Handyman in Mission Viejo, CA

Most of what Dan does here is updating rather than repairing. Swapping tired faucets, light fixtures and door hardware. Regrouting a shower that has gone porous. Pulling a dated backsplash and tiling a new one. None of it is structural, and all of it changes how a room feels far more than the cost suggests.

The other half is the maintenance that a thirty-year-old house quietly needs: settling cracks in the drywall, ceilings marked from an old leak that has long since been fixed, interior doors that no longer close cleanly, and the interior repaint that has been on the list since before the kids left.

Homes around the lake and up on the older streets tend to have more exterior wood than the newer tracts do — fascia, trim, patio covers and fences that need paint and repair on a cycle rather than all at once. Dan is happy to work through that in stages if that is easier to budget.

Neighborhoods he covers

Mission Viejo and the areas around it, including Lake Mission Viejo, Casta del Sol, Canyon Crest, Deane Homes and Aegean Hills. If you are just outside, ask — he is usually nearby anyway.