If you need a handyman for straightforward fixes, repairs, and home construction projects, there’s nothing better than being friends, relatives, or neighbors with one yourself.
There’s a retired police officer in my condo building who is a handyman in his spare time.
Since his wife passed away last year, he has been working more hours than ever before. It’s nice paying to pay him to complete a DIY project because he’s patient enough to teach me as he goes along. This helped me figure out how to use power tools like saws and drills for the first time in my life. He also doesn’t charge nearly as much as the other handymen in town. I still like to tip him well whenever he’s over at my unit, especially if it’s a difficult job like fixing a u-pipe underneath a bathroom sink. Despite his wide skills, he has told me repeatedly that he isn’t qualified, nor certified, to service, maintain, or repair my heating and cooling system. He told me that I need to trust my air conditioner and furnace in the hands of a trained professional. My coworker learned this lesson the hard way when he hired his younger brother to completely replace his central HVAC system in his house. His brother permanently damaged the new machine trying to fit it into the space where my coworker’s old air handler used to sit. The air conditioner wouldn’t work properly but his brother eventually gave up. In the end my coworker had to pay even more money to have a professional finally do the job the correct way.