Handyman Services in Lisboa
Lisboa packs an enormous variety of housing into a small area, and the little jobs that come with it change from one street to the next. A flat in Arroios might need a wardrobe door rehung and a curtain pole put up straight; a top-floor place in Graça might need a swollen casement eased and a cracked skirting board replaced. Arranja Já covers the whole city for exactly this kind of work: the odd jobs that never justify calling out a specialist trade, and never quite get done. We arrive with fixings for solid brick, hollow block and plasterboard alike, work through your list in a single visit, and tidy up behind us before we go.
25K+
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98%
Satisfaction
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Years experience
About our service in Lisboa
Much of central Lisboa was built long before anyone thought about standard sizes. Behind the plaster in Baixa and Chiado you can find rubble, timber laths, old brick and the occasional void, all in the same wall, which is why a shelf that went up fine in one room pulls out of the next. We probe before we drill, choose the fixing to suit what is actually there, and level against the floor rather than the ceiling, because in Estrela and Campolide the two are rarely parallel. The second thing these buildings do is move. Timber doors and casements take up moisture through the winter and bind against their frames, hinges drop, and the original ironmongery wears until a key needs coaxing. Easing a door properly means taking a little off the right edge rather than the convenient one, adjusting or packing the hinges and rehanging it so it still closes in summer when the timber shrinks back. Alongside that we replace tap washers and cartridges on older mixers, redo tired silicone around baths and worktops, swap cracked wall tiles, fit mirrors, blinds and TV brackets, assemble flat-pack, and put up the handrails and grab rails that make a tall old flat easier to live in. The real point of the service is grouping. Rather than chase three different trades for three small problems, you send one list and we deal with it in one appointment. That matters in a city where a great many residents are new arrivals who have no idea who to call and would rather not negotiate in Portuguese. What shapes the quote is simple: how many jobs there are, what each one involves, whether materials are needed, how long we are likely to be on site, and how easy the flat is to reach with tools. Anything that belongs to a registered electrician or gas fitter, we say so instead of improvising.
Handyman jobs we take on across Lisboa:
Services Included
- Shelves, mirrors, TV brackets and pictures fixed to old or hollow walls
- Timber doors and casement windows eased, rehung and made to close properly
- Tap washers and cartridges renewed, silicone around baths and sinks redone
- Flat-pack furniture assembled, wardrobes adjusted and doors realigned
- Cracked tiles, damaged skirting and small plaster patches made good
Areas We Serve
We work right across the city, from Baixa and Chiado to Avenidas Novas, Estrela, Areeiro, Graça, Arroios and Campolide, and we plan the visit around the practicalities of each one: narrow stairwells, small lifts, loading restrictions and the hours a building allows noisy work.
Work Gallery
Every job is checked with you before we pack up, and if something we fitted or adjusted has not held, we return to put it right.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions we are often asked about handyman work in Lisboa:
My walls in Baixa crumble whenever I drill. Can anything be hung on them?
Almost always, yes. Old Lisboa walls are a mix of rubble, timber and soft plaster, so the trick is finding solid material behind the surface and matching the fixing to it, whether that means a long resin anchor, a toggle into a void or fixing into a timber. We test first, then choose.
Can several unrelated jobs be done in the same visit?
That is exactly how the service is meant to be used. Send us the whole list, including the small things you feel silly mentioning, and we plan one appointment with the right tools and materials on board rather than several separate trips.
Do you speak English on site?
Yes. A large part of the city's residents are international, and we handle the visit in English from the first message to the final walk-round, so nothing about the work or the quote gets lost in translation.
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What Our Clients Say
Reviews from satisfied customers in Lisboa and surroundings
"Serviço excelente e profissional. Recomendo vivamente!"
Inês R.
Lisboa
"Profissionais competentes e pontuais. Voltarei a contratar."
Carlos P.
Lisboa
"Trabalho muito bem feito. Profissionais dedicados e simpáticos."
Nuno M.
Lisboa
"Muito satisfeito com o trabalho realizado. Equipa de confiança."
Bruno A.
Lisboa