Exterior Plans
The outside of a Pacific Northwest house takes the worst of the year — eight months of rain on the gutters, three months of moss creeping back across the north roof slope, a winter of pollen and shingle grit on the driveway, a deck that loses a screw every wet season. Handis exterior plans roll that punch list into a schedule that actually runs — annual roof and gutter visit, quarterly pressure-wash plan, and deck care plan, from $500 for a single annual visit to $2,400 for a full year of quarterly washes on a larger property. Same vetted handyman year over year, notes carried forward from the last visit, member labor rate on any add-on work the tech does on the same trip.
Plans
What Handis Exterior Plans Cover
An exterior plan is a recurring residential program for the outside-of-the-house failures one wet PNW season at a time turns into a real repair bill — the gutter that overflows in November and rots a piece of fascia, the moss that shortens a thirty-year shingle to fifteen, the algae on the north siding, the deck board that loosens every winter and pulls under a planter the following summer. Three plan families on the same vetted handyman crew, sized to the Seattle weather year, from $500 for a single annual visit to $2,400 for a full year of quarterly washes. Roof replacement, full re-roof, structural roof or framing work, full gutter re-runs longer than a single damaged section, and full deck rebuilds live outside this trade and route to a licensed Washington L&I contractor — we name the issue in the photo report and tell you upfront when a request crosses that line.
Annual Roof + Gutter Plan
One full visit per year, usually scheduled into the late-summer dry window before the leaves drop. Full-run hand-bag gutter clean (never blown onto the lawn), downspout flush from the trough to the splash block at the ground, flashing visual on every penetration (vents, skylights, chimney, dormer), zinc or sodium-percarbonate moss treatment on the north slope, and a debris sweep of the roof field where the canopy drops needles. Single-story standard; two-story and steep slopes priced higher. From $500.
Annual Roof + Gutter Plan — gutter clean, downspout flush, flashing visual, moss treatment, roof debris sweep
Quarterly Pressure-Wash Plan
Four visits a year, timed to the seasons that actually deposit the staining in the Pacific Northwest — late spring after the pollen drops, mid-summer before the deck takes heavy entertaining use, fall before the leaves pile on the walkways, and end-of-winter when the north-side moss is at its worst. Standard pressure on concrete driveways and walks, lower PSI with a wider nozzle on pavers and natural stone, soft-wash chemistry under 500 PSI on vinyl siding and painted-wood surfaces (anything stronger forces water behind the panel into the wall cavity). From $900.
Quarterly Pressure-Wash Plan — four seasonal visits covering driveway, walks, patio, deck, fence, and lower siding on soft wash
Deck Care Plan
Spring inspection visit (board-by-board screwdown check, joist-hanger visual underneath where access allows, post-base inspection on the deck rail, hardware refresh on loose railing brackets and gate latches), summer wash, and an end-of-season stain or seal coat when the weather window holds — typically late July through mid-September in the Seattle area when daytime temperatures stay between 50 and 90 degrees with a 48-hour dry window on each side of the application. Cedar, pressure-treated pine, and composite decks all covered; painted decks and structural-frame repair route out. From $500.
Deck Care Plan — spring inspection, board screwdown, hardware refresh, end-of-season stain when conditions allow
Exterior Plans Pricing
Plan pricing depends on home size, roof height, gutter linear footage, driveway and patio square footage, deck size, tree exposure overhead, and how many programs you bundle. Members pay member labor rate on add-on work the tech does during a plan visit and skip the per-visit trip charge. Each sub-category page lists detailed pricing for that program. Request a free estimate for an accurate annual quote.
Send us the roof height, driveway square footage, and deck size — we will quote the year.
Why Seattle Homeowners Book Handis Exterior Plans
Most exterior subscription pitches load the brochure with line items nobody ever needs and skip the boring work that actually prevents the failures — the downspout flush, the moss treatment before the wet season starts, the joist-hanger check under the deck, the soft-wash chemistry on vinyl instead of raw PSI. Our exterior plans do the opposite. The visit list is short, weather-specific, and focused on the failures we see in Pacific Northwest homes year after year. Same crew, same notes, same opinion about what to do next — and a clear handoff to a licensed contractor the moment a request crosses out of the handyman trade.
Plans built for the PNW weather year, not a generic checklist
The roof and gutter visit goes on the books for the late-summer dry window before the leaves drop. Pressure-wash visits are timed against the seasonal deposits — pollen in late spring, deck use in summer, walkways before the leaf pile in fall, moss after winter. The stain coat on the deck waits for the 48-hour dry window in late July through mid-September when daytime temperatures stay between 50 and 90 degrees. The calendar bends to the weather, not the other way around.
Same tech, same notes, same opinion year over year
Each plan visit logs what the tech saw — the downspout elbow that started to drip after the November storms, the moss patch on the north slope that earned a second treatment pass, the deck board on the south rail that will lift this year, the section of cedar fence that needs a stain coat in the next eighteen months. The next visit starts from that note, not from zero. Members keep the same primary handyman year after year wherever the schedule allows.
Member labor rate on add-on work, no trip charge on plan visits
Every plan member pays member labor rate on any add-on work the tech does during a plan visit — a soft-washed garage door, an extra moss-treatment pass on the back-side slope, a fence-board replacement caught during the quarterly wash, a re-screw on a loose railing bracket noticed during the spring deck inspection. No per-visit trip charge while the plan is active.
Honest scope — exterior handyman work only
Plan visits cover the exterior handyman scope. Roof replacement, structural roof or framing repair, ledger-board work on a deck, full gutter re-runs longer than a single damaged section, full deck rebuilds, exterior electrical on a new circuit, exterior gas work, chimney repointing, and any permit-required structural change route to a licensed Washington L&I contractor — we name the issue in the visit photo report and recommend who to call, then come back for the finish work after their rough-in if you want us in the loop.
Insured, background-checked, 30-day workmanship guarantee
Every Handis handyman carries liability insurance and has cleared a background screening before the first job. The 30-day workmanship guarantee on any add-on work done during a plan visit — a gutter that re-clogs from debris we missed, a moss-treatment pass that did not take, a deck screw we set that backs out, a soft-wash stripe on the vinyl that did not fully clear — applies the same as any other Handis call. We come back and fix it at no extra charge.
Estimate
Tell us roof height (single or two-story), approximate gutter linear footage, driveway and patio square footage, deck size and material (cedar, pressure-treated pine, composite), tree exposure overhead, and which exterior plans you want to bundle. We will send back a clear annual estimate with the visit calendar.
What Our Customers Say
Recent exterior plan reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
We did the annual roof and gutter visit and the quarterly pressure-wash plan together last year. Two-story house, big maple in the front yard. The tech showed up in late August for the roof and gutters before the leaves dropped, treated the north-slope moss, then ran the four wash visits across the year. Same guy every time. He remembered the cracked downspout elbow from the first visit and brought a replacement on the second.
Deck care plan on a wrap-around cedar deck. Spring inspection caught two boards that had pulled at the south rail and three loose joist hangers underneath. The end-of-season stain coat went on the last weekend of August during a clean dry window. Stain has held a year without fading on the high-sun side. Tech told me on the call which stain product he uses and why — solid answer, not a sales pitch.
Quarterly pressure-wash plan. The tech timed the visits around the Seattle seasons — late spring after the pollen drop on the deck and patio, late summer for the walkways, fall before leaves piled on the front walk, end of winter for the moss on the north driveway. Driveway has not had a green tint in two years and the soft wash on the vinyl siding cleared the algae without driving water into the wall cavity.
Annual roof and gutter visit on a two-story under three big Douglas-firs. The tech bagged what felt like 50 pounds of needles, flushed every downspout, walked the flashing on the skylights and chimney, and laid down a sodium-percarbonate moss treatment on the north slope. He flagged a section of flashing that had lifted and recommended a roofer for the repair — then took a photo set for the roofer to quote from. Saved us calling someone out for the diagnosis.
Bundled all three plans this year — roof and gutter, quarterly wash, and deck care. One annual quote, one calendar that runs itself. The crew shows up on the dates without me reminding anyone and the photo report lands the same evening. The visit schedule is short, but every visit closes the right things — no padding, no upsell.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis exterior plans — pricing, scope, scheduling to PNW weather, what plan visits cover, and what routes to a licensed Washington L&I contractor.