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 12 minutes from Burbank · ZIPs 91604, 91614

Handyman & Home Tech Services in Studio City, CA

Studio City hillsides and flats — networking, home theater, cameras, appliances and handyman work over the hill from Burbank.

  • All eight service lines available across Studio City
  • 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 Studio City

Studio City runs from the Ventura Boulevard flats up into the Hollywood Hills, and where your house sits on that gradient determines almost everything about the work it needs.

The flats south of Moorpark and around Colfax Meadows are mostly 1940s–1960s single-family homes on flat lots: the standard punch list, appliance service, and straightforward network installs. The hillside streets — up toward Mulholland, through Woodbridge, Laurel Terrace and the canyons — are a different job entirely. Multi-level houses built into slopes, detached garages up or down a flight of stairs, long driveways, and homes where the router ended up on whichever level the cable entered. Wi-Fi in a three-level hillside house is a genuine engineering problem and it is the single most common call I take up there.

Studio City also has a dense concentration of home offices, editing suites and recording setups — this is a neighborhood full of people who work in post-production. Workstation support, reliable networking, backup that actually runs, and AV setup are ongoing needs rather than one-off calls.

What I get called for in Studio City

  • Whole-home Wi-Fi across three-level hillside houses
  • Editing workstation and render-box diagnosis and upgrades
  • Home theater and screening setup with proper calibration
  • Camera coverage on long hillside driveways and multiple approaches
  • Deck, railing and outdoor structure repair on sloped lots
  • Appliance repair in flats-area 1950s kitchens
  • Network storage and backup setups for creative work
  • Detached garage and studio connectivity

Neighborhoods and areas covered

  • Colfax Meadows
  • Studio City flats
  • Woodbridge Park
  • Laurel Terrace
  • Fryman Canyon area
  • Ventura Boulevard corridor
  • Silver Triangle
  • Carpenter Avenue area

Local notes

Hillside access. Long stairways, narrow streets and limited parking are normal here. Tell me about access when you book and I'll plan the visit accordingly — it affects nothing about the price, but it does affect how much gear I stage at the door.

Creative workstations. If you're losing renders, dropping frames or getting instability only under sustained load, that's a diagnosable pattern — usually thermal, power delivery or memory — not bad luck. Worth a real diagnosis before you buy a new machine.

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.

Studio City questions

Can you fix Wi-Fi in a multi-level hillside house?

Yes, and it's the most common Studio City call. The answer is nearly always multiple access points with wired backhaul, placed one per level. Extenders do not solve this; they usually make it worse. A three-node system with the cable runs typically lands at $380–$650 in labor plus hardware.

Do you support editing and post-production workstations?

Yes. Thermal throttling, power supply issues under GPU load, memory instability on long jobs, scratch drive failures, multi-monitor and color-managed display problems, and network storage. On-site so you never break down a calibrated setup.

How quickly can you get to Studio City?

Usually same-day or next-morning. It's about twelve minutes over the hill from Burbank outside of rush hour.

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