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We’ve had such a laugh in the studio! MrFix often gets calls from TV programmes: usually it’s for boring infomercials but every now and then we join a fun show. This Spring the producer of He who laughs last called us with a prank we couldn’t refuse. Together we set up expert Ismail. We’ve just seen the result in the TV studio in Hilversum and we just laughed our brains out…

The number of corona infections is increasing again in The Netherlands. That makes it more important than ever to ventilate your home properly! It makes sense to think first about how the different types of ventilation systems play a role in ventilation. When people talk, fine droplets form in the air: aerosols. These aerosols can transmit the Corona virus: this is called aerogenic diffusion. There are multiple studies on the relationship between aerosols and the spread of the virus. One thing is clear already: proper ventilation reduces the concentration of aerosols in a room. This way, ventilation reduces the risk of aerogenic spread of Covid-19 in your home too.

Vermin! So far this week over ten Customers have asked us to get rid of mice and other vermin. The rodents are fleeing into houses because of the cold… Some Customers report that the stench of a dead mouse is coming from under their kitchen cupboards. Help is on the way! Ask MrFix for a handyman to seal any holes or a professional cleaner to get rid of pests or their droppings.

In the past 12 months there has been a lot of fuss in Dutch media about the nitrogen crisis in the construction industry, but you don’t read much about pollution in the home improvement sector. Nonetheless home improvement & maintenance also pollutes a lot, whether you do it yourself or hire an expert. MrFix helps you make it more sustainable with 5 specific tips:

Have you ever hired a handyman because your neighbour said he did such a good job? But you’re your job went wrong… again? We founded MrFix because we were fed up with even the simplest jobs going totally wrong because of bad workmanship, missed appointments and missing invoices.
 
It is sad to say, but it is normal in Holland for an expert to say that he will come do the job “sometime next Tuesday”, to charge 2 hours when he worked 1.5 or to promise to complete the job in two days and then turn your house into a construction site for three weeks.
 
In our industry Customers do not trust the expert. And the expert doesn’t trust the Customer either, so he demands that the Customer pay on the spot, in cash or with a payment device. But if the lamp that he hung comes crashing down within a week, you cannot reach that same expert…
 
MrFix helps you and the expert to do things differently: solid, smooth & quickly. This is how we disrupt the home repair industry:

In our office in Central Amsterdam the heat is still bearable, but we hear that more and more Customers are letting people work half-time due to the heat. We’ve had high temperatures of 30-35 degrees Celsius for almost a week! MrFix can help you with:

23 March 2020 was the date that the Dutch government decided to go into an ‘intelligent lockdown’. So many people in Holland to start fixing up their houses with all that extra time on hand that they could not spend in pubs, concerts or football matches. Literally everybody had a repair job, small or big, that needed to be done but for which they never had time. Until Corona… so like the rest of the country, you went to DIY store in good spirits, got the materials and started renovating full of confidence. Yes, let’s go for it!

It’s Father’s Day this Sunday the 21 June! The perfect day to put your dad in the spotlight. But what would he actually like to get? Not another shower gel, bottle of gin or aftershave… That’s why MrFix has come up with three original Father’s Day gifts for you!