07/06/2019
I’m going to post this again for the first time. Thier is no such thing as a handyman as a trade. Thier is no license for handyman as it is not teachable in a class and thier is no sufficient test you can take for it. And if thier was it would take tens of years to study and more time in the field to master. A true handyman will have worked in all construction trades from apprenticeship to (at minimum) journeyman, then continuing thier study in each field to master craftsman only after engaging in every aspect quirk or customized situation that can occur in that field. Since thier are 22 different fields just in home construction and each take 2-5 years to master you would have to be 44 or over 110 years of age to become one. Anyone who has this amount of skill and knowledge would rather be a custom home builder- engineer or developer. I am the only true handyman in California maybe the world whom does not do it for the money and does not want to run a big company employing others. And if I did I could not properly use the term handyman as it refers to a sole individual lol. Due to my skill level and demeanor I have built up the handyman reputation in this area for over 17 years and because thier is no license requirements for handyman, and no false advertising repercussions thanks to the internet, Facebook and google, everyone is a handyman. And these fakers and false profits have so confused the public in that only a licensed handyman or handyman service should do any work period but that is a unicorn and simply does not exist. A handyman is needed when the job is too small to hire a licensed tradesmen or contractor in that field but still want the experience or expertise a journeyman or master craftsman would have. Or when the project requires several trades or feilds of construction experience but the amount of work in each is too small to warrant a huge company or crew but again the talent required and experience with the tools is greater than the average do it yourselfer. In reality most jobs today a real handyman is overqualified to perform but due to so many tenets living in homes and fewer homes being built but being flipped or used as income property instead. The demand for handyman services has skyrocketed. And due to the reputation I’ve been achieving in Temecula over the past 17 years the term handyman had become glorified and desired so a ton of posers have come out of the rubble. The reality is thier is no one that has my level of skill and expertise and due to all the posers and fakers making so many mistakes the term handyman has now started to become diragatory and that’s just not fair. I worked hard for many years to gain the skills I possess and became a handyman because I wanted to help people and knew I would always be in demand, but now I have to work too hard for several hours just convincing customers I can hang a green door ( just ask your handyman if Hd knows what that is lol) I would start advertising as a master craftsman since I am one in almost every field but no one would have any clue what that really meant and the “contractors or so-called handymen” would campaign that you need to get a licensed for that as well. And when the cslb refuses to ablige they will start a misinformation campaign to confuse everyone in that as well like falsely advertising that they are master craftsman and can do anything. Which is why so many “handyman services” ( so called ) are still advertising today. Ok rant over!