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HANDYTRADES

In beta across Inner West, the Sutherland Shire and Ryde. See the suburbs

A licensed local tradie, without the call centre.

Search trades who actually work your suburb and send a quote request, or post the job once and let licensed trades bid on it. Free for homeowners, with no lead fees baked into the price.

Free while Handy is in beta. Not open near you yet? You'll be able to join the waitlist.

Recent job, Dulwich Hill

Marrickville Plumbing Co.

PlumberLicence verified Licence verified★ 5.0 (2 jobs)
Licence
123456C
ABN
12 345 678 901
Serves
Marrickville, Dulwich Hill, Petersham, Newtown
Request a quote

Goes straight to Dave. No call centre.

A trade listing, as a homeowner sees it

What changes

Posting your job on a lead-gen site and getting calls from trades an hour away, with a fee baked into every quote.

Post it once and only trades who serve your suburb can bid — for free.

Not knowing if the person turning up holds a licence.

Licence and ABN on every profile, and every listing checked by a person.

Paying extra because the tradie paid for your lead.

Trades pay nothing to hear from you, so there's nothing to pass on.

What you get

Everything below is built and working in the beta today.

Post a job
Describe the job once. Licensed trades who serve your suburb see it and bid with a price — you pick who you like the look of.
Local only
Search by trade and suburb, or let trades local to you find your job. Either way, it's the businesses that serve your area.
Licence and ABN
Shown on every profile. A blue tick means Handy has checked the licence with NSW Fair Trading.
Straight to the tradie
A quote request goes to the business you chose, and you talk to them directly.
Photos of real jobs
Trades add photos of their own work, not stock images.
No tools to learn
No scheduling, no project boards, none of the things a trade business uses. Just the job and the bids on it.

Getting started

  1. 1

    Check your suburb

    Put in your suburb or postcode. If Handy is open there, you're in.

  2. 2

    Create a free account

    Name, email and a password, so you can keep track of your requests and jobs.

  3. 3

    Find a tradie or post your job

    Search by trade and send a quote request, or describe the job and let trades bid on it.

Questions people ask

Is it free?
Yes. Homeowners never pay to search, post a job or ask for a quote. No subscription, no credit card. Boosting a job post for more visibility is an optional extra.
Do I need an account?
To ask for a quote, no — but an account keeps your details filled in and lets you see where your requests are up to. To post a job on the jobs board, yes, so trades can message you and you can pick a bid.
How is posting a job different from asking for a quote?
A quote request goes to one business you've already picked. Posting a job puts it on the jobs board for every licensed trade who works your suburb to see and bid on, so you can compare a few before choosing.
How do you check the trades?
Each business gives us its licence number and ABN, and a person checks the listing before it goes live. We still suggest checking the licence on the NSW Fair Trading licence check before work starts.
My suburb isn't open. What now?
Join the waitlist with your postcode. We open the suburbs with the most people waiting first.

Check your suburb, then find a tradie or post your job

Handy is open in 94 suburbs so far. If yours isn't one of them, join the waitlist and help decide where we open next.