I work as a handyman in Murray Hill (the postwar doorman rentals, the prewar co-ops, and the renovated walk-ups in between) with a $130 minimum visit and flat prices quoted from your photos before I arrive. The most common calls here: furniture assembly from $130, TV mounting from $130, floating shelves from $130. Full list on the pricing page.
Murray Hill is a lot of first apartments
This is a young-professional renter neighborhood, and it shows in the work. White-brick postwar buildings on the avenues, older co-ops on the side streets, walk-ups above the shops on Lexington, “Curry Hill,” where the Indian restaurants are. People move in fast, often into their first real apartment, and the to-do list is always the same: build the furniture, hang the TV, get some shelves up, and do it all without losing the deposit.
Two things trip people up here. First, the walls. Those white-brick postwar buildings often have concrete or block behind the paint, sometimes with a layer of drywall over it, which means a hollow-wall anchor pulls right out. That’s a masonry-anchor job with a hammer drill, and I bring both. Second, the deposit. As a renter you want things hung so they stay up and come down clean. I use damage-free mounts where they’ll hold and the smallest correct hardware where they won’t.
If you’re setting up a new place, the furniture assembly, TV mounting, and shelving usually all happen in one visit, cheaper than three separate trips.
What Murray Hill clients book most
- Furniture assembly: dresser from $130, bed frame from $130, PAX wardrobe from $180. The flat-pack that’s been in the box since you moved in.
- TV mounting: from $130 on drywall, from $160 on concrete or block, which in these postwar buildings comes up constantly. I sort out which wall you actually have.
- Shelving and storage: floating shelf from $130. Small apartment, so the walls have to earn their keep.
- Picture hanging: gallery wall up to 10 pieces from $140, heavy mirror from $130. Level, anchored, and easy to patch later.
- Window A/C install and removal: from $130 each way. A heavy unit hanging over the sidewalk is not a solo job. Let it be mine.
- Minor electrical: light fixture swap from $130, dimmer or outlet from $130. The builder-grade fixture the landlord left behind.
How booking works
Text or email me photos: the flat-pack still in its box, the wall, the TV, whatever’s waiting. I answer personally, not through a dispatcher, with a flat price and open slots. Evenings and Sundays are on the table; I work until 10pm every day, which is when most first-apartment renters are finally home from the office. If your building has rules for outside workers (a front-desk sign-in, set work hours, a form to fill out), tell me up front and I’ll plan the visit around them.
On the day: I sign in at the front desk, 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, and the place is left deposit-clean for a first-apartment renter. Need it fast? See same-day service. I cover all of Manhattan, with Midtown right next door. Send photos, get your quote.
Letters to the desk, answered
I'm renting my first place. Can you do this without wrecking the walls?
That's most of what I do in Murray Hill. Damage-free hangers where they hold, the smallest correct anchor where they don't, and a clean patch on the way out if you ever need one. The goal is that your security deposit comes back whole.
My building has a doorman and a sign-in sheet. Is that a problem?
Not at all. Lots of Murray Hill buildings have a front-desk sign-in, set work hours, or a form to fill out. Just tell me your building's rules up front and I'll plan the visit around them: arrival time, quiet hours, freight elevator, all of it.
Can you mount a TV on the concrete wall in my postwar apartment?
Yes. A lot of Murray Hill's white-brick postwar buildings have concrete or block walls, sometimes hidden behind drywall. That takes masonry anchors and a hammer drill, not the kit in the TV box. Concrete mounts run from $160; standard drywall from $130.
Can you come same day?
Often yes, especially evenings. I work until 10pm, seven days a week, Sundays included. Text me photos of the job and I'll tell you straight whether today works and what it costs.