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Same-Day and Urgent Handyman Calls: Fitting Them In

What Counts as Urgent

A door that won't lock, a leaking supply line, a broken window latch on a ground floor, a rental that has to be ready tomorrow. Urgent jobs are a good source of new customers who become regulars.

Find the Closest Van

Crew GPS on the office map shows where every van is. Pick the van that is closest and has a short job it can push.

Insert, Don't Rebuild

Add the urgent job to that van's day right after its current stop. Text the customers whose times shift. Leave the rest of the board alone.

Charge for It

Same-day service is worth more. Many handymen add a rush fee for same-day calls. Put it in your service list so it's on the estimate and invoice, not argued at the door.

Keep Room

If urgent calls come in often, leave a small gap in one van's afternoon. If nothing urgent comes in, pull a short job forward from the waiting list.

Keep Reading

Next in this series: Skips and Reschedules: Handling Handyman Jobs That Don't Happen. Before that came Rain Days: Rescheduling Outdoor Handyman Work Without Chaos. For the full picture, go back to the handyman scheduling software overview.