The questions every caller asks, answered the way we answer them on the phone — plainly.
Yes, completely. You pay nothing to describe a job, nothing to be matched, and nothing for the quote itself. Money only changes hands if you accept a pro's quote, and then it goes directly to the pro who does the work.
State law leaves work totaling $500 or less - labor and materials together - to independent handypersons. Above that line, specialty-trade work like carpentry, drywall, and painting requires registration with the South Carolina Residential Builders Commission, and plumbing, electrical, and HVAC are separately licensed residential trades. Every match this service makes respects those tiers.
It gets said out loud and routed correctly. A job that grows past the small-work zone is quoted to a registered residential specialty contractor instead, and a job that turns out to involve real plumbing, electrical, or HVAC goes to a licensed trade contractor. Nobody stretches a small-job match past what the law allows.
Fixture-level work - a faucet swap on existing hookups, a toilet's flapper and fill valve, freeing a jammed disposal - is classic handyman territory. The moment a job leaves the fixture and enters supply lines, shutoffs that fail, drains past the trap, or anything behind the wall, it is licensed plumber work and we refer it there.
Like-for-like swaps on existing, properly wired boxes are fixture-level work a handyperson can take, including balancing a fan so it runs true. New circuits, new boxes, panel work, or a ceiling without fan-rated support all belong to a licensed residential electrician, and the match is made accordingly.
Matching usually happens the same day you call. In-season turnover work along the beach often books inside the checkout-to-check-in window, while rural corners of the county can add a day for the right fit. Tell us your deadline and the matching works to it.
Constantly. Pros who work the towers know the drill - service hours, freight elevators, HOA lines between what the association maintains and what the owner owns. Have your building name handy when you call; it shapes the schedule and sometimes the approach.
Better than most alternatives. Owners get matched with pros comfortable working from photos, lockbox or smart-lock access, and a phone call, with pictures of the finished work sent back. Turnover repairs, seasonal make-ready, and standing arrangements for multi-unit owners are all normal requests here.
That is the best way to use this service. A batched honey-do list - pictures hung, shelves mounted, rods installed, latches fixed - collapses the per-item cost and usually still fits the small-work zone. Write the list as it comes to mind and share the whole thing.
Pros are independent, and part of honest matching is telling you what to verify: ask the pro directly about insurance, and for registered or licensed work, their credential number - South Carolina's LLR site lets anyone look one up in seconds. A good pro expects the question.
This is a repair-matching service, not an emergency line. A burst pipe or a dead panel needs a licensed plumber or electrician immediately, and water or safety emergencies should start with your shutoffs and, when in doubt, 911. Where a same-day handyman fix is genuinely appropriate, say so when you call and matching will hurry.
All of Horry County: Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Conway, Carolina Forest, Socastee, Surfside Beach and Garden City, plus Little River, Loris, Aynor, Longs, and the roads between. If the address is in the county, the answer is yes.