What things cost, what the season asks of a house here, and how to handle the letters and the deadlines that come with living in an association. Every number we quote comes from a source listed at the bottom of the post.
Three companies, three very different quotes for the same afternoon of work. Here are the published market ranges for handyman labor in Florida and South Florida, how minimums and trip charges work, and the county rules that decide what is even on the menu.
Rekeying is one of the cheapest pieces of security you can buy, and one of the most confusingly priced. Here are the published South Florida ranges, the point where new hardware makes more sense, and the licensing situation for locksmiths in Florida.
Roughly 145,000 seasonal residents come into Palm Beach County every year. Here is the two-visit rhythm that keeps a seasonal house from eating your first week: what to open in October through December, and what to shut down in April and May.
A faded wall, a chalky garage door, a front door two shades off the approved color. Palm Beach County associations issue paint violations constantly. Here is what the letter means under Florida law, how the fine process actually works, and how to close it out.
The wall behind your TV in Palm Beach County is probably concrete block, and the anchors that came in the mount box are probably not for it. Here is how block walls, hollow cavities, interior frame partitions and over-fireplace heat change the job.
In a condominium, hurricane prep is a shared job with a hard line down the middle. Here is what Florida law puts on the association, what stays with you as the unit owner, and the parts a handyman can genuinely take off your list.
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