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Handyman in Sherman Oaks
For a handyman in Sherman Oaks who prices the job from a photo, text it to (310) 857-2520 and you hear back with the price within the hour. We cover all of Sherman Oaks, from Chandler Estates to the apartments along Van Nuys and Magnolia boulevards.
Free to quote. Or text the photo to (310) 857-2520.
We know the older houses in Sherman Oaks well enough to read most of them from a picture, so a photo is all we need to price a small repair. If one thing in it leaves a question, you get that one question by text, and then the price.
Close to the 101 and 405 freeways or out by the Sherman Oaks Galleria, it is the same number and the same reply.
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.
Four jobs and the photo that prices each one
A sliding screen door off its track
Patio screen doors come off the track or start to drag once the rollers wear, and the fix is new rollers or a new screen door. We treat all window and door screens the same way, and either fix starts from a photo.
Stand inside with the screen door shut and take one photo of the whole door, then a second close-up of the bottom corner where the roller sits. If the mesh is torn, include that too.
A hole in the drywall
A doorknob dent or a row of old anchor holes is a drywall patch, and the price of drywall and plaster repair depends on how many there are and whether there is plaster under the paint.
Put your hand or a coin next to the hole for size, then step back so the whole wall and its texture are in a second photo.
A door that will not latch
When a door rubs the frame or the latch misses the plate, it is usually the hinges or the frame, and that kind of door repair is a short job when it is caught early.
Close the door as far as it goes and photograph the latch side from inside, so we can see the gap at the top and at the strike plate.
Pictures and mirrors to hang
For picture hanging, the wall and the number of pieces set the price, and a heavy mirror is its own line because it needs a stronger anchor.
Lean everything against the wall it is going on and take one photo of the lot. If anything is heavier than a bag of groceries, say so in the text.
What happens after you send the photo
- Text the photo to (310) 857-2520, any day between 7am and 7pm, with your cross streets.
- Within the hour you get the price by text, or one question if the photo leaves one open. The price covers our labor and the clean-up, with the parts it needs named in the same message.
- Reply with a morning or an afternoon that suits you, and we book it for then. Most jobs are done inside the week.
- On the day we check the job against the photo before we start, and if anything is different you hear it right there.
The longer version is on our page on how it works.
Three things that move the price in Sherman Oaks
- What the wall is made of. A postwar ranch house can have plaster where a newer building has drywall, and each takes its own anchors and its own time. We can usually tell from the photo, and we ask if we can't.
- How we get to it. An upstairs apartment means carrying a TV and the tools up, and that goes into the price. Tell us the floor.
- The parts it needs. New rollers, a strike plate or a bracket are listed with your price, so you see what is going in.
Chandler Estates and the boulevards
Houses in Chandler Estates
Sherman Oaks has postwar ranch houses with the garage attached or detached, and in Chandler Estates it helps to tell us which yours is. A job in a detached garage is a separate building for us to get to, so include a photo of the garage from the driveway.
Inside the house, take the photo from a few steps back, with a doorway or a switch plate in the frame for scale. A ranch house wall and a newer wall look alike up close, and the room around it tells us more than the hole does.
The apartments and condos along Van Nuys and Magnolia boulevards
In an apartment, send the photo of the job and tell us the floor. If the wall is one you share with the next unit, say so in the text.
For TV mounting in an apartment, photograph the whole wall with the outlet in the frame, and text the size of the TV.
Asked by text from Sherman Oaks
Can my tenant send the photo?
Yes, forward it to us, or have them text it to (310) 857-2520 with your name, and we price it the same way and arrange the visit with them directly.
What if I can't tell what the wall is made of?
Say so, and send the photo anyway. If we can't read it from the picture, you get one question back, and the price follows your answer.
How many photos should I send?
One of the job, and one from a few steps back. That is usually enough for a price, and we ask if it isn't.
Send your Sherman Oaks photo to (310) 857-2520, and the price is in your texts within the hour.
The same number covers Studio City, Van Nuys and Encino.
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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