You can hang a door, patch drywall, fix a running toilet, and replace a ceiling fan in the same afternoon. You're the person homeowners trust because you actually show up and actually finish. The problem isn't your skills — it's that 'while you're here' is costing you four hours a week in unbillable time, and you're the one who keeps agreeing to it.
Scope creep doesn't happen to you. It happens because of you.
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'While you're here' is the most expensive phrase in the handyman business. The work order form requires a signed line item for every task before work begins. Additional tasks requested during the job go on a change order that gets priced and signed before you pick up a tool. Not after. Before.
You're buying lumber, fasteners, caulk, and hardware at your cost and billing it at your cost. A 15% materials markup is standard, expected, and completely invisible to customers who don't know you drove to the hardware store twice for their job. The materials tracking sheet applies it automatically.
Some jobs estimate well on flat rate. Others run long because of what's behind the wall. The estimate template has both formats — flat rate for predictable work, T&M with a not-to-exceed cap for anything involving discovery. Customers prefer the transparency. You get paid for what actually happens.
You open a wall for a plumbing fix and find mold. You pull a light fixture and find aluminum wiring. Without a service agreement that defines how discovered conditions are handled — and a liability waiver that protects you from pre-existing issues — that discovery becomes an argument about who's responsible.
Every file is fully editable in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or Apple Pages. Add your logo, customize your rates, and brand everything to your business. One purchase, unlimited use across your entire operation.
Hours times your hourly rate drives the base. Skill level premium (basic repairs, carpentry, minor plumbing or electrical, multi-trade complex) adjusts it. Materials cost tier adds the flat amount plus your markup. Urgency factor for same-week and same-day scheduling. Minimum job charge enforced automatically.
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"Customer wanted four extra tasks mid-job. I said let me write that up. Pulled out the change order form, listed the tasks, priced them at my rate, had her sign. Added $340 to the invoice. She paid without a word. That form paid for this entire pack in one afternoon."