Home maintenance - Select a home maintenance company from your area

Select home maintenance: the trade selection service

Finding a qualified home maintenance service has never been easier

If you are looking for a qualified home maintenance company or handyman in your area then simply click the county you are looking for from the options above, and you will be taken to a selection of thrirty two qualified handymen/maintenance contractors that operate in the area of your choice. All the home maintenance companies listed on the Select Trades website have been asked to produce references and evidence of qualifications to gain their listing. So we have taken this arduous duty out of your hands (the customer), and thus made the selection of a trusted, reliable and qualified home maintenance company or handy man service so much easier. Shown at the bottom of the page is a breakdown of which towns reside in which counties, along with links to the home maintenance services that we have selected for you. We have tried hard to ensure the process of selecting a home maintenance company in your area is as easy as possible, and we hope to have provided you with the service that you deserve. Many thanks.

Home maintenance and repair

Your home is probably the biggest investment you will ever make, and so it needs to be looked after and maintained. There are several things that could happen if you don’t do routine checks and repairs, and good home maintenance can save money in the long run. For example, it would be easy to leave the blistered paint on your front door for one more winter. You've lived with it for the last couple of years right? One more year won't hurt... well it will!! Putting off jobs like this just cause more and more damage as time moves on. If water gets into the wood behind the paint, it will slowly start to rot, eventually leading to a new replacement door. A new replacement door which could have easily been prevented by applying a coat of paint before the rot set in.

There are numerous home maintenance companies around, and they will generally cover all aspects of caring for your home. It may be a slight electrical problem, easing doors or small carpentry jobs, bits of painting or plumbing etc.. There are many jobs that fall under the heading of home maintenance.

Home maintenance doesn't have to be carried out by a large company or contracting firm either. Although these type of home maintenance companies have their place for large contracts like housing associations or council properties for example. Home maintenance can also be carried out by skilled individuals man or woman. It is usually a good trade for someone reaching the age of retirement and who has plenty of skills and experience on odd maintanence jobs around the home.

Although no specific qualifications are required to carry out home maintenance, broad range of skills and experience are necessary. Skills required would include painting, carpentry, basic plumbing, basic electrical knowledge, basic knowledge on roofing and roof tiles etc..

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Home maintenance and insurance

Having a good household insurance policy is always very important in keeping a safe environment in your home. However a general household insurance will not cover you against house maintenance. this is an area where the owner of the property is solely responsible to upkeep. The key is to keep on top of jobs before they get in too bad a condition where it starts to cost alot of money to carry out repairs.

Spending money on home maintenance little and often is the key to a well maintained home.

How the web is helping handymen

The web is having a significant and positive impact on the fortunes of handymen and home maintenance companies according to a new study released today.

The research by thebestof, a national network of local marketing websites, run by local people, that champion the best businesses in their area shows that small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) plan to grow their businesses by on average 38% in the coming year.  However the more web-savvy SMEs including builders have growth ambitions that are twice those of their conventional SME counterparts (41% vs 20%).

The study is based on telephone interviews with 500 small and medium sized businesses combined with an online survey completed by a further 2,583 SMEs.   The businesses were drawn from across the UK and from a mix of sectors, and included home maintenance contracting firms and 70 builders.