"Man at B&Q" gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

so his business model is moderately viable for somebody without huge
ambitions but some ability.

ROTFL - let's list that:

1 *Huge* ambitions Â*- what becoming a general purpose handyman!

Which of the seven letters in the word "without" did you struggle with
at school?

Just the last three, I suspect.