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A referral page for people who look out for others

Dependable hands for the home of someone you love.

Steady Home Works helps seniors stay safely in the homes they love, and gives caregivers and families a handyman they can actually trust inside an occupied home.

Seniors aging in place Professional caregivers Families helping older relatives Women & homeowners who want dependable help

We are a handyman & home maintenance service — not a medical or home-care provider.

A caregiver sitting and talking comfortably with a senior woman in her living room
Care at home, handled together

How we show up

Safe, respectful service inside occupied homes.

The four promises below are the reason home-care providers, nurses and neighbors send us into the homes of people they care about.

Start a referral

Call during shop hours or send the short form — we'll handle coordination between family, caregiver and homeowner simply and in writing.

01 Patient inside occupied homes

We work at a human pace, explain before we drill, and never make anyone feel rushed or foolish for asking.

02 Insured & background-checked

Proof of insurance available on request for agencies, families and property managers. No strangers at the door — ever.

03 Tidy and contained

Drop cloths down, dust controlled, shoe covers on request, and the space left cleaner than we found it.

04 No upsells, no pressure

We quote what was asked. If something else looks unsafe we mention it once, plainly, and leave the decision with the family.

A helper assisting an elderly woman with a small task around her home
Small help, big difference

Common senior-home work

The jobs that keep a familiar home feeling safe.

None of these require a remodel. All of them make daily life steadier — and most are done in a single visit.

  • Grab bars by the tub, shower and toilet

  • Lever handles replacing stiff round knobs

  • Loose railings and wobbly stair handrails re-secured

  • Trip hazards: lifted thresholds, curled rugs edges, uneven transitions

  • Brighter battery path lighting for night walking

  • Sticking doors and windows eased so they open with one hand

  • Pictures, mirrors and shelves hung level and into studs

  • Furniture assembled and anchored against tip-overs

Grab bars & accessibility, done properly

Stud-located or rated-anchor mounting, tile-safe drilling, heights matched to the person using them, and finishes that look residential — not institutional. We'll follow an occupational therapist's list or help you build one from a walk-through.

Minor repairs, maintenance & mounting

The everyday list still matters: sticking doors, loose rails, drywall dings, fresh paint, shelves and pictures hung level, furniture assembled and anchored. One visit, one flat quote, one tidy afternoon.

Senior woman standing safely and smiling in her bathroom after safety upgrades
Safety that still looks like home

Simple scheduling · clear communication

Built for families who coordinate from a distance.

01

Simple scheduling

One phone call or one short form. We work around care routines, naps, visits and medication times — not the other way around.

02

Plain-language everything

Quotes in writing, in large print if helpful, with no jargon. You'll always know the price before work begins.

03

Family in the loop

With permission, we text or email photo updates to adult children or caregivers after the visit — distance doesn't cut you out.

04

The same familiar face

Repeat visits with the same craftsman. For many of our senior customers, that familiarity is the whole point.

Who refers us

Referrals arrive from four directions.

Home-care providers

Agendas and private caregivers refer us when a client's home needs hands-on fixes their care plan doesn't cover.

Adult children

You can arrange, approve and follow a parent's home project from another town — we handle the coordination.

Neighbors & friends

The classic referral: you saw our work in a neighbor's house and asked for the number. Thank you.

Property managers

Managers of senior housing and small multi-families use us for unit safety items and turnover lists.

From families like yours

What caregivers and families say.

I needed grab bars for my mother and didn't know who to trust in her home. Patient, polite, tidy — and he walked her through everything before and after.

Alena R. · Farmington · daughter & care coordinator

Our 1920s home has quirks other handymen walked away from. He adjusted every sticking window upstairs and never once said 'can't be done.'

Margaret H. · New Britain · homeowner, 78

Referral questions

Asked before the first visit.

No — and we're careful about that line. Steady Home Works is a handyman and home maintenance company. We install the grab bars; we don't provide personal care. That clarity is part of why care professionals feel comfortable referring us.

Absolutely. We'll walk through the plan together at the start, work at her pace, and do the final walk-through with her before anyone signs off. Many of our senior customers manage their own lists entirely.

Call us or use the quote form and mention it's a referral. We'll coordinate who approves the quote, who receives updates, and how payment works — simply, and in writing.

Let's make their house steadier — together.

One call starts it: we'll quote plainly, schedule around care routines, work respectfully inside the home, and keep everyone you love in the loop.

Free written quotes · Mon–Sat · 8am–6pm