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Recent Handyman reviews in Essex

Came very fast, polite and very knowledgeable.

Blinds repair

£100

Jason was so helpful and did a great job! Would 100% recommend and hire him again

Carpenter to fill holes on kitchen cupboards doors and drawers

£200

Gee is great. Very professional and tidy when carrying out the work. Did a wonderful job with fitting multiple internal door handles and corrected a number of mistakes made by a previous contractor. Would definitely book again. Thank you.

Add door handles to internal doors

£100

Kamal worked really hard and efficiently to get the handyman tasks done. Will definitely book him again

Handyman - several tasks

£200

Rykki did an outstanding job fixing the blinds in my parents home, displaying both skill and professionalism. He also helped us fix one of the toilet seats at no additional cost. My parents are thrilled with the quality of his work and his thoughtful gesture, and they have expressed their confidence in working with him again in the future. We truly appreciate his excellent service and highly recommend him to others.

Fix two blinds within the next week

£20

Abu is very friendly polite and patient ti explain what he intends to do and ask if you are happy with it.

Fix two wall mirrors, Rail to put pictures in the lounge, put curtain

£100

What's the average cost of a handyman in Essex

£60 - £150

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£60

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£100

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£150

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Recent Handyman tasks in Essex

Installation of sun shade canopy 3mx2.5m - with crank handle

£300

Churchgate Street, Essex

25th Apr 2026

I have a 3mx2.5m sun shade canopy. I would like to have it installed

Perfect fit blind repair

£300

Springfield, Essex

25th Apr 2026

Perfect fit blind chord snapped

Install 3 Internal Doors

£250

Queen's Park, Essex, CM12

24th Apr 2026

Installation of 1x new 30 inch fire door and softwood fire frame. Installation of 1x new 27 inch normal door using existing frame. Re-hanging of 1x 27 inch normal door using existing frame. All 3 doors include handles, hinges and latch. All materials to be supplied and no removal required - all openings will be in place.

Install 2 Internal Doors

£250

Queen's Park, Essex, CM12

24th Apr 2026

Installation of 2x new 30 inch fire doors and softwood fire frames, including handles, hinges and latch. All materials to be supplied and no removal required - all openings will be in place.

Carpentry and handy man services

£300

Brentwood, Essex, CM15

23rd Apr 2026

I have a number of jobs. 1. Small piece of carpentry required within fridge freezer housing unit to hide gaps. 2. Floating shelves to put up (I have them pre made) just will need cutting down slightly and putting up 3. Tv bracket to wall 4. Blind to be put up

Basketball hoop installation to brick wall

£50

Sudbury, Suffolk

22nd Apr 2026

Install 4x VERY LARGE bolts into garden brick wall ensuring the basketball hoop is installed correctly & professionally

Drain waste pipes from kitchen sink

£25

Clayhall, Greater London

22nd Apr 2026

Hi All I got drain problems which makes kitchen sink block all the times I have to unblock and clear everything the second day the block is back I have been told the only solution is to raise the kitchen sink up a little bit to make pipes slope to the drainage system because they don’t look slope at the moment and is a 9th floor flat and install a little bit wider pipes to make the water run through them easily

Install a Brabantia wallfix washing line

£40

Loughton, Essex, IG10

21st Apr 2026

Looking to get a Brabantia wallfix washing line installed in our garden. Think this is a quick job, but we don't have a good enough drill to penetrate external brick wall!

Roger was prompt, easy to communicate with and installed our wall- fixed washing line in no time at all! Would highly recommend for other tasks. Thanks so much Roger!

Assemble a flat pack unit, hang mirror, dismantle a cupboard .

£100

Friday Hill, Greater London

21st Apr 2026

I need to assemble a bench storage unit. Also dismantle a cupboard off the wall. Put up coat rail into the wall. Put up a LED mirror in bathroom.

Change light switch, door handles, light fixture

£150

Hatfield Peverel, Essex

21st Apr 2026

Switches all around the house ( can’t remember) Door handles all around there house ( prob about 4) Fixtures (4)

Fix my ceiling

£50

Chalkwell, Essex

21st Apr 2026

Builders lent on bathroom pipes and pushed them through the ceiling below. They've made it good by putting up some plasterboard. We also changed some lights and it left strip marks. I've tried matching the speckled ceiling using wallpaper but was unsuccessful. I need someone to come and make this look good.

Kitchen drawer is jammed and doesnt not open due to the slider

£20

Kirby Cross, Essex

20th Apr 2026

Drawer is jammed by drawer sliders

Fit venetian blinds

£40

Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6

20th Apr 2026

to fit Venetian blinds to window recess

Fix broken on/off switch on column table lamp

£30

Brentwood, Essex, CM15

20th Apr 2026

The push mechanism on column has fallen apart. I believe we have all the parts but can't work out how it goes together.

I need a handyman to vinyl wrap my kitchen worktops

£200

Friday Hill, Greater London

20th Apr 2026

I’d like to change my kitchen work tops. So need someone to re-vinyl wrap them for me. Happy for them to come and measure then we get the stuff from b&q ir I’ll get the materials before hand. It’s three small tops and one single base unit top.

Pressure washer repair

£100

Woodford Wells, Greater London

18th Apr 2026

My Kärcher pressure washer not working

Electric BBQ repair

£100

Theydon Bois, Essex

18th Apr 2026

Electric BBQ keeps tripping RCD when switched on

Pool table recover

£250

Corringham, Essex

17th Apr 2026

Recovering pool table and corner pockets

Bath screen supply and installation

£150

Repton Park, Greater London

15th Dec 2025

We have a bathtub with a curtain rail at the moment. Want that replaced with a bath/shower screen. Need supply and installation

Very thorough and professional.

Shower curtain rail fixture and painting

£10

High Beech, Essex

18th Nov 2025

Painting 1 wall in living room and fixing new shower curtain rail in bathroom (will need drill)

Very good and reliable. Helped me get a replacement shower pole as one I got was too small. Came back and finished the job. Definitely recommend.

Recent General Maintenance tasks in Essex

Doors and general maintenance

£500

Burton's Green, Essex

17th Nov 2025

I need some fire escape doors replacing and just some general repairs needed around the depot

Hot tub maintenance

£100

Maylandsea, Essex

11th Mar 2025

I need a possible service as the temperature isn’t getting hot only like warm

Property maintenance

£800

Thurrock Park, Essex

3rd Oct 2024

Property maintenance/repair during 26/10 - 10/11 for below: • Replace front bath panel with an UPVC cut open access. • Replace the broken bath wall panels with a cut open access door to drainage eyes. Varnish all bath panels with dark wood varnish. • Correct the sink to the wall with adhesive mastic where needed. • Filler the top wall behind the oven. • Put one white shelf up above the oven. • Hang 3 cupboards doors needed and correct all the screws tight on all other cupboards doors that needed. Hinges provided. • Remove old carpet and replace bathroom hallway with Vinyl. Vinyl will be provided. • Strip old carpets on stairs, sand down and varnish the wooden stairs

Handy maintenance job

£100

Fryerns, Essex

23rd Dec 2023

Curtain pole installation Putting lock on a small cupboard Putting door stoppers Hanging decorations - Due date: Flexible

Extension Flat Roof needs Maintenance (refelting and gutter clean)

£500

Waltham Abbey, Essex

13th Nov 2023

When we have heavy rain, we have water leaking from the ceiling and window frames To do: Roof needs refelting and then maybe the gutter should be cleaned to help water flow. Note: Roof is a flat roof part of a kitchen extension. - Flexible but ideally Before Friday, 24 November 2023 - Due date: Flexible

Service maintenance

£250

West Horndon, Essex

15th Mar 2023

2 x service on a wall mounted split system - Due date: Flexible

Wood frame window repair/maintenance

£1,200

Canvey Island, Essex

25th Sep 2022

Replacement of handles on wood frame windows. Maintenance of windows / latches - Due date: Flexible