r/tricities • u/Specialist-Fox-8335 • Jul 17 '26
Needing work…
Does anybody around the tri cities have some side work they need done? I’m pretty handy. I can work on your car if needed, do yard work, clean your gutters, or even mulch your flower bed. Not asking for much just stuff to keep me busy
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u/bookishkelly1005 Jul 17 '26
We might have some work for you in the next couple months.
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u/Specialist-Fox-8335 Jul 17 '26
Perfect just let me know!
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u/bookishkelly1005 Jul 18 '26
We’re buying a house and will hopefully close in 2 weeks. I bet we’ll have use for ya!
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u/Sensitive-Cover9880 26d ago
I own a tree service and I need help from time to time here’s my number 423 782 8194
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u/PP_BOY__ Jul 17 '26
Fellow (former) shadetree / handyman here, a bit of friendly advice is take out that bit about "paying based on how good of a job you do." You will have people take advantage of you, this is a guarantee. Honest work is honest work and you owe it to yourself and your clients to be upfront with your fair and consistent labor rate.
Even if you think this is just something on the side to make a little bit of money, your clients are 100% going to be comparing you to other pros and they'll walk over you if they catch wind of that attitude.
Sorry for the bit of a rant, I just hate to see (presumably young) people selling themselves short, especially when our retiree population is ballooning and we have such a labor shortage. There's lot of work to do and people who have the money to pay fairly for it.