How much do you pay your handyman and how often?

[Julia Bykhovskaia]

I'm curious how much you pay your handymen and how often and if there is some systematic way to price tasks. Mine charges me random amounts - could be $50 to assemble a piece of furniture (reasonable) but then $30 to hang a picture (1 nail!). Wondering if there is a better way. Also, how often do you pay them? I send out check right away, but thinking of asking him to move to monthly or bi-monthly payments to streamline the process...Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

[John Underwood]

@Julia Bykhovskaia

Remember that $30 charge to hang a picture involves him driving to your property which may take 30 to 60 minutes out of his day to perform this simple task.

I pay my handyman as needed. Sometimes I don't need him for 2 weeks then the next week I have him jumping from property to property.

Occasionally I get some one else to quote a task and perform a task that I think he has quoted too high. This way he knows he didn't get some work because he was too high. This keeps my go to handyman in check on prices.