she was so accommodating to talk to that I was inspired to try it on my own. Again, Liliana was so amazingly nice and told me that she and her husband had planned to give me a very good price, but was happy that I had done it myself. The call ended with me thanking Liliana and her husband for their kindness and saying that I have found the handyman I will use for any future project. Thank you again JAAC. I will call you whenever I need some help."





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2021
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"Perfect service arrived early and completed job perfectly."





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
Warranties offered
"I have cabinet space under my kitchen sink that holds my trash and recycling containers, along with some cleaning products. The bottom of the pullout cabinet broke, so I hired Matthew Rose Carpentry to rebuild the cabinet portion. He not only rebuilt it, he added two wooden partitions in back of my trash and recycling containers to better hold up my cleaning products, which used to tip over at times when I opened the cabinet. The cabinet now does a 'soft close,' which I never had before. Great job! He also replaced the door threshold to the main entrance of my home. Very nice work. And he's very pleasant and easy to work with. You'll be pleased, both by his demeanor and the quality of his work."





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
Super Service Award Winner
In business since 2005
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"Luigi was great! He responded to my request in about 10 minutes from when I created it and completed the jobs the next day. He was very professional and his rates is reasonable. I highly recommend him."





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Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2000
Free estimates
Small jobs welcome
"Very nice, punctual and professional. Fees are reasonable and work product performed to specification. I will absolutely hire them again."

Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2015
Free estimates
Credit card accepted
"Excellent experience with their handyman service. I put in a request for a towel bar install in a guest bathroom. JD Construction responded right away and an appointment was scheduled for the following morning. The job was done well and I am very pleased. I highly recommend JD Construction and I will use them again!"

Serving Newtown, CT and surrounding areas
Approved
In business since 2018
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"DAVID IS AMAZING ! I have a 10 foot long closet that i tried fixing myself 3 times and it was a nightmare that wouldnâ  t end my clothes were all on the ground and my room was a mess ! Nobody would take the job and if they were willing to hear my story their price was astronomical. I called the cleaners and builders and David and i agreed on a fair price and picked a day for him to get started working on the closet, his flexibility was perfect for my schedule. He put the closet up extremely professional and was nice and upfront about the whole process it was extremely hard to find an honest handyman and let me tell you for now on heâ  s my guy ! Also as a bonus after the job was done he followed up came back to check if everything was good and also refunded me the amount from the materials that were refundable after the job was done. 10/10 in my book ! Thank you again for resolving my closet problem in such a timely manner."





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