Handyman and emergencies
in Santa Cruz.

Handyman in Santa Cruz: from high-rise flats to the casa terrera

Much of Santa Cruz lives in blocks of flats built between the 1960s and 1980s, in neighbourhoods such as Duggi, Salamanca, La Salle or Ofra. The usual faults there are blocked drains, old electrical wiring, entry phones that stop working and cisterns from another era. Before we start, we work out what is yours and what belongs to the community of owners, because if the leak comes from a main downpipe or the fault is in the stairwell fuse box, the property administrator has to give the go-ahead. We explain it to you and, if you like, we speak to them ourselves.

The city centre has its own logistics. Parking near the front door is not always easy, so we plan the visit to bring everything we need in one go and not keep you waiting while we run back to the van. We respect the community's hours and protect the lift and common areas when we carry materials up. In El Toscal, the traditional single-storey houses (casas terreras) have their own quirks: wooden joinery, high ceilings and roofs that are best checked before the rains. And because we work with our own team, we know our way around the whole capital, from Ifara to Añaza or San Andrés.

• Before fixing anything, we separate which fault is yours and which is the community's
• Entry phones, cisterns and drains in buildings from the 60s to the 80s
• Lift and common areas protected when we carry materials up
• Casas terreras in El Toscal: wooden joinery and roof checks