Handyman in Newmilns

Your local handyman in Newmilns

Newmilns is the next town up the valley from John, and he is through it most days.

Newmilns is an old lace and textile town packed into a narrow stretch of the Irvine Valley, with the ground climbing away sharply on both sides. A lot of the housing is long stone terraces built tight to the street, with steep, narrow back gardens behind them.

That shape of town creates its own list of jobs — and access is usually the thing that decides how long any of them takes.

The jobs that come up in Newmilns

• Gutters and downpipes on tall old terraces, where a blockage runs straight down the stonework
• Roof repairs and ridge work on properties that have taken a century of valley weather
• Repointing on old stone and sandstone walls where the mortar has finally gone
• Steep back gardens levelled, terraced, slabbed or turfed into something usable
• Fencing on boundaries that run up a slope rather than along the flat
• Overgrown gardens behind terraces where there is no vehicle access and it all has to be carried out

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