Your list, handled
Punch Lists & To-Dos
The list of small things that’s been sitting on your fridge. We’ll work through it.
Send it overSome clients call us about a renovation. Some call about a leak. Plenty of others call us with a list — twelve things, twenty things, the jobs they keep meaning to handle but haven’t.
We’ll come over, look at the list with you, and work through it. Most lists take a day or two.
The three calls we get most
You’re selling a house
A handful of things you want fixed before it goes on the market — some flagged by a realtor, some cosmetic, some functional. We’ll have it done before listing day.
You just bought a house
The inspection turned up a list of items to address before you move in. We’ll handle it so you move into a finished house instead of one with twelve open loops.
Life happened and the list got long
You meant to fix the cabinet, hang the art, replace the light, re-caulk the tub — now it’s been a year. Most families could do half the list themselves on a long weekend, but they don’t want to spend a long weekend doing it. That’s fine. That’s the offer.
How it works
1. Send us the list
Email, text, a photo of a notebook page. The more specific, the better — “light over the sink doesn’t work” beats “kitchen stuff.”
2. Quick phone conversation
Some items we can quote off a description; others we’ll want to see in person.
3. Walkthrough if needed
For anything textured — a wall repair, a paint match — we’ll come look before giving you a real number.
4. We work the list
Most lists run a day or two. On a typical day we knock out about ten meaningful items.
5. We walk through what’s done
You see the finished list, we go through it together, and leftovers either come back as a quick add-on or get scoped separately.
How we bill
Most punch lists are billed hourly — the easiest structure to follow when items are varied. We send a written estimate before starting, with the scope and expected range, so there are no surprises. If items get added on-site, we talk about them and update the estimate first.
The historic mansion
We got called in on a historic mansion being prepared for a $17 million sale. The list looked standard at first glance. The reality was something else — hundred-year-old windows with brass clasps from a craftsman long gone, tight-grain trim nobody mills anymore, irreplaceable doors.
We worked through it, repairing what could be repaired and matching everything to an interior a century older than anything at the hardware store. The mansion sold. The realtor still sends us work.
That’s the high end of what a punch-list day can look like. Most aren’t that — but the standard we bring to a $17 million mansion is the same one we bring to a thirty-dollar light fixture.
What you can count on
From Zach, on every punch list:
I clean up after myself. Every day, before I leave. That’s the standard, and it holds for anyone working with me.
I notice the things you didn’t ask me to notice. The sticking door, the screw that needs tightening, the threshold that isn’t level. I fix them because they should be fixed.
I tell you what I don’t know. Old homes have surprises behind the walls. I’ll name the unknowns up front, and we’ll figure them out together.