Handyman Services in Lansing, Michigan

Lansing has the oldest housing stock we work in, and that decides most of what we get called for. Plaster over lath, settled door frames, drain lines that were never quite right, and rentals that need turning between tenants on a deadline. We work across the city every week.

What do we get called for most in Lansing?

Rental turnovers, by a distance. We work for regional property management firms on unit turns across the city, and that shapes the crew: trash-outs, drywall repair, repaint, and the small plumbing and electrical items that fail an inspection. A turn is not a remodel — it is a list of twenty small things that all have to be finished before a tenant moves in on Friday.

After that: drywall and plaster repair, interior painting, door and lock adjustment, and drain work. Lansing homes built before 1960 move. Doors that latched last winter do not latch this one.

Do you work on older homes with plaster walls?

Yes, and it is worth saying what that means for cost. Patching plaster is not patching drywall. The lath behind it is often loose, so a patch that only fills the hole cracks again within a season. We cut back to sound lath, re-secure it, and build the patch in coats. It takes longer and it lasts. On a 1920s Eastside or Old Town house, expect plaster work to run above the drywall figure you may have been quoted elsewhere.

Can you handle a full rental turn on a deadline?

That is most of what we do here. Give us keys, an empty unit and unrestricted access and we run the work continuously rather than in half-days. Turns are priced as vacant work for that reason — a crew that has to work around a tenant's furniture costs more and takes longer.

We also do the cleaning end of a turn: make-ready cleans, trash-outs, appliance deep cleans and post-construction clean-up. Every turn clean we hand over is signed off against a thirteen-point checklist with photographs, so the office can answer "was that actually checked?" with a name and a time.

What about the small jobs nobody else will come out for?

A single leaking shut-off, a toilet that runs, one interior door that will not shut, a smoke detector chirping at head height. Larger contractors will not book a two-hour job in Lansing. We will, and we would rather do the small one well and be the call you make next time.

Which parts of Lansing do you cover?

All of it — Old Town, the Eastside, REO Town, Westside, south Lansing off Cedar and Pennsylvania, and the Groesbeck and Colonial Village neighborhoods. Lansing is our highest-volume city, so scheduling here is usually the quickest.

How do you price work in Lansing?

Repair lists are hourly, because nobody can sensibly fix a price on "look at these nine things". Defined projects — a bathroom, a repaint, a turn — are quoted fixed, in writing, with the scope set out room by room so there is no argument later about what was included.

On rental work we invoice per work order with photographs attached, which is what property managers need for their own files. If something is found mid-job that was not in the scope, it goes to you in writing as a change order with its own price before we do it.

What is the one thing that most changes a Lansing quote?

Whether the unit is occupied. Vacant work runs continuously and prices accordingly. Work around a tenant's furniture and belongings takes materially longer for the same finished result, and any contractor who does not ask that question before quoting is guessing.

Book a Lansing handyman

Call 517-505-7135 or send us the list. If it is a rental turn, tell us the move-in date first — that is the number that drives everything else.

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