A New Mission

When I retired after 32 years of work as a volunteer firefighter and 30 years at Miami University, I knew I wanted to continue to make a difference in our community. My friend (and ex-wife!) Nancy and I began to talk about what our own family members need as they are aging, and we realized that many people don’t have a son or daughter nearby or neighbor to lend a hand with the little tasks that are part of maintaining a home. I decided that my “retirement job” would be a business serving seniors. My goal is to be a neighborly handyman who can help make some of the challenges of aging at home easier to manage.

I also hope to be a resource for people living with health conditions that make home maintenance tasks more troublesome or difficult. My family’s challenges have shown me that strength, mobility, dexterity, endurance and balance can all be impacted by chronic illness or injury.

Miami University students and others are welcome customers, too. We all can use a hand sometimes!

Mike retired at the rank of Captain after 32 years of service with the Somerville Fire Department. He served as a Firefighter, Arson Investigator, First Responder, and Fire Inspector. He served his rural community and provided mutual aid in the surrounding area, including Oxford and nearby townships and towns.

How Mike can help:

  • A.L.

    needed help with a wayward glass shower door and a slow-draining sink

  • S.M.

    needed a wobbly outdoor bannister secured and help hanging holiday lights

  • P. S.

    needed a non-working garbage disposal replaced and woodpecker damage to the home exterior filled

  • J.W.

    needed a wedding gift rewired to give it a few more decades of use

  • C.W.

    needed his kitchen sink drain replaced

  • J.S.

    needed a peephole installed in her front door & help hanging pictures and a curtain rod

  • A.K.

    needed help fixing a dishwasher tray

  • H. E.

    needed help assembling metal and wooden shelves

  • L.L.

    needed his toilet flushing mechanism adjusted

  • J.S.

    needed her dryer vent cleaned, some basement debris swept up with a shopvac, and a simple shelving unit assembled

  • J.M.

    needed a handsome old lamp rewired

  • J.F.

    needed help building garage storage shelves and help stowing items in garage after a move

  • K.F.

    needed help hanging outdoor lights and delivering a Christmas tree (setting it up, and taking it down / cleaning up at the end of the holidays)

  • A.L.

    needed safety grab bars installed in the bathroom and garage entry

  • W.A.

    needed an interior door hung

  • M.E.

    needed a new shower head installed, a towel rack fixed, a bathroom vanity handle returned to working order, and a tissue paper holder anchored securely

  • W.M.

    needed doorlatch fixed and a wall light re-anchored

  • J.S.

    needed a table assembled and bird feeders hung

  • Nancy

    “

    My balance is poor as a result of multiple sclerosis. Mike can help by doing tasks that require climbing up on a ladder: changing lightbulbs, air duct filters and smoke detector batteries; working on ceiling fans; hanging Christmas lights and taking them down at the end of the holidays.

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