Husband for an Hour is a promising business for a jack of all trades. Several wonderful stories stories Master for an hour how much you can earn

Over the course of a working week, things are piling up in the apartment: hammering a nail, hanging a shelf in the bathroom, fixing a toilet bowl and putting a socket in the kitchen. Until you get home after work, you have neither the strength nor the desire to do anything. And then there are no suitable tools, as luck would have it. At such moments, “husbands for an hour” come to the rescue.

A man for an hour is usually called a man who knows and is able to solve any everyday problems: from breaking pipes to repairing household appliances, says Nikolai Svistunov, who has been working as a jack of all trades for over a year.

But you should not be afraid of the large number of skills necessary for work. Perhaps any household man can handle such a job.

The main thing is that there is a desire, and the hands grow from the place from where it is necessary, - the masters smile. - Even if a beginner in this business does not know or is not able to do something, he can always look at the instructions on the Internet or ask his comrades. But, of course, you need to take the work that you can definitely do, and not all in a row.

Contrary to popular belief, it is not only single and elderly women who call the masters of a wide profile. As the masters themselves say, not everyone has the strength and patience to assemble furniture, or to repair. Many people simply do not know what "husbands for an hour" are given in just a few minutes. One call costs 750 rubles.

In principle, you can live on this money, - says Nikolai Svistunov. - It so happens that you do not have enough money to pay for your main job. And then you earned extra money as a master, bought food and you can live on in peace. One order costs approximately 700-750 rubles per hour. During this time, you can make several outlets, fix the TV, hang a mirror.

Novice “husbands for an hour” often have a question: “What if the customer will cheat. You will do all the work for them, and they will not pay. Moreover, they will insult ”.

Yes, all sorts of people come across - our heroes do not hide. - It happens that I have not yet had time to come and start work, they already tell you that you are not doing everything that way. But mostly, good customers come across. They always thank, they pay normally.

To become a master for an hour, you can find a large specialized company, of which there are a lot in the cities of the Sverdlovsk region. The management of such firms is happy to expand the staff, since there is always work. But the hands are periodically not enough. But getting a job in a company is, in principle, optional. Many "husbands for an hour" are looking for orders on their own via the Internet.

I made my own website, and through it I am looking for orders. I do not earn much yet, but the support for the family is still good, '' sums up Nikolay Svistunov.

Do husbands always do only housework for an hour? Are they trying to seduce single customers? And is the payment for their services always adequate? The correspondent of the site "AiF-Chelyabinsk" asked the direct representatives of the so-called profession about this.

“The idea of becoming a“ husband for an hour ”came to me quite unexpectedly five years ago, - recalls Nikolai G. - Then there was another crisis at work, half of them were made redundant, including me. At first I tried to tax, but this occupation did not justify itself. Then I was looking for vacancies in the newspaper of free advertisements, came across the services of "husband for an hour" ... and then it dawned on me. I think: what, actually? I know how to fix sockets, change the mixer, washing machine connect or nail the cornice - for me, too, "one or two". In general, I posted an ad in the same newspaper, and in less than a couple of days - they call! And off we go - orders poured in. Who should fix the toilet, who should assemble the furniture, who should hang the chandelier ... I only bought tools from time to time. Then he stopped submitting the ad, just pasted on the rear window of the car “Husband for an hour. Inexpensive repair services ”with a phone number. It is convenient to work in the sense that there is no specific price list: you orient yourself depending on the situation and set the price yourself. The better the owners look and the steeper the renovation in the apartment, the more you can break it. But in general, if you are not greedy, then you can make good money and even put together your own permanent customer base. "

"Zhekovskie trash!"

Almost every representative of the profession notes: the work is thankless. Some owners do not interfere with work at all, others tirelessly follow every movement and continuously give advice. Scandals also happen. And here consumer extremism can meet.

“Once I made a laminate for a granny, but she didn’t like something,” says Ivan Artemyev, who worked as a “husband for an hour” in his free time from the main service. - I called two neighbors, they crawled together, found "mistakes". They raised such a hubbub that I decided: it's easier for me to give money than to contact them. It was a shame, of course, and a pity for the time spent. I don’t think that the customer then called someone to rebuild the laminate. Most likely, it was they who "divorced" me with my girlfriends. "

In general, Ivan noticed that he regularly encountered errors of plumbers and electricians from housing offices.

“Pensioners call the housing office the old fashioned way, but I do not advise anyone to contact management companies,” he says. - There usually work illiterate pedagogues, who have not been taken anywhere else. After zhekovskih a bunch of times I reworked the electrician and plumbing! Some firms cheat customers. For example, a client calls and says that he needs to change the mixer in the kitchen. The price is indicated for him - three hundred rubles. And then the master comes and gasps: "Oh, you have an old mixer, why didn’t they tell you?" To remove the old one is another three hundred rubles. They are deliberately silent about the details, and the client, of course, cannot know anything about such subtleties. So keep in mind: good firm immediately asks everything. If you are not asked questions, then they are getting bred. "

Helping the lonely and "armless"

It has been noticed that the demand for the services of hourly husbands is quite high. It is quite understandable: people who spend a lot of time at work, officials, entrepreneurs constantly do not have enough time for household chores. Sometimes it is easier for people to pay someone to quickly solve a minor everyday problem. Do not call the construction company to hang the cornice or move the cabinet. In addition, it will cost much more than a private master will take.

"The toilet is broken, and I'm a redhead"

Hints to go beyond the boundaries of a purely working relationship are received regularly. And not from the masters, but from the customers. According to the observations of another "husband for an hour" Dmitry, approximately every fifth visit to a woman ends with the offer "to stay for dinner."

“Women give hints as best they can,” he says, laughing. - It is immediately visible when the light in the eyes runs. I had a three-day repair. On the first day, the hostess met me in a tracksuit, and on the third, she saw me off in a loose robe. In the end, already exhausted, she offered to stay for dinner. I stayed. I was single then, I had nowhere to rush. We met for another month, and then everything came to naught by itself: different tempers turned out to be. But my friend, who also worked part-time in this business at one time, met on one of the orders with his future wife... They still live, two children, everything is fine! In general, there are different calls. Once at two o'clock in the morning I pick up the phone, and on the other end of the line a woman, judging by her drunken voice: “Aleu? Is this a husband for an hour? Can you come urgently? My toilet is broken! " I ask, they say, is it really so bad that it won't wait until morning? She replies: “Oh, everything is bad! Flooded, flooded, come, you will not regret: I am a redhead! "

The top of the most ridiculous and ridiculous appeals, according to the stories of market representatives, looks like this: - you need to annoy your husband so that he becomes jealous; - give a shot to a turtle; - pacify a drunken neighbor; - take out the tree; - catch the mouse; - keep company at the table.

“When a woman calls and openly asks for a drink with her, I don’t hang up right away,” says Dmitry. - I'm starting to talk to her. You see, the number of orders depends on the first words. Today we talked to her in an amicable way, and tomorrow she will call to fix the pipe! "

I am 33 years old, I was born in Tajikistan, grew up and studied in Altai. My mom is Russian, and my dad is Uzbek-Tajik. I also recently graduated from a technical school in absentia - I studied refrigeration and compressor units, and now I was immediately taken to the university for the third year of MGSU, so I will be an engineer. Someday I will open my own business, but for now I work for someone else's uncle. In general, since the third grade, I worked part-time, repaired watches: at the age of ten I had a student, a man of 40, he still earns his bread in Tajikistan with this craft. I untwisted, repaired, assembled back - and now I can do the same with any thing: figure it out, think it over, fix it.

Recruitment

The first time I saw the expression “husband for an hour” on stickers in the metro was as soon as I arrived in Moscow, six years ago. I thought then: "What a nightmare, probably, pornography under the guise of a hammer." A year and a half ago, I came across an ad on the Internet: the company is looking for craftsmen to perform household repairs of varying degrees of complexity, we provide clients. So I turned out to be this "husband for an hour" - however, I still do not introduce myself to my acquaintances, so that stupid questions do not arise. They didn’t ask for any documents in the office, they didn’t sign contracts - it’s all unofficial. You also have to take care of taxes on your own, although I honestly don't know anyone who pays. You need to take shape as an individual entrepreneur - it's a bunch of hemorrhoids.

Market competition

Now, if you google, there are fifty such services in Moscow. Someone makes an expensive site with the expectation of a rich client with claims, and most do not bother with the site at all, the main thing is that the phone number is indicated. Moreover, everyone has a stupid filling - continuous repetitions, in order to be highlighted in the search. In some offices foremen work for a salary, regardless of whether they worked well or badly. Then they have clear prices. And there are firms arranged by type social network, we call it a guild among ourselves: there is a rank system, a rating based on reviews, and the ability to earn decent money depending on quickness. I just work in this. And what kind of master you will come across is a pure lottery.

Hierarchy

I only know the owner of the company by his voice. I suspect that he is from St. Petersburg. Probably a tough person: once he warned that he could listen to all our conversations. Otherwise, our guild is a real capitalism that encourages competition. At first you are just a master. Based on the rating, the number of completed orders and the money brought in, you can be assigned an expert. The rating is based on customer feedback. The higher the position, the more chances that you will be sent an application. We kind of buy orders using SMS. First, the call center with the client negotiates the approximate amount and scope of work, then the masters who work in the area receive an application, and they participate in the tender: who will throw 100 rubles for the order, who 150. Whoever paid the most, the order takes. That is, in fact, the guild is an intermediary to whom you give 10-15%, and the rest you work for yourself.

Clients

In Moscow, people constantly do not have enough time to do some small things, it is easier for them to pay, so the demand is consistently good. You will not call a construction company to hang a cornice for you. And the master came, hung it up in an hour - he earned a thousand or two. Most often, we are called by single girls over 25. I’ll say right away: I have never heard of office romances against the background of renovations. There are no well-written beauties among us, and, to be honest, the process itself is not very attractive. Male clients rarely come across - usually, when something difficult needs to be done, which you can't do alone, you can put together a huge wardrobe, for example. The old-fashioned pensioners call the housing office, although I do not advise anyone to contact them. There usually work illiterate teachers who have not been taken anywhere else. I changed the electrician a bunch of times after the housing department, only with plumbing they have fewer problems. They come and swear, they are dirty. Very rude, boorish people. They behave as if the whole world depends on them.

Community

Of course, we have no trade union or corporate parties. We do not really know each other, there are only a few stories when I came to clients, told them about our company, and then they also got a job with us. The rating of the masters is also good because we are still men - just let us win someone. Therefore, in the top 10 best masters there is constant movement: people gain experience, get good reviews from customers and go on the warpath. I quickly entered the top five. It's not that we lock ourselves up with books on "How to nail a nail sexually" on weekends, here everything only comes with experience. By the way, women also work here: painters, cleaners. They are called "wives for an hour" - not at all in human terms.

Prices

Sometimes you can come, ask for a price at a minimum and do everything super so that the client is satisfied, leave you good review and recommended to friends. It is important not to be rude, not to say too much, to do everything quickly. Another plus is if you clean up after yourself. The client generally watches you, counts how many ridiculous movements you will wind up there. Once a man and his brother worked for me, I hung shelves in the kitchen, and sent him to the bathroom. So the client was surprised: they say, why does it cost you 150 rubles to drill a hole, and your brother's - 120. Then I say: well, look how he works - like a pig, there is dirt all around. And I substitute the vacuum cleaner - and it turns out faster and cleaner. I have not a single speck of dust over the carpet or over the furniture. That's the difference in price.

Earnings

I get at least three thousand rubles a day, and if you start working before lunchtime, then you will have time to make 6-8 thousand. But here you have to get up early, and ride the subway with a backpack with tools, and not stand in a car in traffic jams. The only problem is that you have to carry kilograms of tools on yourself: you don't know what order will come. My brother had a record of earnings - more than 300 thousand a month, but he was seriously running around.

Communication

Nice people, according to statistics, 80%, but there is always an error of unpleasant. They didn’t deceive me directly, but there were cases. If you feel that the client is tricked, you write everything down on paper, all kinds of small work and the cost, because people are used to freebies and strive not to pay. I usually do this if the order is from 10 thousand, so that there are no misunderstandings. There was also a story when a rich client asked him to glue the leather on the sofa at the same time, he gave me superglue, and he leaves black marks. So I ruined the furniture for him. But he realized that he was to blame, he did not swear. Here, of course, everything depends on the level of a person's culture. At the same time, another master worked with me, older, larger - this is how the client shouted at him, and he was very respectful to me. Well, apparently, how you put yourself.

Philosophy

It is important not to shy away from work and not bend your fingers - they say, I learned, from me higher education... If you are an idiot, you will be an idiot with a diploma. I was offered a job in the office, but I realized that this is mortal boredom. And so I constantly move around the city, meet new people. And the brain is constantly working, it's always such a puzzle: not only how to do it technically, but also how to quickly, aesthetically, without noise and dust.

An employee of the Husband for an Hour service anonymously told The Village how to make 300 thousand on household repairs, what to do with dishonest clients and whether it is possible to sexually hammer a nail.

Gaya Marina Garbaruk May 31, 2012
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