The Handyman & Home Repair Fix Kit
Built for handymen and home repair businesses.
Every dollar you lose in this trade rarely shows up as a bad rate — it disappears in the hours between jobs that never make it onto an invoice: the free estimate at the driveway, the mid-job supply run, the drive across a spread-out service area, the callback you fix for nothing. This kit finds where the money leaks in your own work and gives you the steps and the words to close each one.
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The 7 leaks it covers
5 you can close it · 1 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Only part of the day is billable, so the real hourly is far below the quoteWhere to look first: For two weeks, log every working hour: driving, estimates, supply runs, the job itself, paperwork. Circle the hours that ended up on an invoice.Keep it from coming back: Re-check your billable share every quarter. If it drops, fix scheduling before you lower prices.You can close it
- Work done over the license line can leave the bill uncollectableWhere to look first: Before every job, check it against your state's no-license limit (labor plus materials, whole job). If it's over, don't take it unlicensed.Keep it from coming back: Every job gets a written estimate with a total, checked against your state's line before you start.You can close it
- Day rate set off an employee wage instead of your own business costWhere to look first: An employee wage is what someone earns when the boss pays for the truck, tools, insurance and slow days. You pay all of that yourself.Keep it from coming back: Set your rate from your own cost per billed hour, and re-check it whenever a cost changes.You can close it
- Quoting jobs without knowing your state's no-license dollar limitWhere to look first: Look up your state contractor licensing board's 'minor work' or handyman limit. Read how it counts: most count labor and materials together, for the whole job.Keep it from coming back: Total labor plus materials on every quote before you send it, and check it against your state's line.You can close it
- Paint or repair work on a pre-1978 home without EPA lead-safe certificationWhere to look first: Before you quote painting, sanding, window or demolition work, ask the customer what year the house was built.Keep it from coming back: Ask the year built on every quote. Keep your RRP certification current before it lapses.You can close it
- Lead and marketplace fees paid without tracking cost per converted jobWhere to look first: Pull last month's statements from every lead site or marketplace you use.Keep it from coming back: Check fees per won job every month for each lead site. Drop or cap any site that costs more than the jobs earn.The other side owes it
- Self-employment tax not set aside on every dollar of net incomeWhere to look first: This is a floor, not something anyone owes you back. Open a separate savings account just for taxes.Keep it from coming back: Move the tax share the same day each payment lands, before you spend any of it.A pro decides
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Only part of the day is billable, so the real hourly is far below the quote
You can close it- For two weeks, log every working hour: driving, estimates, supply runs, the job itself, paperwork. Circle the hours that ended up on an invoice.
- Divide billed hours by total hours. That is your billable share.
- Add up a month of costs (truck, tools, insurance, phone, supplies you don't bill, what you pay yourself) and divide by billed hours. That's your cost per billed hour.
- Set your rate above that number, or add a minimum charge or trip fee for small jobs.
- Cut the hours nobody pays for: group jobs by area, buy materials in one trip, quote small jobs from photos.
Nothing recovers past days. This changes the next quote.
Your part: Log the hours, set your rate, and send the notice.
MINIMUM-CHARGE NOTICE (text to customers, and on your quotes): Hi [CUSTOMER NAME], it's [YOUR NAME] with [COMPANY]. Starting [DATE], my rate is [HOURLY RATE] per hour with a [MINIMUM] minimum per visit, which covers the first [MINIMUM HOURS] hour(s) and my drive. If you have a few small jobs, save them up and I'll do them in one visit so you get the most out of the minimum. Anything already booked stays at the old price. Thanks for your business.
Re-check your billable share every quarter. If it drops, fix scheduling before you lower prices.
What this kit can't decide for you: We do not set your price; the rate is your decision.
That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When handymen and home repair businesses go looking for answers, they search things like “handyman business”, “handyman hourly rate”, “handyman rates” and “handyman prices”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
How much should a handyman charge per hour?
Only part of the day is billable, so the real hourly sits below the quote. Set your rate from your own business cost. The kit walks you through it.
Do I need a license for handyman work?
Many states set a no-license dollar limit, and work over the line can leave the bill uncollectable. The kit shows what to check.
Do lead and marketplace fees pay off?
Only if you track cost per converted job. The kit shows how.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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