Handyman Installation Pricing: Houston, TX (2026)
You should not have to call six companies to learn what a job costs. Every Houston range we work from is on this page, measured the way each trade is actually quoted, so you can plan before anyone comes out.
- Every trade range in one place
- Scope built from a walkthrough
- $500 project minimum
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Quick Overview
Houston Pricing, All Trades
- Painting: Interior $1.50 to $3 per square foot, exterior $2 to $4.50
- Flooring: LVP $4 to $8 per square foot installed, hardwood $5 to $12
- Tile: Floor tile $7 to $15 per square foot, shower work $12 to $22
- Fencing: $30 to $50 per linear foot, a typical yard $4,500 to $7,500
- Drywall: $2 to $6 per square foot hung, taped and finished
- Multi-item visits: Built from a walkthrough against a $500 project minimum
Direct Answers
The Questions People Actually Call About
Multi-item visits are scoped from an on-site walkthrough against a $500 project minimum, because the same visible symptom can be a worn part or active slab movement.
Anything measured per square foot or per linear foot, such as painting at $1.50 to $3 interior or fencing at $30 to $50 per linear foot.
No, it is a project minimum for multi-item work, so the practical answer is to bundle several items into one visit.
Why Houston Is Different
Why a Houston Price Needs a Walkthrough First
Nobody enjoys being told it depends. The honest version is narrower than that: most trades here have a real published range, and the only thing a walkthrough settles is whether what you are looking at is a worn part or a house that has moved. That one distinction is what separates a $600 afternoon from a scope.
The Same Symptom, Two Very Different Prices
A door that sticks in July and swings loose in January is the example everybody has. It can be a worn hinge, a swollen jamb, or a slab edge that has lifted an eighth of an inch and racked the opening. The first is an hour. The last means the door is a symptom and planing it will buy you one season. So we put a laser on the opening before quoting, which costs you nothing and stops you paying twice for the same problem. That is the entire reason the walkthrough exists.
Beaumont Clay Is Why the List Keeps Growing
If it feels like the same four items come back every year, that is not your imagination and it is not poor workmanship. The smectitic clay under most of Houston swells through a wet spring and contracts through drought, lifting and dropping slab edges differentially. Crown and baseboard miters open, grout splits in straight runs, brick veneer stair-steps at the mortar joints, and doors bind. Hairline cracking under an eighth of an inch at an opening corner is cosmetic. Wider diagonal cracks radiating from corners are movement, and the cause gets addressed before the finish.
What We Will Not Take, Said Plainly Upfront
Knowing the boundary saves you a phone call. Plumbing, electrical, roofing and foundation work are subcontracted only as part of a larger remodel, so a bathroom or kitchen remodel qualifies while a job that is purely plumbing or purely electrical does not. Drywall is full wall and ceiling replacement; we replace the affected wall plane rather than taking patch jobs. Fencing covers new runs and full replacements, so repair-only work, post resets and stain-only jobs route to a multi-item handyman visit instead. Everything above carries the same $500 project minimum.
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Typical Handyman Scopes in Houston
Trade work here has published Houston ranges, from $1.50 per square foot interior paint to $30 per linear foot of fence. Multi-item handyman visits do not, so they are scoped from a walkthrough against the $500 project minimum rather than a rate card.
Single-Visit Punch List
A year of small items cleared in one trip
Binding doors planed and rehung, loose hardware reset, failed caulk cut out and replaced, trim joints re-fastened and filled. One mobilization instead of four, which is where the saving actually comes from.
| Rooms | Whole house, interior |
| Duration | 1 day |
| Lead time | Scheduled within 1 - 2 weeks |
| Products | Milwaukee M18 drill/driver, paintable caulk, structural anchors, door hardware, shims |
Measured Trade Work
Priced per square foot, quoted before we arrive
A repaint and an LVP floor in the same visit, measured and priced from published ranges rather than estimated on the day. You can check the arithmetic yourself before anyone starts.
| Rooms | Living, dining, hallway |
| Duration | 3 - 5 days |
| Lead time | 2 - 3 weeks |
| Products | Sherwin-Williams paint and primer, LVP, underlayment, transitions, Graco airless sprayer |
Movement-Related Scope
Cause traced before the finish is touched
Doors out of square, separated baseboard miters and split grout traced back to seasonal slab movement, with exterior grade and drainage checked before any interior finish work is committed to.
| Rooms | Interior plus exterior grade |
| Duration | 1 - 2 days |
| Lead time | Scheduled within 1 - 2 weeks |
| Products | Bosch rotary laser level, high-flex paintable caulk, trim stock, fasteners, shims |
Site Conditions
What We Check Before Quoting Anything
Six conditions account for most of the difference between a quick item and a real scope. None of them are hard to spot once you know what they look like.
| Condition | Where you see it in Houston | What it needs |
|---|---|---|
| Door racked at the opening | Any slab-on-grade home citywide | Laser on the opening to separate a worn hinge from slab movement |
| Diagonal crack from a corner | Postwar ranch in Meyerland, Oak Forest, Westbury | Over an eighth of an inch means cause first, affected wall plane replaced after |
| Grout splitting in a straight run | Tiled floors set directly to slab | Uncoupling membrane on the re-set |
| Flatwork offset at one seam | Spring Branch, Memorial, Oak Forest fault traces | Treated as displacement along a trace, which changes the repair sequence |
| Patio pitched back toward the house | Flat lots where fall was never designed | Grade corrected before interior finish work is scoped, or symptoms return |
| Fence posts out of plumb | Clay yards across the whole metro | Full run replacement with posts set below the active soil layer |
Materials
What Goes On the Truck
A multi-item visit only works if the material is already on board. These are the items that show up on nearly every Houston scope, whichever trade brought us out.
| Product | Brand | Why it earns the spot |
|---|---|---|
| Milwaukee M18 drill/driver | Milwaukee | Drives and removes across every item on a list without a cord or a second trip to the van. |
| Rotary laser level | Bosch | Settles whether a door or floor is out of true from a worn part or from slab movement, which decides the whole scope. |
| High-flex paintable caulk | Sherwin-Williams / DAP | Houston joints move seasonally with the clay, and a rigid filler cracks again by the next dry season. |
| Structural anchors and toggles | Simpson Strong-Tie | Mounting into the local mix of plaster, drywall and masonry needs the right anchor per substrate rather than one default. |
| Oscillating multi-tool | Milwaukee / Fein | Cuts failed caulk, trim and small sections out in place without disturbing the finishes beside them. |
| Primed finger-joint pine trim | Treater-grade millwork | MDF fails near slab level in Gulf humidity; finger-joint pine holds paint and resists moisture at the floor line. |
| Pressure washer | Generac / Simpson | Mildew pressure is year-round here, so exterior surfaces are washed before anything is sealed or fastened to them. |
| Galvanized exterior fasteners | Grip-Rite / Simpson | Humidity corrodes plain steel quickly, so galvanized is the floor on anything exposed or in ground contact. |
Material grades are specified per item after the on-site walkthrough.
Pricing
Houston Pricing by Trade
Every figure below is a Houston range for installed work. Multi-item handyman visits sit outside the table because they are built from a walkthrough. Project minimum is $500.
| Scope | Typical Houston range | What drives the spread |
|---|---|---|
| Painting, interior | $1.50 - $3 / sq ft | Surface condition, ceiling height, trim count, and a color change |
| Flooring, LVP installed | $4 - $8 / sq ft | Slab flatness, transitions, and how much furniture has to move |
| Tile, porcelain floor | $12 - $22 / sq ft | Pattern, cut count, and how much membrane coverage the field needs |
| Fence, installed | $30 - $50 / linear ft | Material, gate count, footing depth, and ground conditions |
| Multi-item handyman visit | From the $500 project minimum | Item count, access, and whether any item is a movement symptom |
Minimum project size is $500. Every figure is confirmed on site before work starts.
Every Houston Trade Range in One Table
This is the whole price list, measured the way each trade is genuinely quoted. If you only read one table on this page, read this one and ignore the rest.
| Service | Houston range | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|
| Painting Services | Interior $1.50 - $3, exterior $2 - $4.50 | Per square foot of paintable surface |
| Flooring Installation | LVP $4 - $8, hardwood $5 - $12 | Per square foot installed |
| Tile Installation | Floor $7 - $15, porcelain and shower $12 - $22 | Per square foot installed |
| Drywall Installation | $2 - $6 | Per square foot hung, taped and finished on new install |
| Fence Installation | $30 - $50, typical yard $4,500 - $7,500 | Per linear foot installed |
| Concrete & Patio | Broom $6 - $12, stamped $10 - $15 | Per square foot; Texas benchmark, no Houston-only source |
| Handyman Services | From the $500 project minimum | Per project, built from the on-site walkthrough |
Specialty trades carry their own ranges: doors $175 - $600 interior and $400 - $1,500 exterior per unit, windows $650 - $2,500 per unit, trim $3.50 - $9 per linear foot, cabinets $50 - $120+ per linear foot of install labor.
Remodel Scopes and Their Bands
Remodels are quoted as projects rather than per unit, so they sit in bands instead of rates. Plumbing and electrical inside them are subcontracted; neither is sold as a standalone job.
| Scope | Houston band | What decides the band |
|---|---|---|
| Guest bathroom | $12,000 - $25,000 | Tiled area, waterproofing extent, whether a tub becomes a shower |
| Mid-range primary bathroom | $25,000 - $45,000 | Shower size, glass, double vanity, tile pattern complexity |
| High-end primary bathroom | $45,000 - $75,000 | Stone, large-format layout, curbless entry, upgraded cabinetry |
| Small kitchen | $10,000 - $18,000 | Run length under roughly 20 feet with stock boxes and no island |
| Mid-range kitchen | $18,000 - $35,000 | Upgraded hardware, quartz tops, and a backsplash package |
| Large or luxury kitchen | $30,000 - $80,000+ | Island, semi-custom boxes throughout, stone, full trim package |
| Whole-house window replacement | $7,750 - $19,500 | Unit count, retrofit versus full-frame, and frame material |
Fixture relocation inside a bathroom sits outside these bands at $1,500 to $5,000 per slab penetration.
Where the Money Goes on a Houston Job
Useful if you are comparing two bids that bundle differently. These are the components a quote is assembled from, with what each one actually buys.
| Component | Typical figure | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Install labor share | 30 to 50 percent of budget | The trade hours on site, across most finish and remodel scopes |
| Skilled setting labor | $60 - $100 per hour | Tile setting and comparable precision work, billed inside the scope |
| Demolition labor | $40 - $70 per hour | Tear-out and haul-off before any new material is placed |
| Materials | Carried in the scope | Specified per substrate after the walkthrough |
| Waterproofing, wet areas | 15 to 25 percent of a bathroom | Pan, curb and wall membrane plus the overnight flood test |
| Permit fees where triggered | Minimums near $91 and $97 | Building and plumbing minimums, pulled by the trade that needs them |
| Mobilization | Why the minimum is $500 | Travel, setup and material pickup on a multi-item visit |
What Moves Any Houston Quote
Last table, and the one worth skimming before you call. These factors apply across every trade on this page, with the direction each one pulls.
| Factor | Direction | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Bundling several items into one visit | Down, per item | One mobilization is spread across the whole list instead of each task |
| Active slab movement behind the symptom | Up | The cause is addressed first, or the finish work fails again next season |
| Relocating a plumbing fixture | Up $1,500 - $5,000 each | Slab has to be cut, trenched, re-poured and re-finished |
| Keeping the existing layout | Down | No penetration, no trade permit, no schedule gap waiting on inspection |
| Flood-zone address | Up 5 to 15 percent on finishes | Raised install detailing and water-safe setting materials |
| Inner Loop historic oversight | Up | Street-facing changes and aging service lines both add scope |
| Difficult access or no truck parking | Up | Material handling hours rise against the same amount of finished work |
Process
How It Goes From a List to a Price
- 1Send the list, however rough. A phone note or a photo of the fridge whiteboard is enough to start. Nothing has to be sorted or described in trade language first.
- 2We separate measured work from scoped work. Anything priced per square or linear foot gets quoted off this page before we arrive. Only the ambiguous items wait for the walkthrough.
- 3Walkthrough on the ambiguous items. A laser goes on doors, openings and floors to settle whether you are looking at a worn part or a slab that has moved. That answer changes the price honestly.
- 4Scope and price in writing. Every item gets its own line with its own number against the $500 project minimum, so you can cut or keep items without the whole quote shifting.
- 5Excluded trades named up front. If an item is purely plumbing, electrical, roofing or foundation work, we say so on the spot rather than taking it on and subcontracting it quietly.
- 6One visit, one list, one invoice. Work runs in the order that keeps dust and disruption contained, and we walk the finished list with you before anything is invoiced.
Coverage
Where We Work in Houston
Coverage runs inside and outside the Loop in every direction. Nothing on this page changes with distance; what changes is the age of the house and how far the slab has travelled.
Our Services
The Five Core Services
Each of these has its own Houston range and its own page. Bundle two of them into one visit and the mobilization cost stops being charged twice.
Drywall Installation
$2 to $6 per square foot hung, taped and finished, at Level 3, 4 or 5. Full wall and ceiling replacement only, so we replace the affected wall plane rather than taking patch jobs.
Painting Services
$1.50 to $3 per square foot interior and $2 to $4.50 exterior. Overnight dew points leave surfaces damp into the morning here, so we work the surface temperature rather than the calendar.
Flooring Installation
LVP at $4 to $8 per square foot installed and hardwood at $5 to $12. Slab leveling comes before the first plank, which is what keeps seams tight and the floor quiet.
Tile Installation
Floor tile at $7 to $15 per square foot and shower work at $12 to $22. The field goes over an uncoupling layer so seasonal slab travel dissipates below the finish.
Fence Installation
$30 to $50 per linear foot installed, with a typical yard at $4,500 to $7,500. New runs and full replacements only; repair-only work and post resets route to a handyman visit.
Common Questions
Houston Pricing Questions
What does a handyman visit cost in Houston?
Multi-item visits start from the $500 project minimum and are scoped from a walkthrough. Trade work measured per square or linear foot is quoted from published ranges before anyone arrives.
Why is there no flat hourly rate published?
Because an hourly rate tells you nothing about scope. A sticking door can be a worn hinge or a slab that has moved, and only one of those is an hour of work.
Is the $500 minimum normal for the market?
We make no claim about the market. It is our project minimum for multi-item work, set by what mobilization, setup and material pickup cost on a single trip.
Which services have firm published prices?
Painting, flooring, tile, drywall and fencing, all measured per square or linear foot. Remodels are quoted in project bands, and multi-item visits are scoped after a walkthrough.
Do you take plumbing or electrical jobs?
Only inside a larger remodel, where they are subcontracted to the trade that pulls the permit. A job that is purely plumbing or purely electrical is not accepted.
What permits will my job need in Houston?
Permitting here is triggered by the work type rather than by a dollar figure. Finish work is exempt; replacing a plumbing or electrical fixture is not, with minimums near $91 and $97.
Can I bundle a repaint with other items?
That is the cheapest way to buy our time. One mobilization spread across a repaint, a floor and a punch list costs less per item than three separate visits would.
How accurate is a price given over the phone?
Firm on anything measured per square or linear foot once we have dimensions. Anything that might be a movement symptom stays a range until a laser has been on it.
How We Keep Pricing Straight
Published Before Promised
Every range on this page is the same one we quote from. You can do the arithmetic yourself before you call, and check our number against it afterwards.
No Number Where There Is No Source
Multi-item visits and decorative concrete are scoped after a walkthrough because no sound Houston range exists. We would rather say that than fill a table with false precision.
Cause Before Finish
Where a laser shows active slab movement behind the symptom, we say so and price the cause first. Finish work over an unaddressed cause fails again next season.
Boundaries Stated Upfront
Plumbing, electrical, roofing and foundation work are only subcontracted inside a larger remodel. Drywall is full-plane replacement and fencing is new runs or full replacements.
Bring Us the Whole List
You already know Allen Parkway floods and that directions here come in minutes rather than miles, so pricing should be just as plain. Ring 512-290-5153 and every item comes back scoped, priced and in writing.
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