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twodadshandymen's avatar
twodadshandymen
Contributor 2
23 days ago

Should a handyman business focus on small quick jobs or scale up to larger renovation projects?

Hi everyone, this is our first post on the jobber home services community. I got a question for all the handymen and contractors here.

My brother and I started doing this full time 6 months ago and we went from doing little tiny jobs like changing a faucet, to now a full sized (what we feel is like a general contractor) complete basement renovation from demo, framing, drywall, muddying, painting, flooring, baseboard/trim, tile, vanity installs, etc… what’s has your experiences been?

Would you recommend we continue scaling up and hitting on more people, or dial it back to just the smaller jobs?

We’ve noticed that the smaller jobs are nice because you can get a pay out quicker and the big jobs it’s a month or two months since it’s such a long process. We’re just trying to see what is our next step?Scale up and take on these new levels of responsibility and risks, it stays small, and although it may not be as glamorous, get ahead with these smaller, quicker turnaround jobs.

Thank you guys. Appreciate any input!

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  • ItsJustMe's avatar
    ItsJustMe
    Contributor 3

    Hi to everyone, My question goes out to all of you who started taking on the bigger jobs. Did you already have the skills to to do those jobs or did you have to hire on experienced help to get those jobs done? Thanks for this great question from twodadshandymen​, I just recently had my LLC approved and I'm working toward saving up some more start up funds to get started. I didn't realize how expensive it is to to run a handyman business until I started to really look into starting my own business.

  • Deposits and progress billing are an industry standard, and you need to establish what you think is fair for all parties. After all, you have to be able to pay your workers and parts houses.