For the places you can’t always get to
Lake cottages and hunting cabins sit empty for weeks at a time, and that’s when small problems grow — a loose shingle becomes a leak, a soft step becomes a hole. Having a local handyman who can get eyes on the place, send photos and fix what he finds is the next best thing to being there.
Log cabins
Log homes have their own rhythm: chinking, settling, rustic floors and roofs under heavy pine. Repairs are done to fit the character of the cabin — wood-look floors, natural materials and careful work around logs that were never perfectly straight.
Getting a place ready for the season
Before you open up in spring or close up in fall is a good time to walk the deck, the steps, the roof edge and the doors — and to schedule the repairs so they’re done before you need them.