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Handyman Service Adds Mobile Technology to Its Tool Belt

Michelle Gilbert

Specializing in home modifications for seniors, HandyPro, based in Plymouth, Mich., has 28 franchises that provide professional handyman services to residential and corporate customers nationwide. As of recently, the handymen and women at HandyPro have added another tool to their belt: 4G LTE tablets... Read More

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It pays to be handy: Fix-it company builds its franchise numbers

Sherri Welch

After growing slowly its first 18 years, HandyPro International LLC has more than doubled its U.S. franchisees to 30 over the past year and a half, and it's not done growing yet... Read More

Number of seniors modifying homes on the rise

Glenn Haege

Aging in place is a topic that becomes more important as our population skews older. Recent statistics from an AARP study indicate that 80 percent of those older than 45 want to remain in their homes as they age, even if they need assistance to do so... Read More

Number of seniors modifying homes on the rise
Glenn Haege

Aging in place is a topic that becomes more important as our population skews older. Recent statistics from an AARP study indicate that 80 percent of those older than 45 want to remain in their homes as they age, even if they need assistance to do so. That's why we are seeing more and more seniors modifying their homes. Home modifications today come in two categories...Read More

They're Helping Keep Senior Citizens at Home
Bob Williams

Many people are, or will be soon, making age-related decisions for themselves or an aging family member. Outside of health concerns, housing is often the most challenging consideration.  John Hoppa, Jason Roberts, and Lee Rider are three Gwinnett County residents who recently started a HandyPro franchise that specializes in home modifications for seniors, and serves Suwanee. Roberts and Rider are also residential real-estate appraisers.
Accessibility and safety issues can quickly become a concern for those who are ill or disabled. Many seniors may feel that home modifications are too expensive. But often... Read More

"I've Never Had a Dishwasher!"
Aired on Rachael Ray

Holly estimates that her mother Kay, who has spent 57 years without a dishwasher, has washed about half a million dishes in her lifetime. Kay admits that she spends an hour to an hour and a half each day doing dishes, and that her dream of owning a dishwasher was supposed to come true when she met her husband Charlie. "I figured once we got married ... doesn't everybody have a dishwasher?" she asks. ... Read More

Can power factor correction devices lower your electric bill?
Keith A. Paul

The unit is essentially made up of capacitors that are hooked up to a circuit panel and claim to reduce the power generated from your utility company. Although there are other units for commercial and industrial usage, we only researched the claims for the residential. They are said to reduce the amount of power by storing electricity otherwise lost from the motors in your home such as washing machines, furnace blower motors, refrigerators and air conditioners. The cost for the unit is approximately $300, plus installation...Read More
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Coming in handy
Brad Kadrich

Back in the mid-1990s, Keith and Debra Paul watched as Debra's grandmother suffered through being ripped off by a contractor.
After that experience, the Pauls began a referral service, finding contractors mostly for people who needed things done around the house.
When demand for that grew to be too much, they took the next step: They started their own company and, in 1996, HandyPro Handyman Services was born.  "We had so many calls for handymen, we couldn't find enough," said Keith Paul.
Today, after 10 years in business, the company has 13 handymen working at its Plymouth office, and hopes to add even more...Read More

Handyman business nails service, quality
Maureen McDonald

Providing a cadre of handymen who arrive when they say they will and do what they are asked to do at a fair price may not sound revolutionary, but it has been the secret to success for HandyPro.
The Plymouth-based service company is recording $1.2 million in annual sales, including its five franchises. The owners are aiming for 100 stores in the next decade.
“The biggest frustration customers told us was that contractors came late, even a day later than they said they would come,” said co-owner Keith Paul, whose company has serviced over 15,000 homeowners in southeast Michigan...Read More

Handyman fixes 'hurry up and wait' problem
By Joe Gagnon Appliance Doctor

I wonder how many men in this country are married to Martha Stewart? I know I am, and with great pride, as I see all of the talents that Valorie possesses.
Recently she decided to renovate the lower level man's bathroom in the house and seeing as how I'm the only guy in the house, it's mine. She pulls the medicine cabinet out of the wall and wants the hole filled in with a piece of drywall, then she can't get the wall-paper off behind the toilet so she removes the toilet itself. Guess what folks, I'm getting a new toilet...Read More

Home repair company adds business clients
Maureen McDonald

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