Licensed Contractor Quality at Handyman Prices

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. Termite and water damage,plumbing most tasks that can not be done by the homeowner

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Ask for references

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. Being honest...showing up on time and doing the work in a professional manner

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. Details are the key,foreknowing what exactly you want really helps us

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. My partner and I have over 40 years of home building /repair experience our quality and attention to detail and clean,safe work ethic is 2 nd to none,we treat each job like its our own home

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. I love meeting and serving new customers

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. How much is it going to cost ?
I generally give an answer

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. We work for quite a few widows...they are amazed at the work we do for them

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. We can only tell our customers how we work...but until they choose us to serve them,most customers are suprised, we work clean and really care

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. I always loved serving...I worked with a gentleman that lived on our block on the weekends,and loved the challange and satisfaction of working hard and sticking with a project until completion

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. the project we are just finishing...18X20 room and bath addition was a job from planning to the last touch up paint...its fun to see a backyard with grass...then weeks later a beautiful home

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. I attend a community college quite frequently,residential construciton,residential electrical,receive "kitchen and bath" and other interior construction publications

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. Planning and building "green" is todays requirement
solar,and alternate power sources,minimal "carbon trail" is the new residential construction protocol

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. 18x20 room and bath addition
11 weeks
working with architect,city of Los Angeles,home owners,subs
managed the construction budget
presented mid job status and materials receipts to customer
roughly $160.00 a square foot

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. Basicly time and material

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Be as honest and up front to the customer
abid by the California State License Board requirements
never ask for more money up front than allowed by law ( 10 % ) of total job
always have an agreement
the customer is always king
be professional
treat your customer as you would want to be treated

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. Is it worth it ? yes !