Handyman on the Upper East Side

Yes — I work as a handyman on the Upper East Side, usually same week and often same day. Minimum visit is $90, and most jobs get a flat quote from photos before I ring your doorbell: TV mounting from $120, heavy mirror from $90, gallery wall up to 10 pieces from $140. Full list on my pricing page.

What Upper East Side buildings mean for the work

The UES is co-op country. Prewar buildings along Park and Fifth, postwar white-brick towers on Third and Second, and walk-ups filling in the side streets east of Lexington. Each type changes the job a little.

Co-ops and doorman condos mean process before tools — sign-in at the desk, service entrances, freight elevator reservations. Many buildings also restrict work hours (typically weekday business hours, sometimes Saturday mornings), so I plan around your building’s rules, not against them. Tell me the rules in your first message and the visit goes smoothly.

Prewar walls are their own subject. Plaster over lath, sometimes over brick or terracotta block. A drywall anchor that works fine in a new build will crumble a 1920s wall. I bring the right fasteners for plaster and masonry, which matters a lot for TV mounting and anything heavy.

And this is the art-hanging capital of my route. Framed pieces, mirrors over mantels, gallery walls in long prewar hallways — picture hanging done level, on the right hardware, with the wall protected. White-glove is not a marketing word here; it’s just what the building staff expects to see when I sign in.

What UES clients book most

• Art, mirrors, and gallery walls — from $60 per floating shelf, heavy mirror from $90, gallery wall from $140. See picture hanging.
• TV mounting — from $120 on drywall, from $160 on brick or concrete, cords managed. Details at TV mounting.
• Furniture assembly — that PAX wardrobe from the Brooklyn IKEA isn’t assembling itself. Dresser from $90, PAX from $180 at furniture assembly.
• Small repairs the super won’t touch — drywall patch and paint from $140, running toilet from $110, tub re-caulk from $120.
• Renter-friendly installs — damage-free options for curtain rods, shelves, and mounts where the lease says “no holes.”

If it’s a rental unit you manage, my landlord page covers turnovers and punch lists.

How booking works

Text or email me photos of the job — the wall, the box, the leak. You get a flat price and a time slot back from me personally, not a dispatcher. I hold evening slots and I work Sundays, which on the UES matters: your building may only allow weekday work, but plenty of condos and walk-ups don’t care, and Sunday is when everyone else is closed.

I show up when I said, do the work, clean up, take the packaging out. If the scope changes on site, the price changes before the work does — never after.

Nearby? I also cover the Upper West Side, Midtown, and the rest of Manhattan. Ready when you are — get your flat quote.