The Story Behind Philly Handyman Pros

Philadelphia is a city of houses built close together and built a long time ago. Block after block of brick rowhouses run from the river wards through South Philly and out into the Northeast, with Victorian twins in West Philly, fieldstone homes in the Northwest along the Wissahickon, high-rise condos around Rittenhouse and Logan Square, and a fresh wave of new construction in Fishtown, Point Breeze and Graduate Hospital. The weather works on all of it. Winters swing above and below freezing over and over, summers are hot and sticky, nor'easters and summer thunderstorms dump heavy rain, and the remnants of tropical storms occasionally push the Schuylkill over its banks.

That combination produces a steady list of small but important repairs: cracked plaster, doors that stick in August and rattle in January, gutters full of leaves, loose railings, dripping fixtures, and a dozen little things that pile up in a house with a century of history. These are the jobs that bigger contractors don't want and that are hard to get scheduled, especially in a city where parking, narrow stairways and shared walls make every visit a little more involved than it looks on paper.

That's the gap we fill. We're locally based and general-liability insured, and we would rather earn your next call than stretch this one. We quote clearly before we start, work through your whole list in one visit, and treat old Philly houses with the care they need: proper anchors in brick, the right compound for plaster, low pressure on soft masonry, and a careful hand with cloth-insulated wiring and century-old shutoff valves. Ceiling fans, new light fixtures, dimmers, faucets, toilets and smart thermostats are all part of the same visit, with our licensed electricians and plumbers making the connections, so you don't have to line up three different companies for one Saturday's worth of work. That steadiness is how a small local outfit earns a spot on your fridge.

Our promises, plainly put

• The price you approve is the price you pay
• General liability insurance on every visit
• A real arrival time, not a half-day window
• Boots wiped, dust cleaned, trash hauled off
• Straight talk when a job belongs with a licensed trade
• Rooted here in Philadelphia and the towns next door