A handyman's whole task list, with a photo of each job
Handyman requests get lost because they arrive as "a few things around the house" with no way to price them. The intake takes the full list, a photo of each task, and where the work is — so a punch list comes in as one clear quote instead of a callback and a site visit.
The questions this niche actually needs
A blank “how can we help?” box gets you a callback and three more questions. Here's what the handyman intake asks up front, so the request arrives ready to act on.
- What's the work — small repairs, mounting, assembly, minor plumbing or electrical?
- The full task list, one line each.
- Roughly how many tasks, all told?
- Is it a house, an apartment, a rental turnover, or an office?
- A photo of each task — the wall for the TV, the cracked trim, the wobbly railing.
Try it — this is the real form
The same engine a paying business would use, running in demo mode. Answer a couple of questions and watch the brief that would land in the owner's inbox. Nothing is emailed and no account is created.
The real form — go through it yourself
What lands in your inbox
Answer on the left — each answer prints here, then the finished brief lands after you submit.
What the photo does here
For a handyman, a photo of each task is the estimate. The wall where the TV goes, the cracked piece of drywall, the wobbly railing — each one tells the operator the tools, the parts, and the minutes before anyone drives out. That's what turns a vague "few things around the house" into a priced list the same day, instead of a walk-through, a second round of questions, and a quote that arrives days later.
Request: Handyman — A punch list of several small jobs
Timing: Sometime this week · Task count: A few (2–4) · Property: House
Task list (as given):
1. Mount a 65" TV on the living-room wall (drywall, studs unknown)
2. Fix a bathroom door that won't latch
3. Replace two broken deck boards out back
4. Re-caulk the kitchen backsplash
Photos: 4 attached — one per task
Location: 75482
Preferred contact: text
What the operator would note: a four-item list with a TV mount and two deck boards
is a half-day with a stud finder, a caulk gun, and matching deck lumber — worth
confirming the board width from the photo so the right lumber is on the truck.What “structured intake” means here
A handyman intake is a hosted request form that captures the full task list, a photo of each item, the rough count, and the property type. That's what a solo operator needs to price a punch list up front — instead of piecing it together over text and re-quoting on arrival. Everyday intake, where the photo does the estimating.
Where this is the wrong tool
This is for small repairs and odd jobs a handyman handles. It isn't for licensed-trade work — gas lines, breaker-panel electrical, or major plumbing — which needs the right licensed pro, and it doesn't send anyone out; it hands the operator a priced-ready list.
See how it compares, or set it up
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