Seguin, Parry Sound, and Muskoka
A handyman who lives on the lake and calls back the same day.
Seguin Property Care is Ken Anderson: repairs, property maintenance, cottage watch, openings and closings, based on Manitouwaba Lake in Seguin. The prices are on this page. Work that needs a licensed electrician or gas tech gets one, lined up and coordinated by me. And if anything about your job changes, you hear it from me first, not after.
A written quote before any job, and a photo report after every visit.
The price board
Most outfits around here won't put a number in writing until they've seen the job. Here are mine, before you call.
- Handyman rate
- $85/hr
- Call-out, first hour included
- $149
- Cottage check, per visit
- from $99
- Cottage opening
- from $349
- Cottage closing
- from $399
- Dock in, spring
- $399
- Dock out, fall
- $449
- Half day, 4 hours
- $330
- Full day, 8 hours
- $620
- Storm or after-hours call, first hour included
- $249
Prices are for Zone 1, about 30 minutes around Seguin. Zone 2, 30 to 60 minutes out, is a $199 call-out and adds $50 to flat-rate jobs; the full zone map is under where I work. So a two-hour repair in Zone 1 runs $149 for the call-out and first hour, plus $85 for the second: $234. Dock in and out booked together: $749. HST extra. Parts and materials at cost plus 15 percent. If a job runs shorter than quoted, the bill shrinks with it.
Cottage watch around Parry Sound, with proof
A scheduled check of your closed cottage, October through May. Twenty points: heat, water, roof and snow load, windows and doors, pests, storm damage, and anything you ask me to keep an eye on. Photos taken on site, and the written report lands in your inbox by the end of the same day.
Most cottage policies expect a seasonal home to be checked on a schedule or drained for the winter, commonly around every 30 days. Check your policy, then hire me to meet it and prove it. A dated photo report is the record your insurer wants to see.
After a big blow, watch clients get their storm sweep within 72 hours, in signup order, as part of every plan. The $249 storm call on the board is for everyone else.
| Monthly, 8 visits | $119 |
|---|---|
| Bi-weekly, 16 visits | $99 |
| Weekly, 32 visits | $85 |
Weekly plans run where three or more clients share a lake, so the drive stays fair. An unplowed lane past 100 metres adds a $40 walk-in charge, or I plow at cost. Your pick, agreed in writing. Book a closing and a watch plan together and the watch plan is 10 percent off.
Call about winterWhat happens when you call
- You call 289-380-0870. If I'm on a ladder, leave a message. I call back the same day.
- We talk through the job. Small jobs get a price on the phone, straight off the board above.
- Bigger work gets eyes on it. Looking is free in Zone 1; farther out, we sort the drive on the phone first. You get a written quote within 48 hours. The number holds for 30 days, and it's the number on the invoice.
- The work happens on the date we set. If anything changes, you hear it from me first. You get photos when it's done.
Jobs I take
- Handyman repairs
- $85/hr
- Drywall and painting
- quoted flat
- Flooring
- quoted flat
- Basement finishing
- written quote, 48 hours
- Bathroom renovations
- written quote, 48 hours
- Fencing
- quoted flat
- Pressure washing, deck or dock
- from $299
- Junk run, half trailer
- $249, dump fees in
- Cottage opening and closing
- from $349 / $399
- Dock in and out
- $399 / $449
- Scheduled property checks
- from $99/visit
- Storm damage response
- $249 call-out
Electrical work goes to an ECRA/ESA licensed electrical contractor and gas work to a TSSA-registered tech, by law. I bring them in and stay on the job. Additions and siding get subbed the same way.
Winter is the test
Anyone can look after a cottage in July. The season that matters runs from freeze-up to break-up, when the driveway drifts in and a tripped breaker turns into a burst pipe. That's what the watch program is for, and it's why the winter calendar fills up during the fall closing rush.
If you want checks this winter, book before the end of October.
Ken Anderson
I've made my living in construction and property maintenance, and I live on Kellington Point on Manitouwaba Lake. On my own lake, people call me for all of it: the burst pipe, the storm damage, the property check, and directions to whoever they actually need when it isn't me. The company's new. I'm not.
What you get is written quotes and photographs of everything I do on your property. Job photos will replace the landscape shots on this site as the work rolls in.
Where I work: Seguin to Muskoka
- Zone 1, up to 30 minutes. Seguin, Parry Sound, McDougall, McKellar, Rosseau, Otter Lake, Orrville
- $149 call-out
- Zone 2, 30 to 60 minutes. Nobel, MacTier, Carling, Dunchurch, Pointe au Baril, Huntsville, Port Carling. Flat-rate jobs add $50
- $199 call-out
- Zone 3, an hour or more. Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Bala, Orillia, Midland. Multi-day jobs only. The minimum is the $330 half day plus $150 for the drive, both ways
- $480 minimum
Zones go by actual drive time from my shop in Seguin. Boundary addresses get quoted per address, and the quote names your zone before any work starts.