Race & Joyce Dowling
Mr. Handyman of Ft. Washington and Clinton
About Us
Home maintenance service like you've never seen before. Professional technicians have 15 or more yrs. experience, can do most of your household projects. We're licensed, bonded, and insured and our technicians have a criminal background check for your safety. We come out in a marked van and uniform ready to do the work. We warranty our work. Office open M-F 8-5. Work Sat. and evenings by advanced appointment. We also have gift certificates.
How We Got Started
Historic homeowners lived in Prince George's County for over 30 years. Home repair hobby became a service to other people who needed home repair. Bought highly respected franchise and hired local people with 15 yrs. or more experience.
The products and services we offer
Carpenter
Kitchen Construction
Painter
Repair Service
Assembly
Repair Services
Bedroom
Installations
Door Repair
Advanced Home
Bathroom Solutions
Kitchen Remodeler
Custom Bathrooms
Fence & Gate Contractor
Handyman
Contractor
Home Improvement
Repair
Safety
House Painting
Aging
Businesses
Gutter Cleaning Service
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Recommendations Received (2)
"Honest. Great Service. Fair. And really nice people"
"Mr. Handyman does fantastic and reliable work in so many areas. They are prompt, professional,..."
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"Mr. Handyman does fantastic and reliable work in so many areas. They are prompt, professional, and affordable. They do top notch work. Highest recommendation!"
Products & Services
We do a wide variety of jobs: Bed Frame Assembly, Bookcase Assembly, Cabinet Assembly, Deck Furniture Assembly, Desk, Entertainment Center Assembl...
Your staff are home. Keep them happy, healthy, and sane. Get them a gift certificate for home improvement and repair with Mr. Handyman Gift Certifi...
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Recommendations Given (13)
"This organization trains volunteers and helps people with all kinds of issues, including filing..."
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"This organization trains volunteers and helps people with all kinds of issues, including filing for government programs, transporting to dental clinics, and hosting food pantries. They serve the entire community, including the homeless who don't necessarily live in the community because they have no place to live. It is an important service they provide."
"Lots of products and services that we used to go much further to get. Convenient location in..."
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"Lots of products and services that we used to go much further to get. Convenient location in Brandywine Crossing Shopping Center."
Recent Activity
Commercial customers often have work in the winter when it is slow. You have to wait to get paid, but they repeat more often than a residential customer.
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Commercial customers often have work in the winter when it is slow. You have to wait to get paid, but they repeat more often than a residential customer.
Yes, I use it in my current business and my past business. Many people do searches and click on the top one or something close to the top. If it's not my own ad, then it's a lead service (HomeAdvisor, Angie's List, etc.) that charges per lead more than my total spend/job on PPC. I spend as much...
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Yes, I use it in my current business and my past business. Many people do searches and click on the top one or something close to the top. If it's not my own ad, then it's a lead service (HomeAdvisor, Angie's List, etc.) that charges per lead more than my total spend/job on PPC. I spend as much as $500 per month on the Google campaign. I have trouble tracking which PPC campaigns come from where, but I had over 300 jobs from searches last year so it was worthwhile.
Some ways to get customers are: Home Advisor, Angie's List, Google Adwords, and signs on your vehicles.
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Some ways to get customers are: Home Advisor, Angie's List, Google Adwords, and signs on your vehicles.
It sounds like you want to sell your business which charges more, not describe cheap and frugal. We tell our customers that our technicians have 15+ yrs. experience and a background check for their safety and we're licensed, bonded, and insured. Sometimes we have to explain why this is helpful to...
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It sounds like you want to sell your business which charges more, not describe cheap and frugal. We tell our customers that our technicians have 15+ yrs. experience and a background check for their safety and we're licensed, bonded, and insured. Sometimes we have to explain why this is helpful to them. We are reliable and warranty our services - we aren't a business that will disappear overnight; we'll be out there soon if there is a problem with the work we did. You'll have a different answer, but maybe something similar.
We let them know the value of our work: we're licensed, bonded, and insured, we warranty our work, our technicians have over 15 yrs. experience and we give them a background check for the customer's safety. Many people don't understand that value until someone leaves them with a job done poorly...
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We let them know the value of our work: we're licensed, bonded, and insured, we warranty our work, our technicians have over 15 yrs. experience and we give them a background check for the customer's safety. Many people don't understand that value until someone leaves them with a job done poorly and then they call us back.
We hire experienced technicians with background checks, whom we consider and treat as professionals, and we warranty our work.
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We hire experienced technicians with background checks, whom we consider and treat as professionals, and we warranty our work.
I used to have an internet consulting business doing SEO & online advertising. I now do it for my Mr. Handyman business. However, as we have customers who don't use the internet much (elderly people or very busy people with other interests) we do other types of advertising.
Since our customers...
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I used to have an internet consulting business doing SEO & online advertising. I now do it for my Mr. Handyman business. However, as we have customers who don't use the internet much (elderly people or very busy people with other interests) we do other types of advertising.
Since our customers are local, we also use postcards and door hangers, besides passing out business cards, refrigerator magnets, and pens. It's hard to track the ROI until I get a special phone number on these items, but we have a lot of repeat customers.
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