Fixed prices, published. Build your list and see the cost before anyone comes.
Home repairs, improvements and the work most people call a handyman for, in The Woodlands and the towns around it. 102 services: 62 carry a published price, 40 are priced by the hour or by the project. Pick everything that needs doing and one visit clears the list.
One visit, one trip. Add items at their listed price
Up to three things we noticed, graded and priced, at no charge. With every visit.
A FIXED PRICE
$75–$66062 jobs with the price on the page
The price is the price
Pick from the list below and that is what it costs. Confirmed in writing before anyone starts. This is for the jobs you want a number on, not a surprise. A visit has a $195 minimum on labor ($125 for members); your list applies it.
MembersAbout 23% less, on average
BY THE HOUR, OR BY THE PROJECT
$165 an hour40 examples on the list. Not on it? Ask.
For jobs that do not fit a fixed price
How it works
The odd list, the job with too many variables to price from a list, or you simply want an experienced technician in the house for the morning. Take the hourly rate, or ask for one price for the whole project, agreed in writing before we start. Whichever is fairer for the work. The forty services on the list are examples, not the limit: if your job is not there, ask and we price it the same way.
Members$125 an hour
MEMBERSHIP
from $165 a monthThe Cornerstone, the entry membership
The whole house, looked after
How it works
The annual 121-check Home Record, a named technician, licensed trades arranged for you, and the member price on every job on this page. The Home Record is from $595 on joining, for a home up to 3,500 sq ft, and $595 of it is credited back on the last payments of the year for members who complete it.
You save23% on jobs, $40 an hour, a 20% markup on materials instead of 30%See the memberships →
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For example: smoke alarm replaced $95 · exterior locks re-keyed $225 · sticking door re-hung $250.
Not on the list? Ask. The list is where most jobs start, not the limit of what we do.
Text a photograph of it to(346) 882-8282and we reply with the price from the list.
Work by the hour
For anything not on the list, or when you would rather buy the time than a fixed price. The same technician, the same standards, the same warranty.
$165Members $125per hour
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Prices are for a home inside the service area and exclude materials and tax where applicable.
BEFORE THE FIRST FREEZE
Five jobs, one visit, before the first freeze.
Each of these is on the list all year at its published price. Together they are one visit, done before the cold arrives, and every one carries the 365-day warranty.
Hose bib covers fitted and exposed pipe insulated for freeze, whole house$165an hourMembers$125
Weatherstripping replaced, per exterior door$175Members$135
Dryer vent run cleaned$225Members$175
Gutters cleaned and re-secured, single story$325Members$250
Downspout extended or redirected, per run$225Members$175
For a two-story home the gutters are $425.
THE SMALL PRINT, IN LARGE PRINT
What holds the price
A published price is only worth something if you know what it assumes. Here is what it assumes, and the short list of things that stop the work and send us back to you for a new number, in writing, before anything continues.
The price holds when
The work is reachable without moving furniture, appliances or stored belongings
The existing construction is sound, with no hidden rot or damage behind the surface
Power and water are on and the area is clear
Materials are supplied, or are standard items on the truck
Your home is inside the service area
We stop and re-quote when
Opening up reveals damage that was not visible
The wall or frame will not hold a standard fastener
Access needs a ladder above the second story, scaffolding or a crawl space
The work pauses, you get a new number in writing, and nothing continues until you say yes.
30%Buying charge on materials we buy for you, added to our receipted cost. 20% for members. Never less than $80 a visit ($60 for members). Before we buy any single item over $100, we check with you.
365 daysWorkmanship warranty, in writing.Read the warranty (PDF). If our work fails inside a year we come back and make it right.
$195The least a visit costs in labor.$125 for members. It is not a fee on top: your jobs count toward it.
One tripNo second minimum. Everything else on the list is charged at its listed price, in the same visit.
$125Deposit to hold your visit. It comes off your bill. Move the visit 24 hours or more ahead and the deposit moves with it. Cancel 24 hours or more ahead and it is refunded in full; $50 comes back between 24 and 12 hours; nothing inside 12 hours. We accept card, check, Zelle and cash.
On the daySmall items from our truck, such as screws, anchors and caulk, are billed at what they cost us plus 30% (20% for members), with no minimum. If something you were to supply is missing or does not fit on the day, you choose. We come back when you have it, as a new visit. Or we buy it then: the time away is billed at the hourly rate, in quarter hours, and the item at the receipt plus 30% (20% for members). A visit that cannot be finished because something you were to supply is missing is billed for the work done, with the visit minimum. The return is a new visit.
Every visit follows a written standard: how we arrive, how we protect your home, how the work is done and how it is documented. It is the reason our technicians deliver the same result every time.
You know who is comingBefore the visit you receive your technician's name by text, and every technician carries Almanac identification.
We arrive within your scheduled windowIf anything affects the schedule, you hear from us before your window opens, never after it has closed. If we miss your window without calling first, the visit minimum is waived.
You need not be homeIf you would rather not be, a key or a code can be arranged in writing, and the service report tells you what was done.
Your house is protected before work startsFloors, surfaces and anything near the work are covered before a tool comes out.
We clean as we go, and again at the endYou should not be able to tell where we worked except that the thing is fixed.
We treat the house as yours, not a job siteQuiet, tidy, nothing moved without asking, and the price confirmed in writing before anything starts.
AFTER EVERY SERVICE
A written service report, for each service on your list
Every job gets its own report. It is your record of what was done, by whom, and the warranty that covers it.
Join within seven days of this visit and the member saving on it comes off your payment on joining.
SERVICE REPORTone per service
01Before and after photographs
02What was done, and anything you should know about it
03The technician's notes
04Who did the work
05The written 365-day workmanship warranty
06Up to three things we noticed while we were there, graded and priced, at no charge
Yours to keep, for your own records.
What we arrange instead
Some work belongs to a licensed specialist. We do not pretend otherwise, and we do not hand you a phone book. We source the quotes, check the contractor, schedule the work, and keep the paperwork. We add nothing to the contractor's price. For a household that is not a member, that coordination is billed by the hour at $165; memberships include it for a set number of jobs a year.
Roofing
Structural and foundation work
Gas of any kind
Heating and cooling beyond a filter change
Pest treatment
Sewer, septic, wells and pools
Where we work
One service area, kept small on purpose, so a visit is a short drive and a list gets cleared in one trip.
The Woodlands
Spring
Conroe
Tomball
Magnolia
Shenandoah
Oak Ridge North
Every price on this page assumes a home within fifteen miles of The Woodlands. From 15 to 20 miles a trip fee of $35 a visit applies, and from 20 to 25 miles $60. Members never pay it. Farther out? Call and ask before you build a list.