The home repair part of our service keeps busy doing minor around-the-house repairs...including changing light bulbs!
Yes! Seriously, this is awesome. Before Bob moved in I paid an older guy on my street to mow my tiny lawn because it is a job I loathe. He also dogwalks/dogsits for a bunch of people in the neighborhood, actually.
God, I'd hire smonster in a flash as my handy-housewife were she in the area. Still trying to find one here. All my friends' ones (mostly handy-househusbands) aren't taking new clients.
Really, anything people hate to do is ripe for a service -- like, our yard guy is a GIFT FROM THE [INSERT PREFERRED SUPERNATURAL BEING], not so much because of the tiny amount of lawn which we could actually do ourselves, but because he cleans the fucking gutters.
smonster, you might want to try partnering with someone who can throw you the smaller jobs that they don't want to take, and when one of your jobs gets bigger, you call them.
Vortex, that's a good idea. Thanks! Thanks to everyone for the ideas and counsel.
I am so very blessed to have an abundance of helpful handy types to help with the dog walking and ladder climbing and vermin cleanup and all sorts of stuff I need help with. They even volunteer to do things for my friends and parents too.
There are lots of people here that run errands, cook, shop, and a such for hourly rates. We have a large senior and seasonal population that really need and utilize the services.
God, I'd hire smonster in a flash as my handy-housewife were she in the area.
So would I! It's not even stuff I *can't* do; it's just that I'm not real good at it, and so I put it off, and so I've been living here for three years and still haven't painted the upstairs bathroom or hung curtain rods in three rooms.
And in all seriousness, smonster, I can't be the only single woman who ever had a bad experience with a workman in her home; I bet that a female handyman with credentials like yours would be in high demand.
I've found it! The perfect job! [link]
WAIT. It's dog walking and minor PITA tasks? Why don't I have this in my life? I will pay.
Yup. Dog walking, home repairs, house cleaning and...coming soon...home cooking.
You got a problem, yo, I'll solve it.
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Or, rather, my partner's company will solve it.
I've found it! The perfect job! [link]
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