Seventeen years in the trade. Carpentry, repairs, and the dozen small things on your list, done properly by a tradesman who happens to be parked up in your town this month.
We work each town for a month or two at a time. The schedule below is updated as new dates are confirmed, usually a few weeks before we roll in.
Got a town we should visit? Drop us a line. Bookings open in each region the moment we announce dates, and the calendar fills quickly.
Most handymen do a bit of everything. So do we, but with seventeen years on the tools behind every job we take on.
Doors, locks, hinges, leaking taps, dripping showerheads, things-that-rattle, things-that-don't-shut. Your home's small problems, fixed.
Flat-pack furniture, decking touch-ups, shelving, fencing repairs, TV mounting on studs, picture hanging that actually stays up.
Single-storey work as standard, taller jobs sized up before we quote. Gutters, exterior touch-ups, and the jobs you'd rather not be on the ladder for.
The list of small jobs that's been sitting on the fridge for six months. Half-day or full-day bookings. Knock the lot out in one visit.
We're Ross & Jesse, and we're seeing New Zealand the long way round.
Ross is a Heating Engineer to trade. He spent most of his life in Glasgow, then picked up the travel bug while progressing his career through a handful of towns across England. Seventeen years in the industry, eight of those running operations for teams of engineers, and somewhere along the way the idea of doing it all from a campervan in New Zealand started looking like a reasonable plan.
Jesse is a vet, working locum contracts up and down the country. Her work opens the door to a different town every month or two, which suits both of us perfectly. We move together, settle in for a stretch, and Lizards Handyman Services rolls in when we do.
Real jobs from real homes. Gallery filling up as the tour rolls on.
Photos coming as the jobs roll in. Check back soon.
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Read more →Drop us a quick note about the work, and the town. We'll come back with a date, a quote, or both.