Dartmouth Handyman

10/09/2026

This porch lives to fight another day, but it may not have had it been left for another wet winter! We flaked all the peeling paint, treated the rot, patched it up with wood filler, installed a new hardwood door and door stops and then gave the whole thing a very thorough paint job to keep it watertight.

07/09/2026

Another Little Cotton Farm patio overhauled last week. I think we are on number 6 or so by now 🤔. On this one the landing for the back garage door was in the wrong place and the original slabs weren't even stuck down - Just placed loosely on an uneven bed of concrete. At least they were easy to lift them up and get them gone 😅 Now the patio is finished with stylish sandstone slabs at a much more usable size of 5.4m x 3.6m and the next job will be to install a large Pergolux pergola!

22/08/2026

20/07/2026

A few more jobs got finished up today - 2 TGV doors and a slatted garden gate. The old rotten ones got added to the ever growing waste pile to be disposed of once we've finished up a few more bits and bobs.

17/07/2026

Working through a long list of jobs at this peaceful little property just outside Dartmouth. Today was about finishing off this small fence with decorative lattice panels and a custom gate to renew the rickety and rotten old ones that were there before.

10/07/2026

We've been working with this customer on a full renovation over the last year or so and going 1 room at a time through the house to achieve a high end finish.

This bathroom called for a full strip out including the floor joists and supporting block work to establish a solid and level base. The walls were tanked, battened, insulated and boarded and now have custom recesses behind the bath, in the shower and a recessed cabinet above the sink. We fitted a new lvt floor, tiled the shower, installed a recessed tray and shower screens. Skirting, architraves and decorating finished the job off nicely and now the room is almost unrecognisable!

Plastering by Hermitage Plastering
Electrics by JR Electrical SW
Decorating by Dartmouth Decorating Co.

03/07/2026

Another small job ticked off the list to revamp this little summerhouse veranda in solid composite planks.

It was a boiling couple of days. But the sea view kept me going 🌊

01/07/2026

A small but satisfying little job finished up to install a dainty fan shaped sandstone patio in an unused corner of this new build garden.

We had saved some turf to infill where the lawn was cut back, but it got thrown away when we weren't looking 😑 I'm hoping the customer decides to roll with it and put in some small flower borders to frame the front edge. If not, a bit of seed should have the grass regrowing in no time.

Either way you can tell the customer is excited to use the patio as they rushed straight out to buy their garden furniture :)