What I do
Half-day £180, full-day £320, or a fixed price on a specific job. Parts at trade cost. No day-rate creep once quoted.
The small jobs that a builder will not turn out for and a plumber does not cover. Squeaky floors, sticking doors, cracked plaster, dropped shelves. Half-day £180, full day £320.
Spec & pricingGutter clear, gutter re-align, downpipe re-fix, joint replacement. Wide old village-house gutters clogged with orchard-leaf litter, sorted in a half-day. £180 half-day plus parts.
Spec & pricingRotten fascia and soffit patches, timber sash window sill repair, feather-edge closeboard patching, cottage porch timber. Careful matched-timber work on listed-adjacent stock.
Spec & pricingSlipped tiles re-bedded, ridge re-pointing, flashing patched, chimney-side lead reset. Not full re-roofs - the small jobs a roofing firm will not book in for.
Spec & pricingInterior rooms, exterior fascia and soffit, listed-cottage sash-window re-paint, garden-room and porch coats. Fixed price per room, one working day per standard room.
Spec & pricingStorm-damaged panel replacement, dropped gates re-hung, farm-gate hinges rebuilt, orchard-boundary post resets. Same-week callout after a blow.
Spec & pricingDripping taps replaced, isolation valves added, toilet fill-valve swaps, waste-trap replacement, outside-tap installs. Not boiler work - fleet stops at the CH boundary.
Spec & pricingLike-for-like socket and switch replacement, outdoor light re-fix, CU-side isolation and tidy. Part P notifiable work routed to a registered sparks - flagged at quote stage.
Spec & pricingIKEA and equivalent flat-pack assembly, wall-mounted TVs on stud or brick, curtain poles, blinds, floating shelves, bathroom accessories. Fixed price per unit.
Spec & pricingStanding maintenance visits for holiday-let and second-home owners in the CT3 villages. Quarterly walk-round, snag list, fixed price per visit. Winter-check option after gales.
Spec & pricingStandards on every job
Fixed prices, no day-rate creep Parts at trade cost, no mark-up Listed-frontage aware 5% pensioner discount A proper job or you pay nothingSend photos and a one-line description on WhatsApp. Fixed price back same-day on straightforward Wingham jobs; site visit on anything unusual. No pressure, no upsell.