Handyman in Knightdale

A new town, mostly

Knightdale was a small town until about twenty years ago and is now largely new subdivisions. That makes it one of the more predictable areas on our list, because almost everything is the same generation of construction.

New houses do not need repair. What they need is everything the builder did not include and everything the buyer did not have time for in the first year:

• Blinds and curtain rods, because production builds almost never come with them
• TV mounting with the power and HDMI run inside the wall rather than a cable down the paint
• Shelving, garage storage and closet systems
• Accent and feature walls in the rooms that were handed over as flat drywall
• The snag list the builder signed off on but did not actually correct

The exception

The older core near downtown Knightdale is a different story, and those homes bring the usual older-home list: doors, fixtures, drywall and paint.

Getting a price

Photos plus room dimensions for anything wall-mounted. Because of the drive, Knightdale is worth booking as one visit with several items rather than piecemeal.