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Handyman in North Hollywood
One text to (310) 857-2520 with a picture of the job gets you a price from a handyman in North Hollywood within the hour. We also cover Valley Glen next door and Sun Valley to the north.
Free to quote. Or text the photo to (310) 857-2520.
In a small room you often can't step back far enough to get the whole job in, and North Hollywood has plenty of small rooms, in its bungalows, its ranch houses and its apartment buildings. So we tell you how to get the shot.
If you own a building here, you can send a picture of each job in one text.
What you get when you send a photo
- A price within the hour. We text it back, or ask one question if the photo leaves one open.
- The reply costs nothing. That is true whatever you send.
- Open every day, 7am to 7pm. Most jobs go on a morning or an afternoon you pick, and they are done inside the week.
- No surprises at the door. If what we find isn't what the photo showed, you hear it right there, before any work.
- A year on our workmanship. If it comes loose, that visit is free.
What to photograph in a small house or an apartment
Small bungalows and ranch houses off Vineland Avenue
Take the picture from the doorway or from one corner of the room, and use the wide setting on your phone if it has one. We need the whole wall, even if the job is one hole in the middle of it.
If the job is out in a detached garage down the driveway, take one more picture from the street so we can see the walk.
Apartment buildings off Laurel Canyon Boulevard
Please tell us which floor you are on. If the wall in the picture backs onto your neighbor's apartment, say so, because we need to know that before we choose how to hang anything on it.
If you rent, check with your landlord about holes before you book. You can still send the photo first, since the reply costs nothing.
Newer apartments by the station
A newer building is usually simple to read from a picture, so one wide shot of the wall is often enough. Add the outlet if the job is a TV.
Tell us how far your door is from the street, which is the access part of the price.
Valley Glen and Sun Valley
Both are inside our area, and the reply comes from the same number. Send your cross streets with the picture.
Photograph the job the same way you would in North Hollywood, with the whole wall or door in the shot and one close-up.
Three North Hollywood jobs, and how to frame them
Furniture assembly when you move in
Send a picture of the label on each box and one of the room it is going in. In a smaller place, we also like to see where the pieces can lie while we build them. Our page on furniture assembly lists what we put together.
A window screen to replace
Shoot from inside with the window open and the whole frame showing. If the screen is gone altogether, photograph the empty frame and tell us roughly how wide it is, which is enough to price window and door screens.
Weather stripping or window caulking
Get the whole door or window in one picture, then a close-up of the strip or the caulk. That lets us see how much of it has worn away, and the reply tells you what is going in.
What decides the price in North Hollywood
- The wall you have. The small older houses can have plaster where the apartments have drywall, and each takes different time. Your whole-wall picture usually shows which it is.
- The walk. A detached garage or an upstairs unit off Laurel Canyon Boulevard takes longer to reach, which the reply will mention.
- New pieces. A new screen, a hinge or a door knob is listed with the price.
The wall, the walk and the parts are how the price is set on every job.
Sending your North Hollywood photo, start to finish
- Take the wide picture first, then the close-up.
- Text both to (310) 857-2520 between 7am and 7pm, on any day, with your cross streets.
- Look for the price within the hour, or one question if we need one answered first.
- Reply with a morning or an afternoon, and we check the job against your picture when we arrive.
Our page on how it works has the longer version.
Send the wide shot and the close-up to (310) 857-2520 from anywhere around the 170 Freeway, and the price comes back within the hour.
A photo from Studio City, Burbank or Sherman Oaks gets the same reply.
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.
Text a photo to (310) 857-2520
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