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On Sep 13, 12:28 am, "George" wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message







The market for small jobs is huge & very profitable. That's the secret to
this handyman malarky.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
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But there is not enough hours in the day to make a real profit doing the
smaller jobs.

Most of wasted time is based around getting to and from the next job, an
hour or so is wasted discussing with the punter what they want and getting
your tools on the job and then getting them together in the van for the next
job and also you might end up having to stretch a 1 hour job which usually
ends up being 2 hours.
You then could find getting to the job you have to leave the job to go and
get items required for the job which amounts to another hour or so?
I bet if you were to do a time and motion study for one week or even one day
your hours amount at least 3.5 to 4 hours lost due to none related work,
thats not forgetting the dinner hour also.

Been there and done that and ended up taking on the 1 or 2 larger jobs in
the past.


You may not have been able to hack it. What makes you think you are
such an expert that you can comment on others' ability without a full
audit of their business?

MBQ