Handyman plus van

04/06/2026

Another busy handyman visit completed in Swindon 🔧🚐

Today I worked through a nice mix of home improvement jobs, including:

✅ Putting up shelves
✅ Fitting roller blinds
✅ Installing coat hooks
✅ Fitting curtain poles

These are the kind of small-but-important jobs that make a home feel properly finished — and they’re exactly what my booked handyman slots are designed for 👍

Whether it’s shelves, blinds, curtain poles, hooks, flat-pack, repairs, taps, sealant, doors or general home maintenance, I can help work through your list.

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Fully insured ✅
DBS checked ✅
Swindon handyman service 🔧🚐

03/06/2026

Fence post repair in the rain today 🌧️🔧

Not every job gets perfect weather… but the work still needs doing 💪

Today I repaired a damaged fence post while it was absolutely pouring down. Fence posts don’t fix themselves, and if they’re loose, rotten, or moving in the wind, leaving them too long can make the whole fence worse.

Rain or shine, I’ll always do my best to get the job sorted properly 👍

If your fence is leaning, wobbling, storm damaged, or the posts have failed, I can help.

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Fully insured ✅
DBS checked ✅
Swindon handyman service 🔧🚐

03/06/2026

Henry Nowak, Equal Law, and the Dangerous Road to Two-Tier Justice

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Henry Nowak, Equal Law, and the Dangerous Road to Two-Tier JusticeThere are moments when a country has to stop, look itself in the mirror, and ask a very simple question:Do we still believe in one …

02/06/2026

Ladder work repairing and painting Soffit

29/05/2026

Britain’s Economic Washing Machine: Benefits In, Inflation Out, Everyone Dizzy

Britain’s Economic Washing Machine: Benefits In, Inflation Out, Everyone Dizzy Britain has reached that wonderful stage of national economics where the system appears to be held together with council tax, food banks, mortgage stress tests, and the blind optimism of people who still think “growth strategy” means opening another Pret near a train station. The latest warning comes from Alan Milburn’s review into youth unemployment, which says the crisis of young people not in education, employment or training could be costing the UK around £125 billion a year....

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29/05/2026

UK House Prices Are Rising… Apart From the Bit Where They’re Falling

UK House Prices Are Rising… Apart From the Bit Where They’re Falling The UK property market is doing that very British thing where everyone smiles politely, says “the market is holding up well”, and quietly ignores the damp patch spreading across the ceiling. Zoopla’s latest figures show UK house prices up 1.5% over the year, with the average home now around £271,900....

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28/05/2026

Garage door weather seal upgrade completed in a 3-hour session 🔧

On this visit I fitted proper garage door floor seals along the bottom of the customer’s automatic roller garage doors — the black seals with the yellow safety stripe through the middle 👍

The old strips had been fitted previously, but they were more like internal metal edging and weren’t really designed for this type of garage door setup.

So I removed the old strips and installed the correct garage weather seals instead.

This helps with:

✅ Reducing draughts
✅ Helping keep rain and debris out
✅ Improving the seal at the bottom of the door
✅ Making the garage look cleaner and more professional

I also serviced one of the automatic roller doors because it was squeaking — sometimes they just need the right lubrication and adjustment to keep everything running smoothly 👌

This was actually my second visit to this customer. On the first visit, they asked me about the garage doors, I advised what would work best, and then they booked me back in to get it sorted properly.

That’s what I like to do — give practical advice, use the right materials, and get the job done properly.

Need help with garage seals, doors, repairs or general home maintenance?

🌐 Book online:
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Fully insured ✅
DBS checked ✅
Swindon handyman service 🔧🚐

26/05/2026

Changing bathroom light bulbs today 💡😂

Sounds simple… until you realise the last person had painted the fittings in 😅

What should have been a quick bulb change turned into a careful little rescue mission to free the fittings without damaging the ceiling or surrounding paintwork.

Bathroom lights need to be handled properly because they’re usually enclosed, moisture-rated fittings — and if they’ve been painted over, forced or damaged, it can quickly turn into a bigger problem.

All sorted in the end 👍

If you’ve got those annoying little jobs that keep getting put off:

👉 Book online:
www.handymanplusvan.co.uk

💬 Use the chatbot on the website for quick answers
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Fully insured ✅
DBS checked ✅
Swindon handyman service 🔧🚐