How do you get in if I am not there?
Access is agreed in writing before the first dispatch: a lockbox code, a smart lock code, or a named local contact. Nobody enters an empty house without written authorisation from the owner of record.
Emergency handyman for a second home
Tom Hanks, owner, 24/7 Express Handyman Service · Updated September 2026
24/7 Express Handyman Service is the number a second-home owner calls from another state when something has gone wrong at the house and nobody is there.
The dispatcher confirms the address and the arrangement on file, Tom rolls, and the first message back is a photo set of what he found.
The arrangement
Call to set up a standing arrangement; terms are agreed by phone and confirmed in writing before the first dispatch.
Call now
Answered 24/7 by Tom or his dispatcher.
24/7 Express Handyman Service confirms the address, the zone rate and the dispatch fee before rolling.
Questions people ask
What do I get after the visit?
Photographs before and after, the itemised work order, and a call from Tom.