Handyman James
Construction Supervisor License #120385
Home Improvement Contractor #197410
Call or text (508) 306-1552
Handyman James
Belmont sits in the middle of the round, between Arlington, Waltham and Cambridge — which makes it one of the easier towns to reach quickly.
Get a quoteIt is a mixed town to work in. Belmont Hill runs to large older houses with the upkeep that implies, while Waverley and the streets around Cushing Square are denser and carry more two-families. The work follows the housing: bigger exterior and carpentry jobs on one side of town, steady small repairs on the other.
Being central to the service area matters more than it sounds. Belmont usually sits between two other jobs rather than at the end of a long drive, which is part of why small jobs here are worth taking at all.
Covering Belmont Hill, Waverley and Cushing Square.
Hanging blinds, TVs, artwork and shelving. Furniture assembly and fitting out a room from scratch.
Patching, repairs, and full painting and decorating jobs, interior or exterior.
Deck cleaning and repainting, leaf clearance, lawn mowing and hedge trimming.
If it's broken and it's in your house, there's a good chance James has fixed one like it before — from a sticking door to an industrial sewing machine.
Most people meet James through a single job. A fair number then move onto the monthly retainer, which is less a service than an arrangement: $50 per month, per property, and from then on there is one licensed number to call at any hour, with no emergency premium attached to calling it at the wrong one.
A 3am callout is billed at the same hourly rate as a Tuesday afternoon.
Phone, text or email, 24 hours a day. Not a call centre or a ticket queue.
Gutters, exterior and weatherproofing checked before the season that causes the damage, not after it.
The same licensed tradesman every time, who already knows where your shutoff valve is.
Belmont's larger properties have more that can go wrong out of sight — more roof, more gutter, more exterior to weather a winter. Seasonal walkthroughs are the part of the retainer that pays for itself here, because they catch things in October that would otherwise be found in February.
The Belmont retainer in full“This man's dedication to his job is outstanding. He's well informed, professional, and transparent about everything he does.”
— Matthew, Lincoln, MAJames holds an unrestricted Massachusetts Construction Supervisor License (CSL #120385) and is a registered Home Improvement Contractor (HIC #197410) — the state registration that gives Belmont clients access to the Guaranty Fund and the arbitration program if something goes wrong. He carries insurance. If a job falls outside his licence or his skills, he will say so before starting, not after.
Get a quote$50 a month, per property. 24/7 access, no emergency callout fees.
Snowblowers only, never a plow. Register closes 30 September.