House calls across Shenandoah County
I’m Kota. I fix laptops, phones, Wi-Fi and old family videos for people around the county. Before I touch anything, you’ll know what’s wrong, what it costs, and whether it’s worth fixing at all.
Most jobs run $30–$150. I usually reply the same day.
Most jobs land between $30 and $150.
If something isn’t worth fixing, I’ll tell you that instead of charging you to find out. You get a clear price before any work starts, and if anything changes halfway, you hear about it first.
How pricing worksA few real jobs from this year. No names, just the problem and how it ended, including the one I couldn’t save.
Video & audio · VHS tape, already digitized
A family party shot on a VHS camcorder, later transferred to a video file. The sound came through badly distorted. I worked through all 43 minutes of audio.
The voices came back out.
$100Fall 2026
Laptop repair · HP laptop, 2021
The drive was fine. It was a storage setup HP used around 2021 that fails in a way nobody warns you about. New SSD, fresh Windows 11.
Back to the owner in three days.
$150Fall 2026
Speed-up · Dell 2-in-1, 2017
The old spinning hard drive was the bottleneck. Swapped in an SSD, doubled the memory, clean install of Windows 11.
Same machine, feels new.
$150 with partsSummer 2026
Diagnosis · iPad, 2012
I couldn’t save this one, and I said so. I still went through it to make sure the photos weren’t trapped inside before handing it back.
An honest answer instead of a bigger bill.
$30Summer 2026
Homes and small businesses. If it isn’t on this list, ask anyway. Most things plug into something I’ve worked on.
“Magic Hand.”
That’s what teachers and staff at the schools where I work started calling me. I’m the one they find when a laptop, a projector or the Wi-Fi stops cooperating, and I’ve been doing this kind of work for over 15 years.
People kept asking for the same help at home, so I started Shenandoah Tech Forest. Same approach: I fix it, and I explain what happened in plain English so it doesn’t feel like magic next time.
More about me“Kota came to my house and he is awesome at what he does. He helped us with our computer and we were very grateful. He set up our new computer in a little no time. He definitely knows his trade and I recommend him highly.”
Tell me what’s going on in a sentence or two. I usually reply the same day with what I think is wrong and roughly what it would cost.
