The Story Behind Tri-Cities Handyman Pros

The Tri-Cities grew up where the Yakima and Snake rivers run into the Columbia, in a stretch of shrub-steppe that gets about seven inches of rain a year. For decades it was farm country fed by irrigation canals, and then in 1943 the Hanford project turned three small towns into a metro area almost overnight. That history is still written in the houses. Richland has its wartime Alphabet houses, Kennewick and Pasco have blocks of postwar ranches built for the people who worked at Hanford, and every decade since has added its own layer, from the split-levels around Columbia Center to the new subdivisions climbing Southridge, Badger Mountain and west Pasco. The climate ties all of it together: hot, bright summers, wind that carries dust and tumbleweeds, hard water, and winters that can swing from mild to well below freezing in a week.

That mix produces a steady stream of small repairs, and those are exactly the jobs that are hard to get done here. The bigger contractors are busy with new construction and remodels and have little interest in a loose gate latch, a cracked patch over the garage door or a faucet that drips. So the list grows: the vinyl fence panel that blew out in the last windstorm, the door that stopped latching when the house settled, the gutter packed with blown-in dust and leaves, the light fixture that's been dead since you moved in. Finding one reliable person who shows up when promised, gives a straight price and works through the whole list is harder than it should be in a region this size.

That's the gap we fill. We're a local Tri-Cities outfit, general liability insured, and we'd rather earn your next call than stretch this one. We quote clearly before we start, work through your list in one organized visit, and build for the conditions here: keeping dust and drafts out, choosing finishes and hardware that hold up to the sun and the temperature swings, and setting posts and anchors that stay put in the wind. Our licensed electricians and plumbers take care of the wiring and plumbing connections, so the new ceiling fan, the fixture swap or the replacement toilet is finished on the same trip as everything else. A single call takes care of it, and that is how a small Tri-Cities outfit hopes to stay in your contacts.

Our promises, plainly put

• The price you approve is the price you pay
• General liability insurance on every visit
• A real arrival time, not a half-day window
• Boots wiped, dust cleaned, trash hauled off
• Straight talk when a job belongs with a licensed trade
• Rooted here in Kennewick and the towns next door