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Your trusted local contractor · Since 2008
Handyman, remodeling & painting
in Ames, Ankeny & the north metro.
Handyman, remodeling, and painting done with the kind of care you'd want in your own home, because for all of our team, this is home.
Lifetime Workmanship GuaranteeLicensed & Insured
2026 Best of Story County Finalist
Ames & Ankeny Regions
BBB A+ · Locally Owned
2026 Best of Story County FinalistIHC Handyman Division · Book online, no estimate needed
Hire an expert handyman for a half day or full day.
Flat, published pricing for a licensed, insured pro in your home for 4 or 8 working hours. Bring us your punch list and we work it in your priority order. No estimate visit, no phone tag, no mystery pricing - pick a date online and you're on the schedule.
Handyman division only - small jobs, one day or less. Remodeling projects are handled by our separate design-build team and are always scoped and quoted, never sold by the day.
4 working hours
Half day
$450
8 working hours
Full day
$850
Best value per hour
Plus sales tax and materials. Supply runs count inside the purchased hours. Completing every item on your list isn't guaranteed inside the block.
Fast to your door
Speed is the whole point. Real open windows show up the moment you pick a block, often within days, not weeks.
Licensed, insured pros
Iowa registration #C106200, $1M/$2M liability, full workers' comp, and our Limited Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee.
One visit, many tasks
Mount the TV, patch the drywall, fix the door, swap the faucet. We work top-down through your list.
Not the cheapest, on purpose
Experienced techs, real tools, real insurance, and work done right the first time. You're buying a finished job, not an hourly gamble.
Our signature promise
A Limited Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee on every project we deliver.
We stand behind our craftsmanship for as long as you own your home. If anything we install, build, or finish ever fails because of how we did the work, we'll come back and make it right, at no cost to you. It's the strongest guarantee in Central Iowa home services, and it's in writing.
Lifetime, in writing
Our written Limited Lifetime Workmanship Guarantee covers our work for the lifetime of your ownership.
Backed by real coverage
Iowa contractor registration #C106200, $1M/$2M general liability, and full workers' compensation on every project.
What we do
One team for the projects most contractors won't touch, and the ones they shouldn't.
From a sticky door to a full kitchen rebuild, we handle the work with the same standard: do it right, communicate clearly, leave the home better than we found it.
The Iowa Home Consulting promise
When you call, a real person picks up.
No chatbots. No AI voice agents. No overseas call center. During business hours, the person who answers the phone is on our team , someone who knows our crews, our schedule, and your project.
While the rest of the industry races to automate the human out of customer service, we're going the other direction. We think the people you trust with your home deserve to talk to a person.
Call us · Mon–Fri 8–4:30(515) 450-2946No chatbots
You'll never be stuck typing in a loop with a bot trying to guess what you need. Type or call, a real person responds.
No call centers
Your call doesn't get routed across the country, or across the world. It rings here, in Central Iowa, and a teammate answers.
No AI voice agents
We don't use synthetic voices to screen calls or pretend to be a person. If you hear a voice, it's one of ours.
Same team, every time
The person who answers your first call is the same crew you'll see on your project. No handoffs to strangers.
Handyman
Mid-sized repairs and installs done right the first time, drywall, fixtures, mounting, doors, decks.
Remodeling
Kitchens, baths, basements, flooring, custom carpentry. Personalized design, professional execution.
Painting
Interior and exterior painting done with proper prep and premium product. Walls, trim, siding, decks, built to last.
Restoration
Water damage restoration and full rebuilds, plus professional mold, moisture, and thermal imaging testing with the latest equipment.
Free tool · Built in-house
Ballpark your project in 5 minutes.
We built a custom estimator using real numbers from real Central Iowa jobs, so you can plan a budget before anyone steps foot in your home. No email wall. No pressure.
- · Real Iowa pricing, not national averages
- · Handyman, remodeling, and painting projects
- · Use it however you want, quote optional
Client stories
“They treated our 1924 home like it mattered to them as much as it does to us. Rare these days.”
Homeowner, Ames · Kitchen renovation
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We're hiring
This is for people who want to build a career, not punch a clock.
We pay better than our industry. We treat people like people. We build careers, not headcount. If that sounds like you, let's talk.
Where we work
Proudly Central Iowa.
Serving Ames, Story & Boone County, Ankeny and the north Des Moines suburbs. If you're in our service area, we'd love to help.
AmesNorth Des MoinesAnkenyNorth UrbandaleJohnstonAltoonaPolk CityGrimesBondurantBooneNevadaStory CityHuxleySlaterMadridRolandGilbertCambridgeMaxwellElkhartAllemanSaylorville areaTwo local regions
Ready when you are.
Tell us about your project. We'll come look, give you an honest assessment, and a price you can plan around.