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Handyman Services work in New York
New York is a city of renters, co-op owners and brownstone landlords, and the small jobs that come with that housing stock get searched constantly. People in the five boroughs look for help with a sticking door, a leak under the sink, a shelf that needs anchoring into plaster, a closet that needs a new track. The searches are local, they are urgent, and they come from people who want someone who can get to their block. Paid search in this trade is expensive in Manhattan and Brooklyn, where competition for the top of the results is heavy, and lighter in parts of Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. The businesses taking the work range from single owner operators with a van to small crews and franchise outfits, and the mix changes from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. The demand is there all year, spread across a dense set of addresses and a steady stream of moves, repairs and small renovations.
