Serving Burbank & 25 miles around it Same-day & next-day slots (747) 344-7727
Armen Hammer — handyman, appliance and technology services in Burbank, CA

About 15 minutes from Burbank · ZIPs 90026, 90039

Handyman & Home Tech Services in Silver Lake, CA

Silver Lake hillsides and flats — creative households, technical homes and careful repair work.

  • All eight service lines available across Silver Lake
  • Free estimates by phone, photo or in person
  • Flat prices agreed before work starts
  • 90-day labor warranty
Free estimates · Flat prices agreed up front · 90-day labor warranty · Text photos for a fast quote
Fully insuredGeneral liability coverage on every job
Same-day slotsMost calls answered inside two hours
90-day labor warrantyIf the fix doesn't hold, I come back free
Straight answersYou'll be told when a job needs a licensed pro

Working in Silver Lake

Silver Lake is built on hills around a reservoir, and its housing is a genuinely unusual mix: 1920s Spanish bungalows, mid-century modern gems, hillside homes on stilts, and newer infill. Almost nothing here is on flat ground, which shapes every job.

Hillside construction means detached garages at street level with the house below, entries reached by stairs, decks cantilevered over slopes, and multi-level floor plans. For networking that means one router will never work. For cameras it means thinking carefully about the actual approach paths, which on a hillside lot are often not what you'd assume. For outdoor structures it means leveling and anchoring are the real work.

Silver Lake households skew creative and technical — a lot of designers, musicians, editors, writers and people running businesses from home. Home studio setups, reliable networking, backup systems and workstation support are steady requests, alongside the standard old-house list.

What I get called for in Silver Lake

  • Multi-level hillside home Wi-Fi with wired backhaul
  • Home studio, podcast and creative workstation setup
  • Deck, railing and stair repair on sloped properties
  • Careful repair in 1920s Spanish and mid-century homes
  • Camera coverage of stair entries and hillside approaches
  • Appliance repair in small and awkward kitchen footprints
  • Network storage and backup for creative work
  • Sunset Junction small-business camera and network work

Neighborhoods and areas covered

  • Silver Lake reservoir area
  • Sunset Junction
  • Silver Lake Hills
  • Ivanhoe
  • Micheltorena Hill
  • Moreno Highlands
  • Echo Park border
  • Rowena corridor

Local notes

Mid-century houses. Silver Lake has real architectural stock — post-and-beam, exposed ceilings, clerestory glazing, original built-ins. These houses have almost nowhere to hide cable, and no attic to run it through. Solutions exist (surface raceway matched to the finish, exterior routing, MoCA over existing coax, careful floor-level runs) but they need to be chosen deliberately. I'll show you the options before anything is committed.

How a job actually goes

  1. 1

    Tell me what's wrong

    Call, text a photo, or fill in the form. Photos of the model plate or the problem area cut the guesswork enormously.

  2. 2

    Get a real price range

    You get a range before I drive out, not after. If it's a job that needs a licensed contractor, I'll tell you that on the phone instead of wasting your time.

  3. 3

    I show up in the window

    You get a text when I'm on the way. Shoe covers, drop cloths, and the work area left cleaner than I found it.

  4. 4

    Pay when it works

    Flat price agreed up front. Card, Zelle, cash or check. Parts I install carry the manufacturer warranty and my labor is guaranteed for 90 days.

Silver Lake questions

Can you run network cable in a house with exposed beams and no attic?

Yes, with the right approach. Options include exterior routing entered at strategic points, MoCA adapters using existing coax, low-profile raceway color-matched to the finish, and careful routing behind furniture lines. In a mid-century house the wrong solution is very visible, so we plan it together first.

Do you do work on hillside decks and stairs?

Repair and maintenance work, yes — board replacement, railing tightening, hardware, and finish. Structural work on a cantilevered or elevated deck requires a licensed contractor and usually a permit, and I'll tell you clearly when your deck is in that category. That's a safety issue, not a formality.

Can you help set up a home studio?

Yes — interfaces, monitors, acoustic placement advice, computer configuration, network storage, backup, and getting the whole signal chain stable. Room treatment placement advice comes free; moving a monitor eighteen inches is usually worth more than a hardware upgrade.

What neighbors say

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“Our Samsung fridge stopped cooling on a Friday. Armen came out the same afternoon, found a failed evaporator fan, and had it running before dinner. He showed me the old part and explained exactly what happened. No upsell, no drama.”
Marisol R.Magnolia Park, Burbank · Appliance Repair
“Three-story townhouse with Wi-Fi that died on the top floor. He ran a hardwired access point instead of selling me another extender, and now I get full speed in every room. He labeled every cable in the closet too.”
David K.Glendale · Networking & Wi-Fi
“Four cameras around the house plus a doorbell, all on my phone. He walked the property with me first and moved two camera positions based on where our packages actually get dropped. Clean cable runs, nothing hanging.”
Susan T.Toluca Lake · Security Cameras

Something broken, unfinished, or driving you crazy?

One call covers the house and the office — from a leaking faucet to a dead laptop to four cameras and a new router. Free estimates, no trip charge inside Burbank.

Call (747) 344-7727