Handyman James
Construction Supervisor License #120385
Home Improvement Contractor #197410
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Handyman James
Limited places · Registration closes 30 September 2026
Snowblowers only — never a plow — so your driveway, lawn edges and landscaping come through winter the way they went into it. Residential and commercial. Places on the Waltham round are limited.
Join the 2026–2027 registerMulti-unit properties have a harder snow problem than single homes: several sets of tenants who all need to get out early, shared walkways that become a liability the moment they ice over, and often a commercial frontage as well. All of that is on the same register.
Tenants leave earlier and in more directions than a single family does, and shared walkways become a liability the moment they ice over. Commercial frontages have their own early-morning deadline. All of it is on the same register, and all of it is worth describing when you sign up.
Plows are quick, and they are also what scrapes up driveway surfaces, tears lawn edges and buries mailboxes. Every property on this register is cleared with snowblowers. It takes longer. Nothing underneath gets wrecked.
Driveways, paths and access areas cleared with snowblowers, no matter the depth.
Treatment to keep cleared surfaces safe once the snow is off them.
Both, on the same register. Commercial properties with early-morning access needs are worth flagging when you sign up.
Charged per cubic foot, per snow event — so you pay for the snow that actually falls, not a flat fee for a winter that might be mild.
The round is worked by one person, and a storm only gives so many hours before people need to get out. Once the season starts, the properties on the list are the properties that get cleared — there is no adding a driveway mid-storm. Registering before 30 September is what secures a place in Waltham for the winter. More on how the round works →
“The best snow clearance team I've known in 50 years of living in Massachusetts. Never fails and always clears the drive perfectly, no matter the depth.”
— Jim, Lexington, MAMost 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.
If you own units here, this is the page that matters. The retainer is priced per property, so a three-unit portfolio is $150 a month for round-the-clock access to a licensed tradesman who already knows all three buildings — and no emergency premium when a tenant calls at midnight rather than at noon.
The Waltham retainer in fullRepairs, fixtures, drywall, painting and the everyday jobs.
$50 a month, per property. 24/7 access, no emergency callout fees.