On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 22:50:22 +0100, The Medway Handyman
wrote:



That age is often the peak of career progression, mixed in with having a
social life and/or small children - so often cash-rich/time-poor.

The comments are usually "I'm hopeless at DIY" or "my partner is
hopeless at DIY".

A lot of DIY involves teaching yourself and learning by mistakes,
many people have to work longer hours or have a lot of their day taken
up traveling to work than in the past so don't get the opportunity to
learn on the job while younger . By the time the children come along ,
often later than in the past it is much easier if you have the income
to just call someone like yourself in who will have suitable tools,a
knowledge of who stocks a washer that may do a ping****it and whose
tube of gripfill hasn't gone solid in the months since you last used
it . A lot of time can be lost out of some bodies 48 hour leave
between Friday and Monday just getting stuff.

the option of a cheap and low-hassle tradesman (that's you) flopping a
flyer through the letterbox.

That isn't me. I'm not cheap and I don't flop flyers through letter
boxes. I am hassle free.

Good value rather than cheap then, and it's all relative . A few hours
of your time may not be much more than taking the family out for the
day. How do your rates compare say to spending to 90 minutes or so
attending a premier league football match.?

G.Harman