Northern Rivers NSW
Homesmith does move in day handyman work across the Northern Rivers: furniture assembled, TVs mounted, artwork hung and doors adjusted. The work is done by a qualified carpenter, with floors covered before anything comes through the door.
A week later the wardrobe is full and putting up a shelf has become a production. So most people book us for the first few days rather than the first few months.
Send the job list and we tell you how many days it looks like. Time left over goes to whatever else you point at.
Sold as a day booking. Materials charged separately.
12 month workmanship guarantee · Fully insured · The place left cleaner than when we arrived
Detail
A move in day is usually a long list of first time jobs rather than repairs.
Most move ins are a full day, from $760 + GST. Whatever we quote is fixed before you book.
You are buying the block of time, not the individual jobs. If the boxes run out before the day does, we start on the shelf or the door you had not got around to mentioning.
Fixings and hardware go on at cost. Flat pack furniture, brackets and curtain rods you buy, so that you choose them. For a big house it is sometimes two days rather than one, so send photos of the rooms and the pile of boxes.
The most useful preparation is a decision about which room each piece goes in, roughly where the TV sits, and which wall the big artwork wants.
We can advise on any of it. A house where those calls are already made gets through twice the list.
On the day, floors go under protection before anything else happens. A fresh timber or engineered floor will take a mark from a dropped bolt on day one. Boxes get opened on a covered surface.
Walls get scanned before anything goes into them, so a bracket does not find a pipe or a cable. We work room by room so finished rooms stay finished. Cardboard leaves with us.
Every job carries a 12 month workmanship guarantee. If something we built, hung or fixed in your new home lets go inside the year, we come back and put it right.
Moving into a rental or a new build? The defects list is the same conversation and we work off it directly.
Where we work
We cover Byron Bay, Bangalow, Lennox Head, Alstonville, Ballina, within roughly a 50km radius of Byron Bay. Same prices everywhere, no call out fee.
Common questions
The first week, ideally the day the furniture arrives or the day after. The house is empty and every wall is reachable. Book two or three weeks ahead if you can, because settlement dates cluster at the end of the month.
Yes, and for some jobs it is much better. Shelving, curtain rods, TV brackets and anything that makes dust are all easier in an empty house. We can work from a key or a lockbox and send photos as things go up.
The small ones, yes. Sticking doors, loose handrails, gaps in sealant, skirting and architrave damage, cupboard hinges and catches. Anything structural, or anything the builder is on the hook for, we point out rather than fix, because doing it yourself can weaken a defects claim.
Every house is different, so we do not guess from a bedroom count. Send the list of what needs building, hanging and mounting and we will tell you how many days it looks like. Mention gallery walls and anything going into masonry or hebel, because those change the answer.
No. Book around the first big delivery and keep a list for the rest. Everything that does not depend on furniture, so shelving, curtain rods, TV brackets, artwork and doors that need easing, is easier in a half empty house anyway. A second short visit later for the last of the flat packs is a normal way to do it.
Usually, with the owner's written permission, which most agents will give for artwork, a TV bracket and blinds if you agree to make good at the end of the lease. Ask before we book and keep the email. We fix in a way that leaves an easy patch behind, and we can come back and make it good when you move out.
Send the list and we will tell you whether it is a half day or how many days it looks like, from $420 + GST for a half day or $760 + GST for a full day, for one smith, fixed before we start. If there is time left over, we keep working down whatever else is on your list.
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