Handyperson
- Location: Age UK Hertfordshire
- Price: £26.50
Email: HPG@ageukherts.org.uk
Telephone: 07903 429743
Our Handyperson service will be available to all older people living in Hertfordshire. We aim to provide solutions to your home DIY tasks, enabling independent living in the home and the garden.
What we offer
Our Handyperson service is delivered by trusted, fully DBS checked staff, and is available to all older residents living in Hertfordshire.
Our team of knowledgeable, fully insured staff can complete basic DIY tasks such as:
• Install curtain poles and window blinds
• Build flat pack furniture.
• Install grab rails
• Wall Hangings
• Install Keysafe
(all materials should be supplied by the client).
What we charge
The hourly handyperson rate is £26.50 (Exceptions apply*)
*Installation of a curtain pole or a window blind up to 6ft is £40; anything over 6ft is charged at £64, excluding materials.
For tasks such as building flat pack furniture and wall hangings our charge is £26.50 per hour. (Please note that large or heavy wall hangings, such as mirrors, or flat pack furniture such as double wardrobes, may need two members of the Handyperson team to attend and as such the hourly rate will be £53).
Installation of a grab rail to any tiled wall is £37.50 per grab rail, excluding materials.
Installation of handrails along your staircase, our charge is £110, excluding materials.
Install Keysafe £98.45, including key safe.
All payments are taken on the day, by debit or credit card ONLY
How to get in contact
To speak to someone about becoming a new handyperson client in North and Central Herts (Royston, Baldock, Letchworth, Stevenage, WGC, Hatfield, Bishops Stortford, Ware, Hoddesdon and surrounding areas please call Julia Fallon on 07538 471967.
To speak to someone about becoming a new handyperson client in in South and West Herts (Watford, St Albans, Three Rivers, Hemel Hempstead, Tring, Berkhamsted, Kings Langley, Abbots Langley and surrounding areas please call Liz Raymond on 07976 206941.
For all other handyperson enquiries please call Chris on 07903 429743.
(Please note we are not qualified tradespeople; therefore we are unable to help with elements of plumbing, electrical work, painting and decorating, general building and carpentry. Please note that for certain specific jobs such as electrical, plumbing and general building works we will not be able to help, and you may need to contact an appropriate trade).
Winter Welfare Checks
Age UK Hertfordshire's Winter Welfare Checks operate between October and March, they are funded by Hertfordshire County Council as part of the Household Support Fund.
The service provides and installs items such as radiator reflector strips, draught exclusion strips, energy efficient light bulbs to Hertfordshire residents to help over the colder months.
If you are a professional, please use this form to make a referral. Please see below.
If you are a resident in Hertfordshire and you would like more information on how you can refer yourself for a Winter Welfare Check please call Chris on 07903 429743 or email Chris.skrabski@ageukherts.org.uk