Handyman Property Maintenance

24/10/2024

Handyman Property Maintenance Services is now temporarily closed until November 2025 while I take time off for medical and rehabilitation purposes. Will be keeping you posted on when I will be returning back to work.

27/01/2024

Recently completed job to replace a very tired and beaten up entrance gate that had seen better days. Old gate had been subject to age and weathering plus a couple of car accidents from silly drivers not staying on the road!

15/12/2023

So I've finished a morning job out in Ardmore today and on way home popped into Clevedon Strawberries on Alfriston-Ardmore Road to buy a large punnet of strawberries. So thinking since I'm there got myself a delicious Strawberry Ice cream for morning tea! This day just got better.

05/11/2023

31/10/2023

This was my work area yesterday morning for 3 hours to install underfloor installation. LuckIy l don’t mind small spaces as I do caving as a recreational activity. Yes I had full PPE - gloves, P2 rated mask, eye protection, knee pads, gumboots, full body overalls.

30/10/2023

Stage 2 from previous garden job. Repaving under the clothes line and the pathway along the back lawn

07/09/2023

Recent outdoor garden job to extend an existing raised garden bed (using reclaimed NZR railway sleepers). Luckily manage to do between the spate of wet Auckland weather.
Handy Andy Tip 1: For a raised garden against a fence, put H4 rated/treated retaining timber in. Do not use the fence paling to hold soil as this timber is not rated for ground contact. Pine Paling are H3.2 treated for outdoor use above ground only.
Handy Andy Tip 2: If using a raised garden for food/vegetable production, line the inside raised timber retaining with a liner material (such as plastic) before back filling with soil. This should prevent leaching of the timber preservatives.

01/05/2023

Another recycle/reuse/reduce project - relay a paver pathway. Only new materials was base course, sand and cement. Reused (and cleaned up) the pavers.

17/04/2023

RECYCLE / REUSE / REDUCE - this is something I like to do in my jobs.
A recent kitchen job was a great example of this.
I rearranged the existing kitchen cabinet units to fit a new wider and taller fridge. Why get a complete set of new cabinets when you can reused most of the existing ones?
The only new build part was the open above fridge cabinets. This was a Kaboodle 900mm Kitset Slimline Cabinet on the top level and I repurposed part of the original fridge unit to build the underside open shelf. The remaining bottom part of the fridge unit was a new end cabinet (left bottom side of the cabinets) as the original was water damaged beyond repair.

22/03/2023

Another recent small outdoor job (in the sunny weather when we had it). Install 2 new letterboxes

22/03/2023

Nice small job to improve a local gyms facilities - replace a small mirror with two 1.2m x 0.9m mirrors horizontally mounted onto a concrete wall.

01/03/2023

Happy to report I'm back from my Outward Bound and have (finally) fully completed the course. Over the next few days will be catching up on my admin and start scheduling in the jobs waiting for me.

Thank you all for your patience while I have put the business on hold (a few times) while I have been attempting to do a life long dream of Outward Bound. Which I must add was better than I could have imagine both physically and mentally. The old body held together throughout the whole epic adventure. 😆

29/01/2023

Handyman Property Maintenance Services will be temporally closed for February 2023 as Andy takes some time off to attend a personal event/adventure.

This is my 4th attempt over a period of 3 years to get there and hopefully this time complete the 21 day course. First 2 attempts(Jun 2020 & Mar 2021) were cancelled due to COVID lockdowns and the 3rd (Nov 2021) was cancelled 1 week into the course when some of my watch got COVID.

Outward Bounds Masters course is the complete 21-day experience for adults, a chance to step out of routine and invest in yourself.

05/12/2022

Have been doing some cleaning up of outdoor areas so can be enjoyed over the summertime. Amazing the difference a quick water blast can do

10/11/2022

Some "Behind the Scenes" of the wall removal job. The prep (plastic drop sheets for dust protection of gym equipment, the demolition in action and me!)
The gym is "Growing Younger" in Highland Park
https://www.growingyounger.co.nz/

10/11/2022

Recent job to remove some non-structural walls in a local gym. Has opened up the work out area much to the delight of the owners and clients.