Handyman business software, shown on a fictional handyman and home repair company

Open the demo and you are inside Thistlepeg Home Repair, a fictional handyman and home repair company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a handyman company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The handyman jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Kittredge honey-do visit, six tasks — Six tasks: TV, shelves, tub caulk, door sweep, fill valve, smoke alarms (Time & Materials)
  Schedule: Visit: the six tasks on the list.
• Larkmoor PM unit 4B: faucet and blinds — Kitchen faucet and four blinds, unit 4B (Time & Materials)
  Job notes: Work order 22417 from the manager. Tenant is home after 3; the lockbox code stays with the office..
  Schedule: Work order 22417: faucet and blinds.
• Petrakis pre-closing repair list — Inspection repair items for the sale (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: The buyer's inspection report lists the items; the seller's agent wants a photo of each repair..
• Whitfield bath refresh — Bath refresh: vanity, toilet, paint (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Special-order vanity ordered → Remove the old vanity and toilet → Patch, prime and paint the bath → Set the vanity, top and faucet → Set the new toilet after the subfloor decision → Install the grab bar → Walkthrough with Ms. Whitfield.
  Daily log: “Old vanity and toilet out and hauled. The subfloor at the toilet flange is soft; photos taken and a change order written for Ms. Whitfield.”
• Brzezinski fall maintenance visit — Fall maintenance visit (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Fall maintenance visit.
• Okafor back door replacement — Replace the back door with a pre-hung steel door (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Remove the old door and set the new pre-hung door.

Walk through one handyman job: Petrakis pre-closing repair list

Its schedule, in order:

1. Walk the inspection list with the seller
2. Repair visit: doors, drywall patches, tub caulk
3. Repair visit: handrail, door sweep, smoke alarms
4. Licensed electrician: kitchen and bath outlets, item 12
5. Completion photos and repair list to the agent

Purchase orders on this job: “Kitchen and bath outlets, item 12, Petrakis”.

To-dos on this job: “Send completion photos list to the agent”.

From its daily log:

• Planed the two sticking bedroom doors, patched three drywall holes and re-caulked the hall tub. A photo of each item is on the job. Weather: Clear and cool.

A handyman proposal in the demo: Deck board and railing repair

Thistlepeg Home Repair sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Replace eleven soft deck boards near the steps, re-anchor two railing posts and replace the loose top rail section. Haul away the old boards.

The notes on that lead:

• Soft deck boards by the steps and a loose railing; sent photos
• Eleven boards to replace and two railing posts to re-anchor
• Sent the quote with a stain option

Other handyman leads in the demo

• Inspection repair lists for two listings: Agent has two listings under contract; will send both inspection reports
• Grab bars and a stair handrail at her father's home: Her father lives alone; she pays and wants a visit next week
• Garage shelving and an attic ladder: Measured the garage wall and the attic opening

What goes on a handyman estimate in the demo

From Thistlepeg Home Repair's price list, without the prices:

• Service call and trip charge
• Handyman labor, per hour
• Mount a TV and hide the cords
• Hang a shelf
• Re-caulk a tub or shower
• Replace a door sweep and weatherstrip
• Adjust or plane a sticking door
• Replace a toilet fill valve and flapper
• Replace a kitchen faucet, labor
• Replace a smoke or CO alarm
• Install a blind, per window
• Patch drywall, small hole
• Touch-up paint, one room
• Install a grab bar
• Clean gutters, one story
• Replace an HVAC filter
• Clean a dryer vent
• Winterize the hose bibs
• Toilet, standard height
• Vanity with top, 36 in, special order
• Paint and sundries, one bath
• Shop supplies
• Haul-away, small load

Handyman cost codes in the demo

Thistlepeg Home Repair's own cost codes:

• Trip / service charge
• General labor (hourly)
• Carpentry & trim
• Doors, locks & hardware
• Drywall & plaster repair
• Painting & touch-up
• Caulking & weatherproofing
• Minor plumbing (fixtures & parts)
• Minor electrical (like-for-like)
• Mounting & assembly
• Tile & grout repair
• Flooring repair
• Windows, screens & blinds
• Exterior & siding repair
• Gutters & downspouts
• Deck, fence & gate repair
• Safety & accessibility
• Appliance hook-up
• Materials (resale)
• Shop supplies & consumables
• Haul-away & disposal
• Subcontracted licensed trade
• Rental make-ready
• Seasonal maintenance
• Callback / warranty (non-billable)
• Travel & drive time (non-billable)

Questions about SelfConstruct for handyman work

Is there a handyman version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Thistlepeg Home Repair opens with the business type “Handyman & home repair”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a handyman job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Thistlepeg Home Repair's “Petrakis pre-closing repair list” is a fixed-price job, and “Kittredge honey-do visit, six tasks” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Multi-task service visits and not-to-exceed approvals” for handyman companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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