Home Repair
Making it Your Vocation

For every homeowner, Home Repair is something that they have to get done at some point in their lives. Small repair jobs are typically taken care of by a handyman, whereas bigger repair works are usually handled by contractors. But regardless of whether you want a career as a handyman, or as a full fledged home contractor; there is a lot of money to be made from Home Repair Businesses.

If you are adept at using hand tools and if you are good at fixing things, then you can have a successful career as a Home Repair Handyman. Even if you do not have any formal training but have picked up valuable practical experience, then that may be all you need to start your handyman business.

Essential equipment:

  • Box of tools
  • Ladder

    As a handyman business is largely dependant on your ability to fix things, the above mentioned basic equipment is enough to get you started.

    Start-up Costs and financing:

    Considering the minimal amount of equipment needed to begin with, your start-up costs for a Home Repair Business are pretty much nil. If you do not have the basic equipment at hand, you may need about $200-$250 to start with. As the start-up costs are so low, you can easily finance your business from your savings or take a cash advance on your credit card.

    Recommended qualifications, skills, and experience:

  • Practical Home Repairing experience
  • Mini Home Repairing courses from local education center
  • Professional Home Repair, restoration, and maintenance certification
  • Self education through repair work at home
  • Apprenticing with a qualified expert

    Advertising and marketing tips:

    There is no dearth of jobs but you have to advertise to be known. The best advertising would be a personal referral. To start off with, you can advertise in the yellow pages, on door hangers, and fliers. Truck signs are also good advertising venues, as are advertising on supermarket bulletin boards. Once you have completed a few jobs successfully, it should be much easier to get work through word-of-mouth publicity.

    Pricing guidelines and income potential:

    As a handyman, the prices for your services will totally depend on what your time is worth. On an average, you can expect to make between $30 and $50 per hour. Materials used are charged extra. If you are an all round expert (plumbing, electrical works, wood worker, painter etc), you can make about $40,000 - $60,000 annually.

    Target Market:

  • Homeowners
  • Landlords
  • Schools

    Tips to succeed:

  • Avoid soliciting door-to-door business as people are increasingly associating this with scams.
  • Keep developing your skills constantly. Learn all you can about new appliances and fixtures, so that you can repair them properly.
  • Always be upfront about what you can and cannot do and then ensure complete client satisfaction. As a Home Repair business is largely dependant on word-of-mouth publicity, this will ensure that you get good references.
  • If you have more work than you can handle (which you very well might), do not hesitate to refuse work. If you take on too much work, the quality of all your work will deteriorate, thus affecting your Home Repair Business negatively.


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