Los Angeles County, California
Small handyman jobs in Hollywood
Small handyman jobs in Hollywood, in courtyard apartments off Yucca and Cherokee, the towers near Hollywood and Vine and the hillside houses above. Tell us which you’re in, because the wall changes the job, and you get a price before work starts.
The price in writingAgreed before anything is scheduled
One visit, several jobsThe drive costs the same either way
No surprise when we arriveThe number holds unless the wall says otherwise
Across Los Angeles CountyFrom the Valley to the South Bay
What goes on the list
The jobs, and what they look like done
Most visits are several of these at once, and the drive costs the same either way.
Hollywood is dense rental housing with a short, repeating list: the TV off the console, a shelf that holds books without tearing out of the wall, a closet door that catches, the anchor holes gone before a walkthrough. Two things price it: what’s behind the paint and how close we can park to your door.
Hollywood jobs, priced from our service pages
These bands are the ones on our TV mounting, drywall and plaster and door repair pages, and your list gets a firm price before anything is booked.
- TV in a 1920s courtyard unit$250–$450plaster over lath and a careful drill
- TV in a postwar stucco block$150–$300a bracket into two studs
- Cables run inside the walladd $100–$250where the wall allows it
- Batch of anchor holes before you leave$150–$300for the visit, plaster costs more than drywall
- Door that catches at the latch$95–$200adjusted at the hinge and the strike
Courtyards, dingbats and towers
The Spanish courtyard fourplexes and small apartment buildings off Franklin, Yucca, Cherokee, Whitley, Wilcox, Bronson and Gower, and most of Whitley Heights, are plaster over wood lath. Handsome buildings, fussy walls: the plaster is brittle at the face, and the studs sit at odd spacing a stud finder misreads.
Along the Fountain, Sunset and La Brea edges, postwar stucco blocks and dingbats are drywall over wood studs. The towers around Hollywood and Vine and along Argyle are concrete with metal-stud partitions, where drilling is loud enough that mid-morning on a weekday is the time to plan it.
The hills are an access job first
North of Franklin the streets are narrow and winding, and plenty of houses are reached by a long exterior stair with no driveway at the door. Bringing up a 65-inch screen, a ladder and a hammer drill without scarring the rail takes time before the work starts, so tell us where a van can stop and roughly how many steps there are. In the flats, mention a loading zone or a garage key.
Hollywood jobs for a licensed trade
When a job clearly reaches $1,000, or needs a permit, it is work for a licensed contractor. The hills push more jobs toward that line than the flats do, because the access adds hours.
- Electrical past a fixture swap, including anything scorched in an old building.
- Rebuilding an exterior stair run or its rail, which has its own rules and its own people.
- Shared plumbing lines in a stacked building, and paint sanded in a pre-1978 courtyard without a certified renovator.
If a job turns out bigger once we’re standing in front of it, you hear that before any more work is done.
What to put in a Hollywood request
- Cross streets: Franklin and Cherokee is a different job from a house off Beachwood Drive.
- 1920s courtyard, stucco block or tower, and whether you rent or own.
- A photo of the wall you want drilled, added to the form.
Send us the list and the price is agreed before anyone climbs the stairs.
Where we work
The rest of Los Angeles County
What the walls are made of changes street by street in this city, and it changes the job.
Send us the list
However long it is. You get a price for the visit before anything is booked.