Free Home Repair Estimate Calculator

Yes. There is no subscription, no trial period, and no card required, for the handyman installing it or the homeowner using it. Homeowners see a real price range with no email required to see a number, and handyman businesses who install it on their own site keep it free forever.

No. Enter your business name and email once to get your embed code, hosted link, and QR code, that is the whole setup. There is no dashboard to log into and no account to manage.

Every submission is emailed to you instantly, with the homeowner's name, contact info, the job they picked, and the price range their answers produced. Lead emails start once you click the one-time confirmation link we send when you set up your embed. The calculator still works for homeowners before that, it just is not emailing you yet.

Yes. Set a low-to-high range for the everyday jobs like drywall, doors, trim, and tile, and a range for each type of the bigger jobs, deck boards or railing or structural, a fence section or gate or post, and an hourly, half-day, or full-day handyman rate. Every estimate your calculator gives then runs on your numbers. Leave any of them blank and that job falls back to a solid national default.

The credit line is what keeps the calculator free. Keep it in place and the calculator, the leads, and the emails stay free forever.

Most handyman businesses bill somewhere between $75 and $150 an hour, with the higher end in big metros and for licensed, insured operators. Many price by the job or by a half or full day rather than a strict hourly clock, so a homeowner sees one number for the punch list instead of a running meter. There is usually a minimum, often an hour or a trip charge, since a short drive for a five-minute job still costs the business a slot. This calculator prices by the job and by the day, which is how most homeowners actually get quoted.

A handyman is the right call for small, varied jobs: drywall patches, a sticking door, trim, a few tiles, a fence section, a punch list before selling a home. A specialty or licensed contractor is the call when the work is large, structural, or trade-regulated, like moving a wall, a full roof, a panel change, or new plumbing behind a wall. The line varies by state and by the dollar value of the job, since many states cap what an unlicensed handyman can charge for a single project. When a job crosses that line, a good handyman will tell you and hand it off.

Access and prep move a repair price more than the visible fix does. A drywall patch is quick on a flat, paintable wall and slower when the texture has to be matched or the wall painted corner to corner. A fence post is cheap when it lifts out and expensive when it snapped off in a concrete footing below grade. The trip charge, the local rate, whether small jobs can be batched into one visit, and the materials all shift the total, which is why this calculator gives a range and treats the on-site visit as the exact figure.

A drywall repair commonly runs $150 to $600 depending on the size of the damage and the finish. A small hole patched and sanded is at the low end; a larger section that has to be cut out, backed, taped, textured to match the wall, and painted is at the high end. What moves it most is matching the existing texture and whether the whole wall has to be repainted so the patch does not show. The calculator prices the range so a homeowner is oriented before the visit.

It depends on what has failed. Replacing worn or split decking boards and a loose railing is cosmetic and surface work. A structural repair is needed when the joists, beams, posts, or footings that hold the deck up have rotted, cracked, or pulled loose, which is a safety issue and a much bigger job. Bounce in the deck, posts that move, or soft, dark wood at the framing are the signs. The calculator prices boards, railing, and structural separately because they are far apart in cost and in risk.

It depends on what broke. Repairing a leaning or damaged section commonly runs $200 to $700 depending on the panels and the material. A gate that has to be rehung or replaced runs about $250 to $800 with new hardware. A single post runs $150 to $500, more when it snapped off in a concrete footing that has to be dug out. The calculator asks which of the three the homeowner needs so the range narrows to the real job.

Usually not for like-for-like repairs. Patching drywall, swapping a door, replacing trim, retiling, fixing a fence, or replacing deck boards typically needs no permit. A permit tends to come into play when the work is structural or changes the footprint: rebuilding a deck's framing or footings, raising a fence above the allowed height, or anything that moves electrical, plumbing, or a load-bearing wall. Rules vary by city, and a licensed handyman will flag when a job crosses into permitted work. The calculator's ranges assume standard repair work.

A complete estimate covers the labor, the materials, any trip or minimum charge, and cleanup and haul-away of what comes out. For a bigger job it also accounts for prep the fix requires, matching texture or finish so the repair blends in, and any structural work a deck or fence needs beneath the visible damage. The by-type pricing in the calculator shows how the prep and the scope, not just the surface fix, move the number.

Treat it as a solid ballpark that gets a homeowner oriented before anyone visits. It prices the job from the type of work and a few follow-up answers, on regional defaults or the handyman's own numbers. An in-home visit sees the actual damage, the prep and matching the fix will take, and whether small jobs can be batched into one trip, which is what turns the ballpark into a firm price. The calculator's job is to give a real number fast and start the conversation, not to replace the site visit.

No. The calculator shows a real price range on screen from the homeowner's answers before it asks for anything. Contact details are only requested if the homeowner wants that estimate sent to a handyman or wants a call back. That is deliberate, a tool that shows a number first earns more finished submissions than one that gates the result behind a form.