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I do not subcontract,   you need a contractor when you are building a home.  You do not need one to fix your fence.  If I send you a person, you deal with them directly. If I cannot do something for you, I refer them.  And the trades I refer are very good  and do not work for me.  My customers use them and trust them just like I do. 
 

"You must have seen me around."

I have been fixing things in people houses and offices for over 20 years. This article was one of the first ones written about me in Canada

 

 

Now this vehicle can park underground where the old one could not.

So no where there was a parking issue before , It has been eliminated and I can now park almost anywhere.

And I did it all for you.

I do these things to serve my customers better. My system is the only one which allows you to book in several different trades people who I trust and have used in the past, all at the same time.  Please be shocked if they all show up at the same time. No other handyman in the world has a Virtual house tied into the booking system which helps you determine which trades person you need  for which job.  And all of this saves you more time than anything in the world. Please tell me what you think of your viewing experience. PLEASE EXPLORE DOWNWARDS. IF YOU HAVE A MOUSE WITH A "WHEEL" ON IT JUST ROLL DOWNWARDS

When I sold this truck below I bought this van  because I needed a vehicle to demonstrate the "Handy-Hoist."  I almost retired here.  Canadian tire bought 15,000 units and I shifted  my business off to work on the project.  But then  I spent all my time in a shop working with my new business partner on them. 
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I do not do this type of "cheap construction" but I do not understand how the government

can accept this garbage and the unsuspecting customer who buys it once everything

is covered over with other construction materials  Anytime it rains while a house is being constructed, if the house is not protected,

the  wood will absorb the water and swell and in most cases the builder just  hides it behind something else.  I would never buy a newly constructed house.  I will build my own myself.

ALL THE DARKER SPOTS,  ARE POTENTIAL FOR WATER  DAMAGE

I can tell you stories......

 

 

 

 

IT IS NOT JUST A MINI VAN BUT IT IS THE LES THE HANDYMAN HANDY VAN

iam@LesTheHandyman.com

What do you think of the new  look of Les the Handyman?

I SHOW UP ON TIME AND CALL IF I HAVE TO BE LATE

BOOK ME ON THE INTERNET AND SELECTA TIME AND DATE

YES I AM THE HANDYMAN WHO IS ALSO A POET,

COME TO AND LET ME SHOW IT.

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Fast Efficient, Friendly service with a smile,  an easily accessible web site  designed for  the non-technical person who wants to get  where they need to and if possible,  make an appointment with no stress or wasted time.  And they especially do not want to play telephone tag.

Perhaps the fact that I have been in business for over 20 years, may say something about who I am and the quality work I deliver.  I have several video customer testimonials.  They are real customers  and not friends.

The fact is that I have referred millions of dollars of business to others in the name of good service even when I had the Les the Handyman Hour on CFRB RADIO 1010    (MORE) A BACKGROUND in Hospitality interior design, I designed and build restaurants all over the world, even Europe. (even turn key ones - ask me of you are interested in this)   Need your kitchen designed. I will make it look good but with total functionality.  i have only seen a few well designed kitchens and I know how to hide all the wires so you see almost no wires from all the appliances plugged into the wall. I am the only one.  I have been doing this  before all those reality shows.  I can design a concept, create the menu,  work out the portions with a chef, do the food costing, design the restaurant and bar to code, supervise the construction, order the kitchen equipment, supervise the installation of it all, put in just about any system from a manual one to a totally computerized one like "squirl," hire the staff, train the staff, design the menu, photograph the (HAVE 15 YEARS COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE) food, create the web site, Manage the restaurant and then it is running smoothly, hand they keys over to the owner.  Beat that HOLMES!!!  HAHAHEHEHEEHEH

I guarantee your happiness because without my customers, I would not have a business.

 

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So Les, what can you do?

First of all you can drop me in the middle of no-where with a can opener and I will survive,  But I am nothing special. The same for all those who were trained in the militaries of the world including the SAS and Green Berets  or the even more famous U.S. Navy Seals can do even more.

Access Panel installed ,Accounting software Animal Deterrents, Animal runs, animal enclosures, ANIMAL TRAPS, Assorted darkrooms, photographic studios, darkroom equipment,  Basement  renovation  (but do not do that anymore), Basements painted, Basements cleaned out , Basements organized , Bathrooms gutted, bathrooms painted, Bathrooms siliconed, bathroom cabinets modified, Bike racks designed and built, Bicycles designed and built, Bird houses hung and built, built 2 European houses, built two electric cars, built a solar bike 
Built an exercise room where the guy can surf the net while riding his bike  
Built garbage hutch, modified an existing  hutch, 
cable management (hiding all those computer and stereo wires)  
Cat enclosures built, cat holes cut into doors,  Cedar closets built, Circuit boards designed and built for little projects, Cleaning all types of things like garages or basements, Closets  organized and designed, components for closets designed and created, Clothing store, Computers assembled and software installed, Concrete steps repaired, Cracks in asphalt and concrete

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 driveways repaired,  Cracks in the sides of houses filled, Crown + chair moldings (I can refer this to you), Custom woodworking,  Cut back branches,  Cut lawns, Deck washing  
Decorative  fences and gates designed and built  
Designed all kinds of things, some of which you will recognize  
Designed and built a gun cleaning area for a collector  
Designed and built a loft for a customer  
Designed and built all types of furniture  
Designed and built computer tables  
Designed and built decks of all types  
Designed and built kitchen cupboards  
Designed and built playgrounds of all types  
Designed layout for fliers for customers (my hobby) write training manuals for companies  
Designed and built assorted tree forts – one even had an elevator  
Develop black & white and colour films  
Digital photography – 22 years experience in the photographic industry  
Discounts at Sheridan Nurseries  
Discounts in Mr. Lube  
Door frames replaced and repaired  
Door repair  
Doors hung even a bunny run  (ask Les if you don’t know what this is )  
Drains unclogged  
 A good Lawyer with ethics - to me...this is amazing in itself

Electronic devices assembled  
Electronic devices designed and built  
Electronics - stereos VCRs etc.  
Enlarging closets  
Eves cleaning  
Excellent story teller for kids or adults , Fabricated things from wood plastics and glass, Fashion photographer, Faucets repaired, Fences installed from wood or steel (I have someone to sent you to now), Figured out 'dog runs' for security dogs protecting a fence line, Figured out lots of solutions to many solutions for people to make certain repairs around their homes  
Fixed locks of all different types  
Fixed sticky doors  
Functional iron bars designed  
  
  
 

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Garage door maintenance  
Garage door replacement (I can refer you to someone)

Garage door repair  
Garage storage areas  
Garage storage designed + built  
Garages cleaned out  
Gate hardware replaced  
Gates built  
Gates built from scratch  
Gates repaired  
  

Hasps and pad locks installed  

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Help other people build their prefab sheds  
Helped at garage sales (free of charge)  
Helped children with school projects which required power tools  
Helped other people build all types of things  
Helped people move furniture from one location to another  
Helped people shop for fixtures getting them great deals  
Helped property managers with all type of problems  
Horse back riding with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna (one summer one corsage ride) (retired)  
  

I do not subcontract, I can actually do all these things myself – it is pretty amazing I think!  
I show up when I say I will or I call if I am going to be late  
Ikea Cabinets and furniture assembled  
Installed compartments into Mercedes  

Kitchen modifications and alternations

Kitchen cabinet door replacement

Know a chauffeur service that will pick you up and drop you off, Know a few companies who can manage your property, Know a good company who will waterproof your basement  
Know a good honest mechanic  
Know a good Travel Agency for Seniors  
Know a great place to get an alignment for your car (they are very honest and inexpensive)  
Know a guy who can copy your prints into video  
Know a guy who can scan your pictures for $ 1.00 Can. each within 24 hours  
Know a regular travel agency  
Know a translator from Hungarian to English and visa Versa  
Know a very reasonable, good reliable trustworthy maid  $ 12.00/hr.  
Know Good painters  

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Know good Plasterers  
Knows a good accountant  
Knows a good brick layer  
Knows a good Electrician  
Knows a good eves and gutter guy   
Knows A good Family Lawyer  
Knows a good furnace guy  
Knows a good garage door company  
Knows a good Graphic Artist  
Knows a good home inspection/engineering  company  
Knows a good landscaper  
Knows a good Master of Ceremonies for parties and functions  
Knows a good photographer  
Knows a good Plumber     
Knows people who can copy video tapes from American mode to European mode  
Knows people who can help in software support  
Can organize your office so you produce twice as much as before  
can print up your invitations   
Knows where to repair electronic goods  

video tape your party or wedding  - have 35 years photographic experience
Knows where to shop to get great deals on just about everything

Lawn and garden care  
Leaves raked  
All types of locks installed in interior or exterior doors, bolts gate closures  
Loose door knobs tightened  
Lubed +hung  all types of doors and shutters  

Make black and white and colour prints in my own darkroom  
Many decks repaired  
Master of ceremonies at parties  
Mediator  
Minor landscaping 

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Modified a wall unit, so a big TV can be hidden in it.
Most people don’t have the time and just want it (whatever) taken care of  
Movies – Have been in  a few and even one in Europe 

Movable shower head  I made 

Offices organized, Old carpet removed and disposed of, Old floor removed  
Organized garage sales for people  
Organized peoples tool rooms  

Painting, inside and out  
Passage locks installed and replaced  
People hire me because they need help with a project  


Planted flowers for realtors at houses which had to sell fast (ask about your 24hr garden)  
Plastered ceilings  
Plastered walls  
Playgrounds assembled from kits  
Porches  
Poured concrete  
Privacy locks installed and replaced  
Purchased and installed Christmas lights according to a theme  
Purchased Christmas trees  
Purchased presents for people   
Put up Christmas trees  
  

 

Refer customers to other customers who have their own businesses  
Refinish some furniture  
Removal of fallen trees  
Repaired  and installed pocket doors  
Repaired  retaining wall  
Repaired  and built all typed of garbage bins  
Repaired many louver doors many closet doors  
Replace washers in faucet's, replace windows, casement windows too, garage  
Replaced faucets (which I do not do anymore. I can recommend a great plumber)  
Reproduced old photographs for clients and printed them out on colour ink jet  
Restaurants designed and built – training in Hotel restaurant and institutional admin. (Ryerson)  
Rod iron design  
 
Sanding and sealing,

Scanned in pictures for customers for 2.00 ea.  
Silicone caulking  
Sheds and  rabbit cages with electronic sensors  
Sheds designed and built from scratch 
Shelves  of all types assembled and constructed  
Shopped for others to buy tools, , secret rooms, rooms for valuables,  
Shower stalls cleaned  
Small drywall jobs

steel steps with wood  50 years ahead of its time but Europeans have been doing it like this for over 250 years.

Window well construction with door that opens

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Smuggled films past "Check POINT CHARLEY"  during  THE COLD WAR.
Snow removal  
Some commercial store front doors repaired, designed a clothing store  
Some people hire me because they do not have a clue but want to learn
Some steel fabrication, Storage bins, 

  
  
 What else can I do ? Plenty....

Hold on to your pants cause here we go!

 

My rules  
I show up when I say I will  
I call if I am going to be late  
I always inform you of potential problems  
I always try to give you the simplest solutions to problems  
If I make a mess, I clean it up with my own vacuum  
I always start a digital timer when I arrive  
I always stop that timer if I go for lunch  
I work quickly and efficiently because I have little time  
All my work is guaranteed  
Your satisfaction is guaranteed  
Many references available upon requ
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My aunt from New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My work

 

A

Access Panel

Animal deterrents

 

B

Basement bedroom

Basement office

Basement Storage

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C

Carpet Removal

Ceiling Moldings

Concrete Repairs

close in electrical box

Closet more Space

Closet installation

Cupboard door  

Custom work (small is OK)

Custom thing (very cool)

Custom Shed

D

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Deck 01

Deck  repair 02

Deck Ext. and New Railing 03

Deck repair 04

Deck Repair and Ext.
Deck small repair
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Deck Repair 07

deck big one 05
Deck small repair 06

Deck and Pergola Masterpiece

Deck Staining

revamp deck

Door Repair

Door repair 2

Door repair 3

Drain cleaning  at grate at base of driveway

Driveway cracks I know the facts

E

  escape

F

Fence?
Fixing the edge of a door
   

Fixing  Tiles
Floor fixing and replacing

Floor replacement 2

floor replacement

Floor cap for drain installed.  Balls were rolling into the drain

Fort removal

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Gap at the top of the Kitchen cupboard
Garbage hutch and recycling center
 

Garage cleaning and organization

 

Garage door repair

Garage Organizing


Garage Organizing

Garage door repair

Garage Panel

Garage reorganization

GaiNTERESTINGrden clean up

Gate Replacement
Gate repair
  

Another Gate repaired

Grate cleaning  at base of driveway

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Hang up stuff like mirrors

I

I found a hole in my floor. 

Insulate a wall

Ikea stuff assembled and installed

J

K

Kitchen cabinet door repair

L


Lattice frames made, primed, painted and installed
 
Lattice repair and paint
 

Loft corner

loft transformation

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Major deck fixing 

More Playground

More Space

More Space 2

More Space 3

Create more Space 2

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Numbers installed with style

O

Only Steps which are rotten only get replaced

Organization  of a Garage

Organization of loft

P


Painting Porch and steps

Painting steps

Picnic table removal

porch repair


Privacy more

Privacy from the neighbours

Privacy fence ext.

Q

 

R

Railing

Replace the railing

Rotted floor

S

 
Shed - Custom
Shelves

Shelf again

Shower head Custom thing (very cool)

Sills repaired

Space for more shelves

Staining Steps

Steel frame steps with wood steps

Structural Engineer

Sub-floor

steps leveled

Steps repaired

Steps 10

Steps from Brick

Swing set assembled

Swing set removal

T

Table modification

Table repair

Tiling countertop

Tiling the back splash making it extra-ordinary

Trailer Modification

U

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Under Decks

 

 

W

Walk-in closet modification

Just an insulated wall

Window Crank

Window sill replacement
Wire Management

Window well fabrication with door

Wire Management2

Why buy a new Playground when i can modify the old one

 

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Who would you rather hire?  Someone who is not afraid to put his picture on his van  or someone who drives around  with an unmarked one, with no phone number or name on it.

 

I get asked all the time: "Les, do you have a screwdriver?

 

 

 

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Perhaps you want to hire someone  who had the right tools to get your job done.

 

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A fully equipped van  which is very organized, just to serve you better and to save time and money for you because most of you worked hard for it.

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Sometimes you want to help.  I welcome it. 

4 hands are better than 2

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