Press release:
If you are a Genesee County resident 60 or older (or you know someone who is) and would like help with small repairs to your home, inside or out, let the Handyman help.
The Handyman Program, offered through the Pathstone Corporation and funded by the Muriel Marshall Fund, is a home maintenance and minor repair program.
According to a comment posted by program supervisor John Wiltse, and confirmed by Office of the Aging specialist Maureen Estabrooks, there is no charge for lower-income seniors needing grab bars or hand rails installed or other services with modest materials costs.
Wiltse says seniors may need to cover part of the cost of materials, depending on the dollar amount. For higher-income seniors, the program requests a donation of $10/hr. for handyman labor to help offset program costs.
Call NY Connects/Office for the Aging at 343-1611 for more information.
A sampling of services is as follows:
- Install grab-bars
- Repair entry steps Install hand rails
- Repair porches
- Electrical repairs
- Window and door repairs
- Install weather stripping
- Gutter repairs
- Install smoke detectors/change batteries
- Hang pictures
- Fix faucets
- Unclog drains
- Install mailboxes
- Install locksets & deadbolts
