“the TV still in its box”
TV mounting
Mounted level on plaster and brick as well as drywall. Cables tucked out of sight.
Send a photoOpen every day, 7am to 7pm
Los Angeles handyman repairs, priced from your photo. Send the photo. We text back a price within the hour.
The cabinet door hanging by one hinge, or the shelf that's been leaning in the hall since you moved in. Send us a photo and the price comes back before anyone drives over.
Free to quote. Or text the photo to (310) 857-2520.
Gate won't latch anymore. Have to lift it to shut it.
Morning, thanks for the photo. The gate has dropped on its hinges, so the bolt misses the keeper. We re-hang it on new screws and the bolt lines up again. One visit, hardware included. Thursday morning or afternoon?
- A price within the hourBy text, or one question if the photo leaves one open
- Free to quoteThe reply costs nothing, whatever you send
- One-year warrantyText a photo if anything we did acts up
- Done inside the weekMost jobs, on a morning or an afternoon you pick
How the photo price works
For most small jobs a photo tells us enough to price the work, so nobody has to come out and look first. That saves you an afternoon of waiting in for an estimate.
Rather text? Send it to (310) 857-2520.
1 · You
Send the photo
Use the Send a photo button, or text it to (310) 857-2520. Add a sentence on what the thing is doing and roughly where you are. A blurry photo is fine, and two photos beat one.
2 · Us
We text back the price, or one question
Within the hour, 7am to 7pm. Usually the photo is enough. When it isn't, the reply is one question, say whether the wall is plaster or drywall, and the price follows your answer.
3 · You
Pick a morning or an afternoon
We confirm the visit by text.
The number in the text is the number
If what we find at the door isn't what the photo showed, you hear it right there, before any work. Nothing changes without your OK.
Written down before we start
Your price sits in the text thread with what it covers, and that's the price we work to.
What people send us
The jobs that fill our week, in the words they arrive with.
“the tub that needs re-caulking”
Caulking and sealing
Around tubs, showers and sinks, and along the backsplash. We cut the old bead out down to clean tile, and the new one goes on a dry joint.
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“the crack over the door”
Drywall and plaster repair
Holes, cracks, loose tape and water stains, patched to match the texture around them and primed for paint.
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“the mirror still on the floor”
Picture and mirror hanging
Mirrors, art, floating shelves and curtain rods, hung straight and made to stay put.
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“the door that drags”
Door repair
Doors that drag on the floor or won't stay latched. Hinges reset and strikes moved; if it needs it, the edge gets planed to the opening it lives in.
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“the screen the dog went through”
Window and door screens
New mesh in your old frame, or a frame made to measure when the old one is bent. Sliding screen doors set back on their track.
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“the drip under the sink”
Faucets, sinks and disposals
Drips and slow drains, and the shut-off valve that won't turn. New faucets and disposals swapped in for old ones.
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“the bookcase still in pieces”
Furniture assembly
Built square, with the doors adjusted so they close. Tall pieces get strapped to the wall.
Send a photoNot pictured? Send it anyway
If the photo shows work for a plumber or an electrician, the reply says so.
We also get photos of a light fixture or ceiling fan to swap, shelves and curtain rods or blinds to put up, a gate that drags or a split fence board, and cabinet doors that won't stay shut. Shower grout gone dark comes in too, and paint to touch up, a lock or handle that sticks, weatherstripping on a drafty door, a grab bar beside the tub and the sliding door that fights you every morning.
What the visit looks like
By the time we knock, the price is already in your texts.
At the door
Shoe covers go on before we step inside, and a cloth goes down under the work. Then we read the price from your text back to you, so we both start from the same number.
When we're done
We walk you through what was done. The dust goes in our bag and so does the old part. The invoice lands in the same text thread as your price.
If something's not right
A year on our workmanship. If something we did starts acting up, text us a picture of it. We book the trip back from that photo, and that visit is free.
How the price is set, and what moves it
Quoting is free, and the photo is usually all we need. The price arrives as a text and covers our labor and the clean-up, with the parts it needs named in the same message.
When the photo doesn't show the wall or the way in, we ask in the reply, so the price arrives with the right things in it.
If you're a landlord, forward us your tenant's photo. We price it the same way and can arrange the visit with them directly.
What moves the price
- The wall
Old plaster and brick take longer to work in than drywall, and the price says so.
- The access
A hillside stair, a third-floor walk-up, a building that needs the manager's OK, or a block where parking takes a lap. On a two-hour job that hour is real money, so we price it in and say so instead of finding out at the door.
- The parts
A hinge or a strike plate barely moves it. A disposal, a ceiling fan or a screen frame made to measure can be a good share of the price, so it sits on its own line where you can see it.
Older houses, read from the photo
A lot of what we fix is in houses and apartments built before the war, and the photo usually tells us what we're walking into before we've seen the street. Three replies we send often.
The screen that won't fit
That's a steel casement window, so a screen off the shelf never will. We make the frame to its measurements and it sits in the opening the way the original did.
The knob that turns and does nothing
A 1920s mortise lock, the box set into the edge of the door. It usually comes apart and goes back together on the kitchen table. When it won't, we fit a new latch inside the old mortise, so the door keeps its brass.
The window that's been painted shut
That's an original double-hung window, and a few coats of paint have glued the sash to its stops. We cut the paint line and work the sash free so it slides again. If a sash cord has snapped inside the frame, the reply says so and prices that too.
Across the city
We cover Los Angeles County, Santa Monica to Pasadena and the Valley down to Long Beach. If you're not sure we reach you, send the photo anyway. The reply says.
Eastside and central
Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Atwater Village, Glassell Park, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, Boyle Heights, Downtown
Hollywood and Mid-City
Hollywood, West Hollywood, Koreatown, Hancock Park, Larchmont, Miracle Mile, Mid-City, West Adams
The Westside
Mar Vista, Palms, Culver City, Venice, Santa Monica, Westwood, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Marina del Rey
The Valley
Burbank, Glendale, Studio City, North Hollywood, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Woodland Hills
Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley
Pasadena, South Pasadena, Altadena, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Arcadia, Monrovia
South Bay and the harbor
El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Inglewood, San Pedro, Long Beach
Asked by text
Can't find yours? Send the photo and ask it in the message. You get the answer with the price.
Can you tell the price from a photo?
Usually, yes. Get the whole thing in the picture, tell us in a sentence what it's doing, and that covers most small jobs: a door, a patch, a faucet, a screen, a TV going on a wall. When it leaves something open, like how high the ceiling is, we ask that one thing first. Either way you hear from us within the hour.
What if the job is bigger than the photo showed?
We tell you at the door, before any work starts, and you decide whether to go ahead at the new price. Nothing changes until you say yes. Most of the time the photo was right and the price stands.
Can I just text you the photo?
Yes. Text it to (310) 857-2520 with a line on what's wrong and the neighborhood you're in. The price comes back in the same thread, within the hour between 7am and 7pm.
Is there a minimum for a visit?
There is, and it's in the first text with your price, so you know it before you book anything. Several small jobs done in the same visit share it.
Can I send more than one job at once?
Please do. Put a photo of each in the same message and they come back priced together, for one visit. If one needs a part ordered or a night to dry, the reply says which, and the rest still get done on the day.
Do I buy the parts or do you?
Either. If you've already bought it, say so in the message and add the model, whether it's a faucet or a TV bracket. The price we text says which parts are in it, so you see what you're paying for before you book.
I'm in an apartment. What should I tell you?
The floor you're on, and whether there's an elevator. If your building needs notice or a manager's OK before work, say so in the message and we plan the visit around it.
What if something isn't right after you leave?
Text us a picture, the same way you did the first time. If it's our work and it's within the year, the return visit and the fix are on us.
Point your phone at it. We'll text back a price within the hour.
Free to quote, for anything on this page and most things that aren't.
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