A licensed local handyman team since 2008.
Quality workmanship, clear communication, and dependable service on every job.
VOL Handyman (operating as V.O.L Handyman Services) is a licensed and insured handyman and home-repair company serving homeowners, landlords, property managers and businesses across the Greater Toronto Area, York Region and Simcoe County. We have been doing this since 2008.
The work splits roughly into three kinds. There is the repair list every house accumulates — the door that will not latch, the cracked drywall behind a moved bookcase, the running toilet, the deck board that has gone soft. There are installations: TVs, blinds, ceiling fans, faucets, smart locks, grab bars, appliances, shelving, flat-pack furniture. And there are the bigger projects people expect to need a general contractor for — bathroom renovations, tiled walk-in showers, feature walls, full repaints — which we take on start to finish with the same fixed-quote approach.
What ties it together is that we say yes to jobs other contractors call too small. A lot of our work arrives because someone spent three weeks trying to find a tradesperson willing to come out for a two-hour job. That is the gap we fill, and it is also why so much of our work is repeat work: once a household has someone who will actually show up for the small things, they stop looking.
Credentials and coverage
Business licence number, quoted on every invoice.
General liability coverage. Certificate available on request before work starts.
Workmanship guarantee. If something we installed fails in normal use, we come back at no charge.
Dedicated service pages across Greater Toronto Area, York Region, Simcoe County.
Who you are dealing with
Oleg has run VOL Handyman since 2008 and is still on the tools. Quotes are priced by the owner, so the number you approve comes from the person accountable for the job — and customers regularly mention Oleg by name in their reviews.
If something on a job is not right, you are not chasing a call centre. Phone (289) 210-5059 or email handymanvol@gmail.com, and you reach the people who did the work.
How we work
Five steps, every job, whether it is a two-hour repair or a three-week bathroom.
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You tell us what is wrong
A phone call, a text, or the estimate form with photos. Photos are the single biggest thing that speeds up an accurate quote — they tell us what tools, parts and time the job needs before anyone drives anywhere.
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We quote it in writing
Most requests get a written ballpark within 24 hours. For projects over $400 we come out and quote on site, free. The number you approve is the number you pay — travel is included and there is no separate call-out fee.
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We book it, usually within 48 hours
Same-day and emergency slots exist but depend on availability. You get a time window, not a vague promise of sometime Tuesday, and a call if anything shifts.
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We do the work and clean up
Drop sheets down, dust contained, debris taken away. Hourly work carries a one-hour minimum and is billed in 30-minute blocks after that; fixed-price jobs have no minimum.
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We stand behind it
Workmanship is guaranteed for 90 days. Specialty materials are billed at receipt price with no markup, so you can see exactly what you paid for.
What we take on — and what we hand off
A handyman licence is not a licence to do everything, and pretending otherwise is how people get hurt. We do general repairs, carpentry, drywall, tiling, painting, fixture swaps, appliance hook-ups, mounting and assembly, plus the plumbing and electrical work that falls inside a homeowner’s normal maintenance envelope — replacing a faucet, swapping a light fixture or a switch, installing a ceiling fan on existing wiring.
Work that requires a certified trade gets referred to one. Gas appliances and gas lines go to a TSSA-certified contractor. New circuits, panel changes and anything requiring a permit go to a licensed electrical contractor under the Electrical Safety Authority. Structural changes go to an engineer. We will tell you which side of that line your job falls on before we quote it, not after.
Your rights when hiring any contractor in Ontario — written estimates, the ten per cent rule, cancellation windows — are set out by Consumer Protection Ontario. We work to them, and we would rather you knew what they were.
See the work, not just the claims
Every completed project we write up on the blog uses photographs from the actual job — including the demolition stages and the things that went wrong underneath. The gallery collects the finished results, and the reviews page carries customer feedback with the town each job was done in. Starting prices for common jobs are published openly on the pricing page rather than hidden behind a phone call.