Home maintenance
The small jobs that keep a house working. Not glamorous, but the things that make a house hard to maintain are often the same things that make it hard to live in.
What we pick up
If we are already doing modification work on the house, the odd jobs get done at the same time. If we are not, it is still worth asking.
Doors and windows
- Doors that stick, drop or will not latch
- Sliding doors off their track
- Window winders and stays
- Locks, handles and closers
Rails and fixings
- Handrails that have worked loose
- Grab rails refitted into solid framing
- Towel rails, hooks and shelving
- Anything that has pulled out of the wall
Water and drainage
- Dripping taps and washers
- Running or rocking toilets
- Gutters, downpipes and leaf guards
- Surface drainage and puddling paths
Outside the house
- Cracked or lifting steps and paths
- Loose pavers and trip hazards
- Gates that have dropped
- Sensor lights and outdoor lighting
Inside the house
- Flooring transitions and trip edges
- Skirting, architraves and making good
- Shelving and storage you can reach
- Patching and repainting after works
Safety checks
- Smoke alarm testing and replacement
- Step edges marked so they are visible
- Lighting levels in halls and stairs
- A walk through to spot what is coming
Why a builder is doing odd jobs
Most maintenance calls in an older person’s home are early warnings. A door that will not latch is a door that will not close in a hurry. A handrail that has worked loose is a handrail that will not hold a fall. A path that has lifted is the thing somebody trips on next winter.
Fixing them properly is cheap. Waiting until they become a modification job is not.
Already having work done?
Put the list together before we start. Trades on site for a bathroom can pick up a dozen small jobs in an afternoon, and you only pay for one visit.
Got a list of small jobs?
A short call is usually enough to work out whether we can help, and roughly what it is likely to cost.
Or ring 0413 623 743