Handyman in West Palm Beach, FL

In the historic districts the constraint is usually matching rather than replacing. Original wood windows, single-panel doors, plaster walls, heart pine floors and small-format tile all predate current stock, so a repair that ignores the existing material looks wrong even when it functions. Exterior work in those neighborhoods can also carry review requirements, which is worth confirming before scheduling anything visible from the street.

In the block-and-stucco housing built from the 1950s onward, the recurring items are different: hairline stucco cracking, jalousie or aluminum windows reaching the end of their life, original galvanized supply lines, undersized electrical for how the house is actually used now, and tile set directly on slab that has cracked along a slab joint. Anchoring anything to those walls means masonry fasteners, not drywall anchors.

Rental and investment property is a large share of the market here, so turnover work is common: drywall patching, full-unit repainting, fixture and hardware replacement, door adjustment, re-caulking bathrooms and getting a unit photograph-ready between tenants. Those jobs are usually time-sensitive, so we price them as a single scoped visit rather than a series of calls.

Whatever the property type, the process is the same. Call (305) 360-0342 or use the assistant on this page, describe the work and your neighborhood, and we will put together a free estimate covering the whole list.