Know your minimum charge before you are standing in the driveway.
For example: A twenty-minute fix across town, and you are standing in the driveway working out what to charge.
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What it costs
You bill the twenty minutes and lose the drive, the parking and the setup.
What owners do today
Charge what feels fair on the spot, and resent it on the way home.
How to use this handyman price book
Small jobs are mostly your time and a few supplies, so start from the hourly cost of your day, including the drive. Materials you buy take a cost and a markup; the minimum charge covers the visit itself.
There are 7 groups and 33 lines below. Every cost, markup and price is blank: this page lists no prices, because what a job costs depends on your suppliers, your market and your own hours.
A worked line
SAMPLE ONLY: if "TV mounting" costs you 40.00 and you add 25% to your cost, the price is 50.00, and 20% of that price is what is left after cost. Round numbers, made up to show the arithmetic. They are not a price or a markup to use.
Settle these first
- What is the smallest visit you will drive to, and what do you charge for it?
- Do you price by the hour, by the job, or both? Mark the jobs that are always a flat price.
- Do you add a line for a trip across town, or fold it into your minimum?
- Who buys the materials: you with a markup, or the customer?
The lines
Visit and time charges
- Minimum charge for a short visit (each)
- Hourly rate (hour)
- Second person (hour)
- Trip charge across town (each)
- Supply run (each)
Doors, windows and locks
- Door adjustment or planing (each)
- Interior door hanging (each)
- Lockset replacement (each)
- Weatherstripping (each)
- Window screen repair (each)
Walls and ceilings
- Drywall patch (each)
- Texture match (each)
- Paint touch-up (hour)
- Caulking, tub or trim (foot)
- Room painting (room)
Mounting and assembly
- TV mounting (each)
- Shelf or curtain rod hanging (each)
- Furniture assembly (hour)
- Grab bar installation (each)
- Picture and mirror hanging (each)
Fixtures and small repairs
- Light fixture swap (each)
- Ceiling fan swap (each)
- Faucet or showerhead swap (each)
- Toilet seat or flapper repair (each)
- Smoke alarm battery and replacement (each)
Outdoor and fences
- Fence board or post repair (each)
- Gate latch and hinge repair (each)
- Deck board replacement (each)
- Pressure washing (hour)
- Gutter cleaning (job)
Haul-away and extras
- Haul away and dump (load)
- Cleanup after a repair (each)
- Honey-do list day rate (day)
Take it with you
The CSV opens in Google Sheets or Excel with the price columns empty. The PDF is ruled so you can fill it in by hand.
Get the handyman price book as a PDF
Leave your first name and business email and the PDF downloads at once.
Estimates from your price book
Keep your trip charge as an item in your price book.
Estimates: every quote and where it stands Add it to each estimate you build from it.
Check it yourself
- Open the CSV in Google Sheets or Excel: every cost, markup and price cell is empty.
- See how estimates are built from your own price book.
- Watch the real dashboard and phone app work on a demo company.
Questions owners ask
Do I have to sign up to get this?
No. Read every line on this page and open the CSV with no signup. The PDF downloads after you leave a first name and a business email.
What should my minimum charge be?
This page cannot say, and it lists no price. Add up what a short visit costs you in time, fuel and the call you took, and set it from that.
Why is the minimum its own line, not an hourly rate?
A twenty-minute fix still costs you the drive and the interruption. A separate minimum line makes that cost visible before you name a total.
Can I use this if I work alone?
Yes. Leave the second-person line blank and delete the groups you do not offer.
See it on your own jobs.
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