Handyman Repairs & Maintenance

Buyers do not price a home on its best feature. They price it on the pile of small things that suggest the property has not been looked after. A sticking door, a cracked tile and a dead downlight are individually trivial and collectively expensive.

The defect list a buyer builds in their head

Walk any inspection with a buyer and count what they touch: door handles, tap handles, cupboard doors, window locks, light switches. Every one that sticks, drips or wobbles becomes a mental note, and those notes become a lower offer or a request for a building report.

• Doors and windows that stick, rub or will not latch
• Dripping taps, running cisterns and slow drains
• Cracked, chipped or drummy tiles
• Failed downlights and mismatched globes
• Torn flyscreens and damaged security doors
• Loose handrails, gates and decking boards

Fix, disclose or leave

Not every defect is worth repairing before sale. Some are cheaper to disclose, and some are best left to the buyer’s own preferences. We mark each item on the list so you spend money only where it prevents a larger deduction.

One tradesperson, one visit, one invoice

The reason these jobs do not get done is coordination, not cost. Booking six trades for six small jobs is a fortnight of phone calls. We send one experienced multi-trade person who works the whole list in a day.