Doors that stick, hinges that squeak, drawers that won’t close right, a running toilet, a loose railing, a window that won’t stay open. Most of what goes wrong in a house is small on its own — it’s the accumulation that wears on you. I fix these as they come up, without needing to book a separate trade for each one.

New light fixtures, shelving, blinds, towel bars, ceiling fans, TV mounts, grab bars, smart locks. If it needs to go on a wall or replace something that’s already there, this is where it lives. Most of these I can bring what’s needed for in a single visit.

Sometimes the hard part isn’t the work, it’s figuring out what the work actually is. A kitchen renovation, a bathroom update, a bigger reno you’ve been circling for a while — we sit down together, work through what you actually want, and put together a clear package you can take out for quotes. It’s the thinking-through stage, done properly, before money and contractors get involved.

Project Support Handling the pieces around the trade, so you don’t have to.

Sometimes a job calls for a specialist, and my role shifts to management. Prepping the space before they arrive, meeting the trade on site to walk through the scope and get quotes, being there so you don’t have to take time off work or rearrange your day. Once the work is done, I check it over before you sign off. You get someone looking out for the job on your behalf, start to finish.

Trades tend to stop right at the edge of their own scope. An electrician wires the new outlet but won’t patch the wall they opened up to get there. A counter installer sets the slab but won’t hook up the sink. That gap between trades is real, and it’s usually left for you to figure out — a second call, a second wait, a second stranger in your house. I close that gap. Whatever’s left over once the specialist packs up, I finish it.

The things that prevent problems rather than fix them — checking caulking, swapping filters, clearing gutters, tightening what’s worked loose. Nothing dramatic, just consistent attention over time.

Light exterior work — basic yard care, clearing, simple landscaping tasks, surface cleaning, and keeping outdoor areas orderly and maintained. I have a full complement of powerful, quiet electric tools: mower, hedge trimmer, edge trimmer, blower, chainsaw, and more.

If you’ve lived somewhere a while, things pile up. It’s natural, but it can start to feel restricting — spaces that used to work for you slowly stop being usable at all. Over the decades I’ve developed different organizational systems, ones that respect and honour the worth and memory behind items while still taking back some control over how they sit in your home.

Sometimes that means revitalizing something — giving it a proper place, a new use, a second life. Other times it means letting go, and doing that at a pace that feels right rather than all at once. Either way, we go through it together, calmly, so it never feels like a shock and you always have room to sit with the decision.

This is a time when a routine visit really starts to pay off. 

I run a pickup with a flat deck, plus a trailer, so this covers more ground than a quick errand. Clearing out a corner of the yard or a room and hauling the load to recycling or the dump. Picking up a barbecue, some furniture, a bulk order from the hardware store. Taking a run of boxes to storage. If you’d rather come along — pick something out in person, see what you’re getting before it’s loaded up — we can make it a trip together instead of a drop-off.

Some things are worth building right rather than patching in place. I have a shop with the equipment for that — welding, metalwork, cabinetwork, custom fabrication, pieces that need more room and precision than a kitchen counter allows. If it’s a repair or a build that deserves proper attention, it can go back to the shop and come back done well.