Handyman Extraordinaire

New base for the hinge and re-positioned latch

Allow me to present M. Gomez, the most wonderful handyman I have ever met!  I hear horror stories all the time about how the French workers are rather lackadaisical and march to the beat of their own clocks.  My experience couldn't have been more different, and I want to sing his praises to the skies.

New hotte and new paint job

He made some small and some not so small repairs here. He replaced the hotte (extractor hood) which shorted out when a hard rain caused water to leak down through the vent.  Because the new unit is slightly smaller than the old, it meant a paint job for part of the kitchen wall.  The "gap" was small and I certainly could have lived with it as it was, but he would have none of it.  He also quickly took the front door off the hinges, made a quick adjustment, rehung the door and within 5 minutes it was back in place and once again swinging freely.  He repaired and rehung the shutter in the front bedroom--and then re-positioned the latch so it matched the newly installed one.  Again, they don't have to match--he did that for esthetics rather than function.  So French!!!

New paint

New spot in the WC

No more bare wires in the closet

He installed three new light fixtures for me--no more bare wires with a bare bulb hanging from them--- and drilled some needed holes for handles on my cupboard.  I agreed to pay for the lights and the cupboard--and he was very reasonable.  Let's just say it was considerably less than 50 Euros!! The landlord will cover the replacement hood, the front door and the shutters.  

Finally--handles!!!

I have never seen anyone work quite so fast, but there is nothing slipshod or halfway about his work. He is pleasant, gregarious, and he helped me with my French.  He speaks as rapidly as he works, so he had to repeat--a lot--for me, but he never lost patience.  He has offered to introduce me to his mother-in-law, because she is "nice, too and he thinks "we would get along great."

What a treasure!