We're over capacity right now
We're not taking on new clients at the moment. You're welcome to join the waiting list — there's no promise on timing, and nothing you'll need to send us.
If your job is urgent, please don't wait on us. Worth checking before you hire anyone: recent reviews that describe the actual work, a clear rate agreed before anyone starts, and WCB coverage — it's what covers you if someone is hurt on your property.
Already a client? Nothing changes — just reply on your usual email thread.
Who turns up at your door
For 18 years that has been one person, and the reviews are his. Here is what is true today, and what will be true of anyone else who ever works under this name.
Right now, it is Don
Handyman Reality does not have a crew yet. When you book, Don comes — the same person who built the reputation and answers the email. A founding crew is being formed now, and until someone has been through the vetting below, nobody else works under this name.
The standard anyone here is held to
Not a directory that hands you a stranger with a rating. Every person who ever works under Handyman Reality is vetted personally by Don, and these are the things he will not bend on.
Personally vouched for
Don meets them, and sees their work before they see one of your jobs. If he would not have them in his own home, they do not get sent to yours.
Real skill, honestly placed
People start where their skills actually are. Nobody is sent to a job they are not ready for so that a booking can be filled — being told the truth about what we can do is the whole product.
How they behave in your home
On time, tidy, respectful of the space and the people in it, and straight with you when something turns out to be bigger than it looked.
Backed by the business
Handyman Reality is insured for the business, is a party to the work you book, and warrants that work for 30 days. You are not left holding a dispute with a subcontractor.
What is being built, said plainly
An injury is moving Don off the tools sooner than planned. Rather than winding the business down, he is building the crew he always could have — vetted, guided, and held to the standard the reviews were earned on.
The coverage side of that is being put in place before anyone is sent to a job: workers' compensation registration, insurance access, and the bookkeeping that independent tradespeople usually have to sort out alone. None of it is finished, and we will not pretend otherwise while it is being done.
If you are a handyperson reading this
There is more work here than one person can do, and one or two founding operators are being taken on in Edmonton. Founding operators help shape how this runs.
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