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On Sep 13, 12:28 am, "George" wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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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
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

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


Perhaps being ****ed at the end of each day driving being the most tiring of
the days work made me realise this is not worth the hassle when I can aquire
the same amount of money doing 2 larger jobs a day rather than stupid little
jobs like fixing a door back on its hinges and leaking taps.