The Story Behind Abilene Handyman Pros

Abilene grew up around the Texas and Pacific Railway, which laid out the town in 1881 as a cattle shipping point, and its houses tell the story of the century that followed. South of downtown, the Sayles Boulevard area holds the city's grand 1920s homes along with a few Victorian survivors. Around Hardin-Simmons, McMurry and Abilene Christian, older wood-frame and brick homes sit on tree-lined college streets. The opening of the air base that became Dyess brought waves of brick ranch houses in the 1950s and 1960s, and the south side, Wylie and the outlying towns have kept building ever since. Today about 125,000 people live in the city, and the housing runs from pier-and-beam cottages to brand-new slab homes in master-planned subdivisions.

What ties those houses together is the weather and the ground under them. Abilene's clay soil swells when it rains and shrinks when it dries, so doors drift out of square, walls crack over doorways and fence posts lean. Summers regularly push past a hundred degrees, spring brings hail and strong wind, and dry years bring dust and watering restrictions. Then there are the rare deep freezes; in February 2021 the city stayed at or below freezing for more than ten days straight and recorded close to ten inches of snow in a single day. The result is a steady stream of small repairs that larger contractors are too busy to bother with, and that's exactly the work we do.

We keep it simple. Tell us what needs doing, send a few photos if you can, and we'll give you a clear price before anything starts. We arrive when we said we would, protect your floors and furniture, work through your whole list and clean up before we leave. Wiring and plumbing connections are handled by our licensed electricians and plumbers, so a ceiling fan, a new light fixture or a replacement toilet can be part of the same visit as the drywall patch and the sticking door. Whether you're in a 1920s house off Sayles Boulevard, a 1960s ranch near Dyess or a new build in Wylie, we treat your home the way we'd want ours treated.

Our promises, plainly put

• The price you approve is the price you pay
• General liability insurance on every visit
• A real arrival time, not a half-day window
• Boots wiped, dust cleaned, trash hauled off
• Straight talk when a job belongs with a licensed trade
• Rooted here in Abilene and the towns next door