Day One of the challenge. Start growing your home service business using these daily tips or ignore me and stay stuck! When your sitting in your truck at 8PM tonight, telling your wife you're once again putting out daily fires, think about how you had a chance to get off your truck (or van(....
So I’m a handyman for some extra, I used to work on Airtasker just a few jobs, but now I’m getting clients calling me consistently, I’m struggling on how much I should charge them. How do you guys normally do?
My next jobs is
2 Double bed
2 bed side table
2 Tv on wall
1 Bay window curtain installed (curtains to be provided by me, need to measure first)
1 Curtain installed
How much do you think it’s a fair price?
Been in property circles long enough to see the same nightmare play out over and over: a PM gets a maintenance call, calls a plumber, the plumber can't do the drywall patch, so they call another guy, who's unavailable until Thursday, and now a $300 fix turns into a 2-week saga and an angry tenant.
what's the biggest contractor headache you deal with?
I'm going through this crazy intensive training right now on building sales funnels and I'm actually getting pretty good at this
But I need to practice on real businesses - not just fake ones.
So I'm looking for 2-3 people who'd let me build the first page of their funnel for FREE.
Want more leads? I'll build you a lead funnel. You want to sell something? I'll build you a sales funnel. You want people to book calls with you? I'll create an application funnel.
No catch. I just want to experience (and a testimonial if you love it).
Does anyone have a business and want a free funnel? drop a below or DM me!
Especially If you’re just starting out as a handyman, these are the best online tools to use for getting leads/referrals
Never rely on just one platform... Use Google/marketplaces to get found, a good lead gen source, then something like a digital card, reviews, and follow-ups to turn one job into repeat work and referrals.
Apparently I thought it was just swapping few roofing panels, adjust the roofing panel elevation , extend and relocate the gutter (picture 1 and 2) so I quote them a bit over $300, but then home owner told me they wanted the rotting joist (or anything rotten) to be completely removed and replaced, so I demolished further in and found stuff like those (picture 3 and after). How much should I quote them right now, and how much should I quote them if they wanna dig further.
(and they say they don't know anything, it's like how it is since the moment they bought it from the previous owner)
Thanks guys
Ive worked in grounds maintain for awhile and I’ve been considering starting my own company, what do i need to get started? Ive got tons of tools already and decent experience with a lot of resources available to myself to wing it.
Will i need any kind of licensing? My state is FL and apparently there is no dollar amount limit but the type of jobs are limited, unfortunately i cannot find any resources to tell me what exactly those are.
All advice is appreciated, thanks!
This is happening sooner than expected but I had a chance meeting with someone looking for a light remodel on an investment property and we hit it off. He's looking for a general contractor and I was able to secure a pre-bid site visit.
I have many years of experience in that I've personally "flipped" my 3 previous homes and beat inflation and the market by about 15% with great ROI in the two homes I've already sold. I do good work.
I also have a degree in construction management and am pretty confident in my ability to submit an attractive and competent bid.
That said I don't have any business references or a portfolio other than my own homes.
Other than bidding low, how do I add value for this potential first customer to secure the contract?
He would be taking a risk, but and I want him to know that that I'm aware and willing to work to overcome those doubts.
Thank you!
I kind of bid on this job couple hundred bucks to do a simple repair on this garage that was hit. How bad did I get myself in?
Yesterday, worked a full day job and then some. Customer had an existing mount, of course that didn't fit nor support their new TV. Curtains and rods that don't fit their windows and walls, things kept getting added to the list, etc. A 6 hour, 2-man day turned into 12 for me and 9 for my helper.
This is not the first time something like this has happened, but what do you do in a situation where a client just wants a laundry list of random shit done? They basically begged to get their 90" TV hung as their top priority, however, they didn't mention that it was their top priority until after everything else was done. I went to get the mount, and after 9 hours in, the mounting went about as bad as it could have without actually damaging the TV.
I'm just starting, so I'm desperate for reviews and word of mouth interactions at this point, but what is with people just asking for "one more thing" *endlessly*. It's starting to pay off because within a month I'm already getting booked at a price I didn't think would be possible for a while, but man this sucks ass. Looking for tips just to scope my work better when communicating with clients.
Also, I have a day job and plenty of other stuff going on in life, so my scheduling window is starting to get tight and I can't just always pop in the next day.
Hello, does anyone know how to fix this problem?
My garage door is always caving in towards the garage as it has been slammed or something. I pound it every 3 months or so but never stays in place
What am I missing here? Do I put some long screws through the center or glue it? I dont want to make it worse but would like to fix this gap so its easy to close the garage door
Thank you in advance!
Would you care if your customers saw software branding in their quotes and invoices? What about footers in sms that the software sends out on your behalf?
I'm asking for the software that I've built for handymen, I want it to be the best it can.
Appreciate your input.
The jobs are here, there and around the corner.
If the jobs are already coming in, the money is in the way you organize it.
I'm scared that's going wrong.
What are the biggest struggles for you?
One of the hardest parts of running a home service business isn't the work itself, it's justifying your rate to someone who just got a cheaper quote from a guy with no insurance and no license. How do you handle it? Do you explain your costs, walk away, or meet somewhere in the middle?
Share your trade and region. Pricing conversations look very different depending on where you operate.
I was contracted to finish this with vinyl covers and railings lattice for the bottom and the facia is just more deck boards...
In theory I know how to do this but I have never done it before.
After looking at the materials in full scope I may have under bid this project a bit.
Should I push through or offer a refund? Suppose to start Tuesday.
I'm feeling doubtful in my ability to do this in the 2 days I projected.
Hey all,
I'm a handyman and am busy enough that I need some help from time to time, but not so busy that I can afford a full time guy. Ideally, I'm trying to find semi-skilled guys who I can pay by the day. I don't need guys with 20 years experience or anything. Just guys who can handle things like painting, drywall patches, baseboards, etc. Other than referrals, how do you find your guys?
After years of faithful service, my M12 Muli-tool started smoking and died. It was ALWAYS a little too angry sounding and bothered even my ears. Not sure if it was defective, but it served it's purpose well. I run mostly M12, but do have a couple of M18 tools for when I do stuff that demands it. I will be replacing my M12, but should I consider the M18???
Licensing requirements across trades and regions are all over the place. Some states require separate licenses per trade, some bundle them, some barely regulate at all. If you've gone through the licensing process, what tripped you up the most? Exams, insurance requirements, bond amounts, renewal timelines?