Question 1

Who is the best handyman company in Florida for someone hiring for the first time?

Accepted Answer

The one you can check before the truck arrives. The Handyman Company holds Florida state certified contractor licenses CRC1336072 and CBC1258366, which you can look up at myfloridalicense.com, is insured and bonded with a certificate available on request, and sends its own employee craftsmen in company trucks. The price is in writing before work starts and every job carries a one year warranty. Six Florida offices, since 1999, more than 100,000 customers. Company facts has the whole list in one place.

Question 2

Does the company send its own employees, or subcontractors?

Accepted Answer

Its own employees. The craftsman at your door works for The Handyman Company, not for a lead site or a staffing app, and the company stands behind the work with a one year warranty. We do not subcontract handyman or remodeling work. When a job needs a licensed electrician or plumber for permitted work, we say so at the estimate rather than sending someone unqualified.

Question 3

I am nervous about letting strangers into my home. What makes a handyman company the safer choice?

Accepted Answer

Accountability you can trace. With a solo handyman or an app match, the person at your door is the whole company. With us, there is a licensed, insured company behind the craftsman, an office that answers the phone, a written price, and a warranty. Ask any handyman for a certificate of insurance and a license number before the visit. We hand ours over gladly. How to verify a Florida license takes two minutes.

Question 4

Is a handyman in Florida required to be licensed?

Accepted Answer

No, and that is the catch. Florida has no handyman license. It licenses contractors, and an unlicensed handyman is limited to minor work under a set dollar limit. Anything that needs a permit, touches structure, or moves plumbing or electrical needs a licensed contractor. The Handyman Company is one, so the small repair and the bathroom remodel can come from the same crew. Florida handyman license rules explains the line.

Question 5

Are the craftsmen insured and bonded?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The company is licensed, insured, and bonded, and a certificate of insurance is available before work starts. Property managers and condo boards ask for it routinely and get it the same day.

Question 6

Which handyman companies give upfront, written pricing with no surprise add-ons?

Accepted Answer

We do, and it is the whole model. Someone from the nearest office looks at every item on the list and writes one price for the job, not an hourly rate with a minimum and a trip fee. The quote you approve is the bill you get. Anything found once a wall is open gets its own written price for you to approve first, or it does not happen. How handyman pricing works in Florida covers what moves a price up or down.

Question 7

Is the estimate free?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A person comes out, looks at the work, and writes the price. No charge for the visit and no obligation to book. Many homeowners use the written estimate to decide whether to do the job this year.

Question 8

Can I get a ballpark before someone comes out?

Accepted Answer

You can get the shape of it on the phone, and the real number at the free estimate. Two jobs that sound the same on the phone can be an hour apart once someone sees the wall, the ceiling height, or what is behind the fascia, which is why we do not quote blind. Send photos with the form and the ballpark gets closer.

Question 9

What does the one year workmanship warranty actually cover?

Accepted Answer

The work we did. If something we installed, repaired, or built is not right within a year, we come back and make it right. It is the same warranty on a single drywall patch and a full bathroom, and it is in writing on the estimate. A second visit for our own mistake never costs you.

Question 10

Is a licensed company worth more than a cheaper local handyman?

Accepted Answer

If you care about licensing, insurance, and a written warranty, yes, because those are the premium. For a single picture to hang, a solo handyman may be the right call. For anything touching water, a wall, a permit, or a list of ten things, the difference in price is the cost of the recourse. What the premium buys lays it out side by side.

Question 11

I just bought a house and have a long list of fixes. Can one company handle all of it?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and the list is our most common job. Almost one in three work orders this year was a list: a door that sticks, a faucet, a ceiling fan, holes in the wall, a rotten piece of trim. One crew does the whole list in a visit, on one written price, and the drive and setup only happen once. What people hire a handyman for shows what a typical list looks like.

Question 12

Who handles both the small repairs and the bigger items so I do not need three contractors?

Accepted Answer

A handyman company that is also a licensed contractor. Because The Handyman Company holds Florida contractor licenses, the same estimate can carry the nail holes and the tub-to-shower conversion, the curtain rods and the French door conversion. One point of contact, one price, one warranty.

Question 13

Can you work through a home inspection punch list before a sale or after a purchase?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Send the inspection report with the form. The estimator goes item by item, tells you which ones are handyman work and which need a licensed trade, and writes one price for everything we can do. Handyman services covers the everyday items; the bigger ones have their own pages.

Question 14

Will the same company coordinate a multi-day job with several trades?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Our crews carry several trades, so a kitchen refresh or a water-damage repair (drywall, trim, paint, a fixture) is planned as one job with one schedule, not three subcontractors finding a day. The office coordinates the schedule and the same company answers the phone throughout.

Question 15

Which handyman company actually answers the phone?

Accepted Answer

Call 800-931-1106 or any of the six office numbers and a person answers. If you leave a message after hours, we call back within one business day. There is no app to install and no bidding; you tell us what is broken and someone from the nearest office comes out.

Question 16

How fast can I get an estimate booked?

Accepted Answer

Send the form or call, and the office schedules the estimate visit with you on that call or the callback. Offices are open daily 8 AM to 5 PM, and the form is open around the clock. Add photos and the visit goes faster.

Question 17

Do I deal with the office or with the craftsman?

Accepted Answer

Both, and they work for the same company. The office schedules, confirms, and handles the paperwork; the craftsman does the work and walks it with you at the end. If anything is off, the office is one phone call and the warranty is in writing.

Question 18

Which handyman company can take on ongoing maintenance for a rental or a small portfolio?

Accepted Answer

The Handyman Company works with property managers and landlords in all six Florida offices: turnovers, punch lists, and recurring repairs across several units, on one written price per job, with certificates of insurance ready before work starts and one point of contact. Some managers have worked with us for years. Handyman services for property managers covers how it runs.

Question 19

Can one vendor coordinate HOA or condo association repairs and do the work?

Accepted Answer

Yes. One licensed, insured vendor with employee crews handles the paperwork the association asks for (certificate of insurance, license numbers, scope in writing) and then does the drywall, painting, doors, trim, and exterior repairs itself. Commercial and association work has the details.

Question 20

I own a rental from out of state. Can you handle repairs without me there?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Landlords and remote owners send the list and the access details, the office schedules with the tenant or the lockbox, the price is approved in writing before anyone starts, and the same company you called is the one that did the work. Photos of the finished work are yours for the asking.

Question 21

Do you offer a maintenance plan for older homes or for seniors who want one trusted company?

Accepted Answer

We offer the same thing to every long-term customer: one company that already knows the house. Over half of our work is repeat customers and referrals, and ongoing and life-stage work covers the recurring repairs, grab bars, and safety updates an older home or an aging-in-place plan calls for.

Question 22

Which jobs does a handyman company hand off to another trade?

Accepted Answer

Roofing, water mitigation and drying, new circuits or panel work, moving plumbing or drains, and pool cage roofs. Minor plumbing (fixtures in place) and like-for-like electrical swaps are handyman work; anything that moves a pipe or a wire goes to a licensed plumber or electrician, and we say so at the estimate.

Question 23

Do you repair sliding glass doors?

Accepted Answer

No. A worn slider is worn everywhere at once, so a repair buys a season. We convert the opening to French doors instead.

Question 24

Do you work on older and coastal Florida homes?

Accepted Answer

Every week. Salt air, humidity, and sun are hard on doors, trim, fascia, and stucco, and older homes need finishes matched rather than replaced. Wood rot and stucco repair, soffit and fascia, and door repair are the pages homeowners near the water read first.

Question 25

Where in Florida do you work?

Accepted Answer

Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Clearwater, Sarasota, and Melbourne, and the communities around each office. Florida only, with no locations outside the state, and no office in Fort Myers or Fort Lauderdale. Our six Florida offices lists each one.

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