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Great service from James and very very reasonable price! He came out to look at our shower and fixed it the next day! Best price and best service in Chichester for sure. Thank you very much James
Bognor Regis · Littlehampton · Chichester
Your local odd job and repair man.
I'm James. I fix the things that have been quietly annoying you for months, and I'll tell you straight what's worth doing about them.
Why people ring me back
Five recommendations on Facebook so far, all of them positive. Here is what sits behind them.
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A straight answer
You'll hear what actually needs doing and what can wait until next year. I'd rather tell you a job is small than talk it up.
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A price before I start
I look at the job, or a photograph of it, and tell you what it costs. Once we've agreed that figure it stays put.
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Weekends as well
The goose never sleeps for long. If something's gone wrong on a Saturday, ring me and I'll tell you whether it can hold until Monday.
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The van carries the usual bits
There's a fair chance the part is already in the back, so most of these jobs get finished in one visit.
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The right tool for it
I carry an inspection camera and a wet vac, so a blocked drain gets looked at properly before anything is taken apart.
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Advice on the phone is free
Some jobs are a five minute fix you can do yourself. I talked one customer through clearing an airlock in her shower, and that was that.
What I do
Six things I get called out for most. Each one has a page with the detail on it.
Fitting a new one, swapping a dead one, and working out why the one you have runs cold halfway through.
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Radiators that stay cold at the top, leaking valves, towel rails and immersion heaters.
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Dripping taps, slow drains, leaking waste pipes and the blockages a plunger has given up on.
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Panelling goes straight over uneven walls, and it costs less than tiling and goes up in a day.
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A two stage treatment that clears the mould and leaves the room feeling fresh again.
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Key safes, meter boxes, shelves, handles, hinges and the list that has been on the fridge since spring.
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Three jobs from the last few months
In the bathroom
A sink that drained slower every week
I couldn't get at the pipes to inspect them, so the camera went down instead. In there was a pair of tweezers, five razor heads, an assortment of screws and enough hair to keep it all company. Ten minutes with the wet vac cleared it, and I fitted a spare pop-up plug from the van so the same thing stays out.
Fixed the same day
A condensate pipe somebody had taped up
Tape holds on a joint that stays wet all winter for about a fortnight. I took the whole section out and replaced it, and it was half an hour's work. All in a day's work for the goose.
A full room
Tiling was the plan, boarding was the answer
I was called out to quote for tiling this studio flat. The walls were a long way off flat and the budget was tight, so we talked it through and went with panelling instead. It goes straight over the top of all that, it came in cheaper, and the room was finished in a day.
Tell me what it's doing
Ring, text or WhatsApp. A photograph of the problem usually saves us both a trip, and I'll come back to you with a price.
How a job runs
Four steps, and you'll have the price before anybody picks up a tool.
Get in touch
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Tell me what it's doing
Ring, text or send a photograph. A picture of the leak usually tells me more than a paragraph does.
The quote
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I come and look at it
Most jobs I can price on the spot. If a part is needed I'll find out what it costs and tell you before I order anything.
The work
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I get on with it
A lot of this gets finished in one visit, because the van carries the usual bits. Anything longer, and you'll know up front.
Afterwards
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You watch it work
I run it, show you what I've done and clear up after myself. Then you pay me.
Recent work
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Bathrooms
A studio flat bathroom before the panels went up
Bathrooms · Uneven walls, tight budget
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Bathrooms
The same room looking the other way
Bathrooms · The bath end, before
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Bathrooms
Marble-effect panelling, straight over the old walls
Bathrooms · Finished in a day
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Bathrooms
Panels taken round the basin and the bath
Bathrooms · Wipes clean, no grout
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Bathrooms
The finished room from the door
Bathrooms · New flooring under it
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Plumbing
Condensate pipework replaced after a tape repair gave up
Plumbing · About half an hour
What people have said
Five recommendations on my Facebook page, word for word.
Questions I get asked
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There's no price list, because a dripping tap and a whole bathroom are different days. I'll look at the job, or at a photograph of it, and give you a figure before I start. Once we've agreed it, that's the price.
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Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and Chichester, and the places in between. If you're a little outside that, ring anyway. If I'm already working your way it's usually fine.
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I answer the phone at weekends. Whether I can get to you the same day depends on what's already booked, but you'll get an honest answer either way.
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Small jobs are most of what I do. A key safe, a shelf, a door handle that's come loose. If it's quick I'd rather fit it in than send you looking for somebody else.
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Sometimes, and I'll say so. I talked one customer through clearing an airlock in her shower over the phone and she sorted it herself in ten minutes.
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Gas appliances are a job for a Gas Safe registered engineer, so I leave those alone. Ask me and I'll tell you honestly whether what you need is something I can take on.