Handyman in Harlem

I work as a handyman in Harlem — brownstones, prewar walk-ups, and the newer condos — with a $90 minimum visit and flat prices quoted from your photos before I arrive. The most common calls: door repairs from $110, drywall and plaster patching from $140, TV mounting from $120. Full list on the pricing page.

Harlem houses are old, and that’s the point

Harlem’s housing stock is some of the best-looking in the city: rows of late-1800s brownstones, solid prewar apartment buildings on the avenues, walk-ups on the side streets, and renovated condos mixed in. A lot of these buildings still have their original details — paneled doors, crown molding, plaster walls, parquet floors. That’s exactly what makes careless work expensive here.

A century-old door that sticks doesn’t need replacing; it needs planing and hinge adjustment — from $110, original door stays put. Plaster walls take different anchors and different patching than drywall, and I bring both; see drywall and plaster repair, patch and paint from $140. Hanging art or a heavy mirror on plaster-over-brick is a hardware decision, not a guess — picture hanging starts at gallery walls from $140 and heavy mirrors from $90.

If you’re a renter in a walk-up, I’ve got damage-free options for shelves, curtain rods, and mounts, so your security deposit survives your decorating. And if you own a brownstone with a rental floor, my landlords page covers turnovers between tenants.

What Harlem clients book most

• Door and hardware work — sticking doors, sagging hinges, locksets from $95. Old buildings settle; doors complain first.
• Plaster and paint — patch and paint from $140, room touch-up from $150 at painting touch-ups.
• TV mounting — from $120 on drywall, from $160 on brick or concrete, which in Harlem comes up a lot. Exposed brick is beautiful and unforgiving.
• Window A/C install and removal — from $90 in, $70 out. Prewar windows plus a heavy unit plus a fifth-floor walk-up is not a solo job. Let it be my job.
• Furniture assembly — dresser from $90, bed frame from $110, and yes, I carry it up the stairs.
• Minor plumbing — running toilet from $110, faucet swap from $130. Old valves get gentle hands.

How booking works

Text or email me photos — the door, the wall, the window, whatever it is. I answer personally, not through a dispatcher, with a flat price and open slots. Evenings and Sundays included; Sunday is when everyone else in the city has their phone off. If your building has rules for outside workers — sign-in, work hours, the super’s blessing — tell me up front and I’ll plan around them.

On the day: I show up on time, protect the floors, do the work we agreed at the price we agreed, and clean up before I go — cleanup’s included, always. Need it fast? See same-day service. I cover all of Manhattan, and the Bronx is right across the river. Send photos, get your quote.