Handyman in Martinborough

What we do in Martinborough

Everything on our services list travels to Martinborough. Out here a lot of the work is rural and outdoor: boundary and post-and-rail fencing, farm gates, decks and pergolas for entertaining, and holiday-home maintenance for owners who aren't there every week.

If you've got a place you visit rather than live in, a single booked visit to work through the whole list is the efficient way to keep on top of it.

Wind, vineyards and lifestyle blocks

Martinborough sits out on the open plains around its town square, and it's exposed, and the nor'wester comes across the flats with nothing to stop it. That wind is unforgiving on anything underbuilt: flimsy fencing goes over, trellis and shade sails tear off, and gates drop on their hinges. Everything we build out here is built for it, with the right timber, the right fixings, and post spacing that holds.

With vineyards, rural blocks and second homes through the district, the jobs range from farm fencing to a wind-rated pergola off the deck. We'll tell you honestly what will last in this spot and what won't.

Bryan started out as a carpentry apprentice, then spent 30 years in IT service management, where things had to work first time, and has been back on the tools since 2018. Out here, that means building it to stand up to the wind.

What it costs from Martinborough

Same published rates everywhere: $247.50 covers the first 2 hours, includes travel in Masterton, then $109.25 an hour, including GST. Travel from Masterton is $1.21 a km round trip, and for Martinborough that's typically about $101, confirmed exactly before booking.

Materials at standard retail with no handling margin, and if a job looks like running longer than expected we stop and check in with you first.

See the full pricing.

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