Kitchener-Waterloo Real Estate

If you are a novice when it comes to home renovations you probably aren’t familiar with what a general contractor does as compared to what a handyman does. As you become more experienced with different renovation projects, and give a couple of different handymen a smaller project, you’ll get a pretty good idea of their special capabilities and limitations.

For the most part a handyman is used for less extensive tasks that don’t require the services of other trades people. For example if you are doing a complete kitchen renovation you’d better find a good contractor rather than a handyman.

That’s because in the K-W area a project like that requires the skills of several different trades people: carpentry, drywalling, flooring, tiling, cabinetry, plumbing, electrical and painting. Most handymen in the K-W area will not have all these skills, in which case they will start acting as a contractor – arranging for other trades people to come in and help them get the job done.

Generally, when you have a relatively simple project then hiring a handyman is probably a good way to go. When you get outside of a handyman’s area of expertise it is probably time to find a good general contractor.

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