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5-star quotes & 5-star inspections

 
MrFix supports Customers and experts in agreeing on the price for building repair & maintenance jobs without misunderstandings or unnecessary delays. In practice that means the expert estimates the labour cost for jobs of less than a day’s work / ~€500 based on the info the Customer shares. For bigger jobs a quote is usually better, although most experts need to inspect a job before they can quote a fixed price. Inspections and quotes can cause major problems. MrFix tries to help Customer and expert to avoid these so the process is smooth & fair.

 
Most people prefer not to think about home repair & improvement in winter: they probably know that you can’t paint outside anyway in freezing temperatures. And you certainly don’t want to have your house renovated when it’s cold outside: imagine not being able to use your bathroom for a few days or the contractor breaking a section of an exterior wall for your home extension!
 
But if you only start looking for an exterior painter or contractor in April, the best professionals will be booked up for the whole outdoor season. So order your painter or contractor for big outdoor jobs in February or March at the latest: then you have a choice of the best experts (like Master Expert Rudi here) and of different dates for the execution of your job.

Give 1-3 friends a €55 Home Check for free & get a free one too!

 
MrFix is here to help you find a solid local builder. Not only to repair or improve your home: also to prevent costly repairs by detecting and correcting hidden problems in time. We call it the MrFix Home Check. It’s not a formal structural survey but a quick check of your home: its state of repair, maintenance, energy efficiency and safety. Give up to 3 friends or neighbours a Home Check (value €55) for free and get a free Home Check yourself too!

If you both apply common sense then your expert can still do your jobs Corona-safely!
 
Our home repair heroes bravely continue to work in a Corona-safe way. Although Corona has been around for two years now, MrFix has not yet experienced a single case of contamination of a Customer by an expert or vice versa! We ask our experts and Customers to remain vigilant. We understand from the Dutch Government website that the Coronavirus does not need to be an obstacle to home repair jobs. But it remains essential to use common sense: do not book an expert if you have symptoms and cancel the appointment if you do develop symptoms or test positive!

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If you both apply common sense then your expert can still do your jobs Corona-safely!
 
Our handyman heroes bravely continue to work in a Corona-safe way. Although Corona has been around for two years now, MrFix has not yet experienced a single case of contamination of a Customer by an expert or vice versa! We ask our experts and Customers to remain vigilant. We understand from the Dutch Government website that the Coronavirus does not need to be an obstacle to home improvement jobs. But it remains essential to use common sense: do not book an expert if you have symptoms and cancel the appointment if you do develop symptoms or test positive!

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It’s May, although you wouldn’t know it from the temperatures in Holland 🙂 If you act quickly, you can still prepare your garden for Summer. Dutch newspaper Dagblad van het Noorden shared 6 good tips. We have picked the best and collected a few more from our gardenersto present you the most useful ones:

 
In its latest commercial, Dutch insurer ASR illustrates nicely how it is often better to repair wood flooring in a sustainable way than to replace it. MrFix does that too: we help Customers to repair and improve their homes & appliances instead of scrapping things. For example, before every paint job we ask if you would like to reuse leftover paint.

 
Both Customers and contractors often ask us who is actually responsible for cleaning up after the job. The simple answer is: agree that clearly with each other before the job starts. But please make sure first that it is clear how the expert will keep the Customer’s home as clean as possible.