Websites for handyman services
Web design for handyman services: £249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month, no minimum term. Say what you do and what you do not. Vagueness attracts the wrong jobs.
The handyman's problem is scope. Enquiries range from hanging a picture to rewiring a kitchen, and a good share of them are jobs that legally or sensibly need a qualified specialist.
Being specific about the work you take on filters out the time-wasting enquiries and, counter-intuitively, increases the good ones, because customers can tell immediately whether their job is one you want.
What your customers want answered
- What sort of jobs do you do, and what will you not touch
- How do you charge — hourly, half day, or per job
- Is there a minimum charge
- How soon could you come
- Are you insured
A list of typical jobs with pricesFlat-pack assembly, shelves, curtain poles, door adjustments, sealant, minor repairs, small carpentry. A list of real jobs with real prices tells customers exactly what you are for, and turns a vague trade into something people can buy without a conversation.
Implying you can do regulated work
Gas work requires Gas Safe registration, and notifiable electrical work has to be certified. A page that hints otherwise attracts enquiries you must turn down and undermines trust when you do.
The list is the website
People looking for a handyman usually have a list of small jobs nobody else wants: a door that sticks, shelves, a dripping tap, flat-pack, a fence panel. The most useful thing your site can do is show a clear list of the jobs you take on, and the ones you do not, so customers know before they ring.
Say how you charge: by the hour, by the half day, or per job. For small-job customers, a clear minimum charge is reassuring rather than off-putting.
Reliability sells
Handyman customers are often older people, landlords and busy households who have been let down before. Turning up when you said, tidying up, and being someone they are comfortable having in the house matter more than anything. Reviews that mention those things are worth putting front and centre, and a photo of you is better than a logo.
Landlords and agents
If you do maintenance for landlords or letting agents, give them their own section: how they book, how you send photos and invoices, and how quickly you can attend between tenancies. It is steady repeat work and worth asking for directly.
Common questions
- What should a handyman's website include?
- A clear list of the jobs you do and do not do, how you charge, the areas you cover, reviews that mention reliability, a photo of you, and a simple way to send a list of jobs.
- Should a handyman show an hourly rate?
- It usually helps. Small-job customers want to know roughly what they will pay, and a clear rate or minimum charge builds trust.
- Can customers send me a list of jobs?
- Yes. A form where they can list jobs and add photos lets you plan a visit and price it in one go.
We have built this
Benno's Handyman Services
A 61-page site for a one-man handyman covering the whole of Cornwall, with a page written for every town he works in.
Handyman and garden work
Every town page is its own page
Falmouth talks about terraced gardens and salt off Pendennis; Porthleven about storms; Camborne about long terrace gardens and rentals. Google treats each as a page worth indexing, which forty copies of the same paragraph never are.
bennos-handyman.co.uk
Other sectors we build for
Tell me about your business.
One message is enough to start. I’ll read it and reply myself, usually with a couple of questions and a clear price.
Liam Tapp, Website Builds