A handyman’s customer has a list. A curtain pole that has been leaning in the hall since March, a wardrobe still in its boxes, a TV to go on the wall, a gate that drags, bathroom silicone gone black. They search “handyman near me” or “flat pack assembly Dublin” and they are looking for one thing above all: a clear list of jobs you do, with a price, from someone who looks like they will actually turn up. Websites for handymen in Dublin mostly say “no job too small” and little else. The one that lists forty jobs by name wins, because that is what people type.
The list is the website
People do not search for a handyman. They search for the job: “hang a door Dublin”, “mount TV on wall”, “put up shelves”, “assemble flat pack wardrobe”. So the site is built around a long, plain list of what you do, grouped the way a customer thinks: things to hang, things to fix, things to assemble, things to seal and paint, things outside. Each one is a line a search can land on.
Say what you do not do as well. If you will not touch gas, a consumer unit or a roof, say so, and point them to a plumber or an electrician instead. People trust a tradesman who knows his edges.
Rate, minimum, and the “while you’re here” job
Handyman work prices by the hour or the half day, with a minimum charge that covers getting there. Put all three on the page. Then the thing every handyman knows: once you are in the house, the list grows. “While you’re here, could you look at…” A line saying that extra jobs on the day are welcome and charged at the same rate, with materials at cost, turns that moment from awkward into profitable. Say whether you supply fixings and small materials or want the customer to have them bought.
A photo on WhatsApp instead of a phone call
You cannot answer the phone from the top of a ladder with a drill in your hand. The site’s WhatsApp button, with a line saying “send a photo of the job and where you are, and I’ll come back with a price this evening”, moves the whole conversation to a time that suits you. Most small jobs can be priced from a photo. The ones that cannot, you say so and arrange a look.
Landlords, agents and the Monday list
The best handyman customers are the ones who ring every month: letting agents with a list from Friday’s inspections, landlords between tenants, older people who want one person they trust for everything, and families who save things up. A short section for agents and landlords, with how you invoice, how you handle keys, and that you send a photo of the finished job, brings in the steady work that fills the gaps between the one-off curtain poles.
Before and after, taken on your phone
A handyman’s photos are small and ordinary and they sell. The leaning pole and then the straight one. The black silicone and then the white. The TV on the wall with no cable showing. The gate that closes. A dozen pairs, taken in the house’s own light with the customer’s permission, and the trust problem of letting a stranger in is half solved. If you have none, start on Monday and send them to us as you go; the site goes live and the photos get added from your phone.
Autumn draughts and January boxes
The handyman year has its moments. October and November bring draught excluders, gutter brackets, outside lights and the jobs people want done before Christmas. January is flat pack from the sales and TVs from the sales. Spring is sheds, fences and garden gates. A line on the page for the season, changed in a minute from the private edit page, matches what you are being asked for.
What we need from you
Your list of jobs, as long as you like. Your hourly rate, minimum and half-day rate. The areas you cover. Your insurance. Whether you supply materials. Twelve before and after photos, or a promise to start taking them. Ten minutes, and the list can arrive as a voice note if that is easier.
Plan and price
Essentials, €499 to set up and €50 a month, is right for nearly every handyman: the site with the list, the WhatsApp and call buttons, the Google listing and the monthly report, no contract, VAT on top. Complete adds a chat box that can answer “do you do Lucan” and “do you hang mirrors” while you are on a ladder, and ads if you want them. Both are on the pricing page, and what a small business website should include is a good read before we talk.