I was just reading the thread by Wanderingoak about a Contractor vent.
I would think that there would be a great market for a Handyman that could do many small jobs for people who cannot. The world is full of singles who haven't the skills or strength to fix things. I do know that at least one builder in the country has started franchising a handyman service in conjunction with his contracting business. I saw something about this on HGTV, I believe.
I am a single woman, now 70 yo, and often need some small help. I have been very blessed to find a pair of young men who will work on weekends. They have installed my greenhouse, trimmed some trees, built some nursery beds. They will rent a posthole digger and put in all my corner posts for some fence I want to build. I have a chicken house to build and some rabbit cages and shelter to put together. I had a bunch of piles of manure, leaf mulch and sand to move around, so we rented a bobcat and got it all spread out. These guys are innovative, seem to catch my vision, and make it happen. I can even leave them alone to do their work.
I pay these guys--one $20/hr and the other $15/hr. Yea, I know it is expensive, but they are helping me get to the place, where I can maintain and operate this place on my own. I wish I had done this on the WA state property. I'd have been money ahead.
I would think if someone were strong and handy, that they could find plenty of work doing this kind of stuff. I think you would need to do some research about liability insurance, and be careful about pricing your work. It would probably take a little while to build the business, but once the word gets out that you are dependable, cheerful, knowledgeable, and can catch the vision--you'll have all you can do and then some!
Sandi
I would think that there would be a great market for a Handyman that could do many small jobs for people who cannot. The world is full of singles who haven't the skills or strength to fix things. I do know that at least one builder in the country has started franchising a handyman service in conjunction with his contracting business. I saw something about this on HGTV, I believe.
I am a single woman, now 70 yo, and often need some small help. I have been very blessed to find a pair of young men who will work on weekends. They have installed my greenhouse, trimmed some trees, built some nursery beds. They will rent a posthole digger and put in all my corner posts for some fence I want to build. I have a chicken house to build and some rabbit cages and shelter to put together. I had a bunch of piles of manure, leaf mulch and sand to move around, so we rented a bobcat and got it all spread out. These guys are innovative, seem to catch my vision, and make it happen. I can even leave them alone to do their work.
I pay these guys--one $20/hr and the other $15/hr. Yea, I know it is expensive, but they are helping me get to the place, where I can maintain and operate this place on my own. I wish I had done this on the WA state property. I'd have been money ahead.
I would think if someone were strong and handy, that they could find plenty of work doing this kind of stuff. I think you would need to do some research about liability insurance, and be careful about pricing your work. It would probably take a little while to build the business, but once the word gets out that you are dependable, cheerful, knowledgeable, and can catch the vision--you'll have all you can do and then some!
Sandi