Handyman of Australia
WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
We believe life is too short to work a job you don’t enjoy, not getting paid what you deserve and not getting the credit for a job well done. We don’t believe in being stuck inside a factory or an office all day with the same people day in day out. We would rather be outside breathing in fresh air and feeling the sun on our skin, meeting new people everyday and being welcomed into their homes and creating positive change that we deliver.
We believe in helping people become business owners so they can achieve having their own success, earning fantastic money and enjoying financial freedom whilst working flexible hours that suits you and taking days off whenever you want to.
We believe starting up a new Business by yourself with no experience is not only very difficult, extremely time consuming and for little to no reward initially. Based on the facts and figures which tell us a startup Business is a up to a 90% chance to fail in the first year and the remaining 10% have a 90% chance of it failing in the next 5 years. Yes, starting a business from scratch and making it successful is that difficult. You must be prepared to take a financial hit for up to 12 months depending on your outlay and overhead, therefore the odds are stacked against you.
What You Need To Know
FRANCHISE FACTS
3 Core Values
Every Handyman of Australia franchisee operates on the same three promises Tim built the business on:
- Top-notch quality service and genuine customer satisfaction
- High attention to detail and quality craftsmanship on every job
- Honest, competitive pricing
These aren’t just words — they’re what franchisees are trained on from day one, and what keeps the Handyman of Australia name meaning something wherever it’s franchised.
Handyman Franchises
That's why we believe Franchises are the perfect solution
A small entry fee for great income potential at up to $4k a week as a sole trader before any expenses. It’s a scalable business so you can hire people to work for you increasing your turnover even higher. When you join our Franchise family as a Handyman or Handywoman business owner, you are in the business for yourself but never by yourself. Our Business grows the more successful you are, meaning we would also fail IF you failed so we’re here to solely to help you succeed. Which is why we’re always here to deliver support, advice and guidance so your business is ALWAYS successful.
We want to help Trades people or wannabe business owners realise the dream of owning their own business for such a low entry price so you don’t have a huge debt worrying you or even stressing you and your family out. With the cost of living higher than it’s ever been, the last thing you want or need is a huge debt you have to pay off. Our business model and systems are proven for success meaning exceptional returns on your investment, enjoying a great variety of work with ongoing mentoring & support. This is the help our franchisees need to build successful businesses by providing ongoing help and assistance through our high support culture.
We do all of this for incredible value at a fraction of the cost of our main competitors for the same Handyman Business. So for $22,490 + GST, why wouldn’t you want to own a Handyman of Australia Franchise?
Lower Startup Costs
wanting a better life
How Handyman of Australia began
Handyman of Melbourne was established in 2013 by owner Tim Wallace.
Before that, Tim spent 14 years as a qualified cabinet maker, building and installing kitchens and custom cabinetry. It was skilled, enjoyable work — but after over a decade of it, he knew he needed something different.
He wanted a better life. More work/life balance. More financial security. Work that stayed interesting instead of becoming routine.
So he made the leap — trading a trade he knew inside out for one he’d have to build from nothing.
For $22,490 + GST, why wouldn't you want to own a Handyman Franchise?
Variety, the spice of life
One of the things that drew Tim to the handyman industry was variety. He wanted to work across a real range of trades — small jobs and big ones, commercial clients and residential, repeat work and one-off projects.
He still loved cabinetry, but he also wanted to install doors and locks, build timber decks that are transformational, plaster patches and paint and landscape gardens. He enjoyed hands-on repairs and property maintenance — the dramatic transformation of a full bathroom renovation just as much as the small satisfaction of hanging a mirror straight.
No two days looked the same. That was the whole point.
from one business to a national opportunity
From one van to a national brand
For over a decade, Tim ran Handyman of Melbourne himself — building the business, refining the systems, and learning exactly what it takes to run a genuinely profitable handyman operation.
But there was a limit to what one person, one van, and one city could cover. Melbourne is a big place — and Tim couldn’t be everywhere at once. He didn’t want to either. He wanted to travel less, not more, and build something bigger than himself.
That’s what led to the decision to franchise: take everything that had been learned running a real, working handyman business — the pricing, the systems, the client relationships, the mistakes made and lessons learned — and hand it to other people who wanted the same thing Tim once did. A business of their own. A Business they could be proud of. A life that actually fit around them, not the other way around.
Handyman of Australia is that decision, still being built out today — one franchisee, one territory, one honest handyman at a time.
the invitation
Is this you?
If you’re a tradesperson who’s good with your hands but tired of working for someone else’s business instead of your own — this is what Handyman of Australia was built for.
You don’t need to figure it out from scratch, the way Tim did. You get the systems already built, the mistakes already made by someone else, and a genuine, direct line to the person who’s actually done this — not a call centre, not a franchise machine, the owner -Tim.