The jobs a handyman can do, and the ones the law keeps for registered trades: gas work, notifiable electrical work, windows and other building work.
Check a handyman before you book: Companies House, voluntary registers, the waste carrier register, a written price, cancelling and reporting.
Snagging a new-build home: the pre-completion inspection, the 2-year after-sales service, complaint deadlines and the New Homes Ombudsman Service.
Jobs to do before winter: gutters, the stop tap, pipe lagging, outside taps, condensation, fences and alarms. With council and water advice.
When a small job needs consent in Buckinghamshire: listed buildings, conservation areas, the Chilterns National Landscape, Article 4 directions and trees.
Fence heights, overhanging branches, who owns a boundary, and how to complain about a high hedge to Buckinghamshire Council or Milton Keynes City Council.
Guides
Plain guides to common problems, the rules and how to check a firm. Each guide lists its sources.