Spick & Spanner
Home and Garden Odd Jobs
At Spick & Spanner, I take on the home and garden odd jobs too small for trades people but that you can't do or can't get around to doing. See the kind of jobs I do, look at some of my previous work in the gallery, and if you're interested, contact me. Thanks for stopping by.
Jobs Done
Here is a list of the kind of odd jobs I do. It's just to give you an idea, so if in doubt, please contact me.
Inside the Home
Decorating - walls, ceilings, windows, doors, skirtings and facings prepared and cleaned, gaps filled/caulked, paint brushing and rollering, old wall paper stripped, lining paper applied
Joinery Work - skirtings, facings and doors fixed/replaced, small framing jobs, shelves assembled & mounted, TV brackets installed
Flat Pack Furniture - assembled and installed, repairs to existing furniture made
Plasterboard & Walls - repairs to plasterboarded walls, small areas of plasterboard taped and seamed, new plasterboard primed, shower enclosures tanked, dings and dents filled and blended in
Tiling - small areas tiled and grouted (such as splashbacks), broken tiles replaced like-for-like
Pictures & Mirrors - pictures framed, pictures hung, mirrors hung
Bathroom - silicone repaired, mould cleaned, towel rails and other fittings installed, blinds installed, vanity units repaired/installed
Kitchen - units repaired, drawers and doors re-aligned, handles fixed/replaced, shelves and racks installed
Plumbing - loose taps tightened, plugs replaced & fixed, tap washers replaced, sink/basin/bath/dishwasher drain pipes fixed & replaced
Electrical - sockets and switches replaced like-for-like, bulbs replaced, pendant and wall lights replaced like-for-like
Attics - loftboards and insulation installed
Outside The Home
Gutters - cleaned, small repairs (up to a working height of 4.5m/15 ft)
Lawns, Hedges & Bushes - mowed and trimmed (garden waste disposal is not provided)
Fences & Gates - repaired, repainted, small fences sections installed, new gates installed
Decking - wooden and composite decks, pressure wash cleaning, repairs, new installations
Borders - forked, turned over, weeded
Raised Beds - constructed and installed, repaired, forked, mulched, weeded
Paths & Patios - pressure washer cleaning, repairs, pointing, new paths constructed
Sheds - repaired, new installations, re-roofed/re-felted, bases installed, log stores constructed
Pergolas & Gazebos - repaired, installed, painted
Gallery
Here are some samples of my work I have done for previous clients. The photos below are from a Victorian wash house converted to host guests in a self contained space with loft bed, cooking and living area and shower room with WC. With the plasterboarding previously completed by a joiner, I taped and seamed and prepared the walls and ceiling, including skylight apertures, ready for decorating. The shower enclosure was tanked with a waterproofing kit prior to tiling it. The matching sand-coloured grout with chromed edging strip finished the look ...
Above the shower room doorway, a sizeable gap between the original rafter and wall surface was addressed by inserting a timber, tied in to match the original, and stained and sanded ...
With electric cables already installed by an electrician, the same client required new wall lights to be fitted and wired in ...
Another client needed a TV wall mount fitted to a new plasterboard wall, with the wiring and aerial cabling previously completed ...
The same client needed a wall-mounted towel rack installed in a bathroom ...
An IKEA Eket floating drawer unit was assembled and repurposed as a bedside unit for clients who had an ottaman bed. This allowed them to have a bedside unit whilst still being able to pull open drawers from the bed and access the double socket ...
This outside job aimed to improve an existing border where the client was fed up of digging and weeding. The solution was to widen the border slightly to accommodate new raised beds. I built and installed these. The ground was weeded and levelled, before plain brown cardboard was laid and covered with a generous wood chip mulch. An edging was made with treated timber to complete the look ...
This job involved the re-siting and re-erecting of an old garden shed that was in a sorry state. A base was installed, some rotten timbers replaced, the whole coated with creosote and the roof re-felted ...
Pricing
My prices are not based 'per job', rather by time block. I recommend you list your jobs, with the highest priority job at the top, and I'll work through them in the order you like. If they are all done in half a day, you pay for half a day. If they take all day, you pay for the full day. I charge a minimum call out fee of £45 which covers the first hour. If the job is done in that first hour that's all you pay. If it takes longer then you'll pay just the half day fee. If it's more than the half day it'll be the full day fee.All prices exclude materials. Any materials used to complete your job, such as paint or filler for example, will be added to your final invoice.
First Hour / Minimum Callout Charge - £45
Half Day Block - £80 for 3.5 hours
Full Day Block - £150 for 7 hours
Availability
Please contact me for availability.
About
Hi, I'm Sean and I live in Newport on Tay, just over the river from Dundee, with my wife and two kids and black lab Ziggy. I have spent most of my professional career working as a software test engineer across various organisations. However, I've always enjoyed doing up houses and gardens and have picked up a plethora of DIY skills over the years. An unexpected redundancy in the summer of 2026 presented me with a chance to start my own odd job business doing what I love - DIY. I hope I can help you too!
Contact
You can contact me using the form below. Just enter your name, email address and message describing your list of odd jobs in priority order, then click Send Message. Or email me directly at [email protected]
Thank you
Thank you for contacting me. I'll be in touch as soon as I can.