The Handyman Business Guide To Success Setting Your Hourly Rates Estimating Handyman Jobs Marketing Licensing Insurance And More
September 30, 2009 by sgtwak
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This book is written by a handyman for the handyman! Before you can make the decision to start your handyman business there are a number of questions that need to be answered. How will you set your rates and how quickly will you be up and running? Are there licensing requirements? What type of work will you be doing and do you have the skills required? How will you market yourself? These questions and many more are answered in “The Handyman Business Guide to Success” by Bob Cheal, owner and operator of Ship-Shape Handyman Services. He shares his experience starting a handyman business and shares the secrets to earning significantly more than the average handyman. There is a Handyman Estimating Guide to help you successfully price your work. This guide assumes labor rates of $50 per hour and includes pictures from actual jobs. “The Handyman Business Guide to Success” will help you move ahead with your own profitable handyman business.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars The Handyman Business Guide to Success
Bob Cheal does a fair job of introducing the topic. If you have ever owned your own business you will be somewhat disappointed. If you have never worked for yourself, Bob has a good outline of what you need to know to start a business, but you will want much more detail. For example: It would be helpful if he showed you what an effective website looked like; some actual ads would be good. Bob tells you to take credit cards, but I would like to know exactly how to do that. Many of the pictures need to be improved. Cheal has made a good start. Now he needs to hire a professional graphic designer and editor and start over on the expanded second edition.
3 Stars Great repair info. Pricing is a joke.
No wonder that this guy wrote an overpriced book. If he charged what he said he did. The overhead, in gas alone, would have bankrupted him. Don’t waste your money.
5 Stars Outstanding resource!
This book has all the pertinent details in a very easy-to-read format. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to start a handyman business.
5 Stars Great Book! Thank you, Bob!
Bob Cheal’s book shares a wealth of knowledge for all handypersons! This is a writer who knows his material from “hands on” experience. Over the years he’s handled a wide variety of projects in many homes, including ours. He’s a thoughtful problem-solver. I like to call Bob our personal house-doctor because he’s authentic, thorough and optimistic. You’ll also find these qualities reflected in his book.
