Atlanta Handyman for Buckhead and Intown Homes That Deserve Careful Hands

Much of intown Atlanta was built long before drywall and pre-hung doors were standard. In Ansley Park, Morningside and Virginia-Highland you find Craftsman bungalows, brick Tudors and four-squares with plaster walls, heavy wood trim, transoms and original five-panel doors. These houses are beautiful, but they move. Plaster develops spiderweb cracks over doorways, old doors swell and rub every humid summer, and window sashes that have been painted shut a dozen times stop working.

Druid Hills, with its winding streets laid out by the Olmsted firm near Emory and the Fernbank area, has larger historic homes where the work is often about matching what is already there: a section of crown molding, a piece of baseboard, a cabinet door that has to look original. We approach these jobs slowly on purpose. Patching plaster so the repair disappears, planing a door instead of replacing it, and caulking and painting trim without burying the profile is the kind of work older Atlanta homes need.

North of Peachtree Battle, the housing shifts to larger estates and newer luxury builds around Tuxedo Park, West Paces Ferry and the streets that circle Chastain Park. Here the requests usually come from busy homeowners who want one reliable person for many small things: hanging heavy art and mirrors, mounting TVs with hidden cables, replacing light fixtures and ceiling fans, adjusting closet systems, touching up paint after an event, and keeping decks, gates and exterior trim looking sharp.

We treat these homes with the care the finishes deserve. That means drop cloths and floor protection, dust control when we sand, careful measuring before anything gets drilled into marble or stone, and a clean site when we leave. If a historic district or neighborhood association has rules about exterior changes, we flag it before we start so you can confirm what is allowed.

Atlanta is called the city in a forest for a reason. Mature oaks over Virginia-Highland and Morningside drop leaves and seed pods that fill gutters every fall, and the spring pollen coats porches, siding and screened rooms in yellow. Summer thunderstorms then push water where clogged gutters cannot carry it, which is how fascia boards, porch columns and window sills start to rot. Our usual intown exterior visit covers gutter cleaning, rot repair on trim and porch parts, pressure washing of walks and porches, and fresh caulk and paint where water gets in.

Intown Atlanta also has a large rental market, from duplexes near Ponce de Leon Avenue to condos along Peachtree Road. Landlords and property managers call us for make-ready between tenants: patching walls, painting, replacing worn hardware, fixing running toilets and leaky faucets, swapping light fixtures, deep cleaning and hauling away whatever the last tenant left behind. One crew for the whole list keeps the unit off the market for less time.

We are a family-owned company with more than 5,000 jobs completed across metro Atlanta. Estimates are free and there is no trip fee to come out to your home. If something we did is not right, we come back and redo it at no cost. Our team speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish, which helps when a property manager, a housekeeper or a family member is the one meeting us at the door. Send photos of your list by text to (770) 744-7051 and we will tell you what we can handle and when.