Seasonal Plans
Handis seasonal plans is the three-visit-a-year track that catches what the Pacific Northwest weather is about to bring — a spring reset after the heavy March-April rains taper, a fall and winterization run between September and November before the first sustained cold, and an annual fifty-point home checkup walked once a year on the same week. Three plans, billed per visit, sized to the home and the season — from $350 for a single annual checkup on a 2,500 sq ft home to $1,100 for a full year of spring, fall, and annual checkup on a larger home. Same vetted handyman crew across the year, with member labor rates on any add-on repairs the tech does during the visit. Work that crosses into licensed trades routes to a Washington L&I contractor — we name it in the photo report and recommend who to call.
Plans
What Handis Seasonal Plans Cover
Seasonal plans are the three-visit-a-year track that keeps a Seattle home ahead of what the weather is about to do — a spring reset after the rains taper, a fall and winterization run before the first sustained cold, and an annual home checkup that walks the whole house once a year and writes the next twelve months of the punch list. All three plans run on the same vetted handyman crew, billed per visit, sized to the home and the season. Visit work that crosses into licensed trades (gas, hardwired electrical, in-wall plumbing supply or drain, roof replacement, structural framing) routes to a Washington L&I contractor — we name the issue in the photo report and recommend who to call.
Spring Maintenance Package
A single April-to-May visit that resets the house after the wet winter. Gutter clean (fir needles and bigleaf-maple leaf-drop accumulate all winter), moss check on the north-facing roof slopes, hose-bib uncap and re-pressurize with on-the-spot vacuum-breaker replacement if one cracked over winter, exterior caulk-seam walk, deck inspection with screwdown of any popped screws and tighten of rail hardware, screen install on windows that take them, sump pump test. From $450 per visit on a standard home.
Fall / Winterization Package
A single September-to-November visit before the first sustained cold and the heart of atmospheric-river season. Gutter clean again (post leaf-drop), hose-bib insulation with foam covers and hose drain-and-store, weatherstripping refresh on exterior doors, dryer-vent screen check, sump pump test before the heavy rains, smoke and CO detector battery swap and chirp-test (a daylight-saving reminder built into the schedule), exterior caulk-seam walk for winter cracks, and pipe insulation in unconditioned spaces when accessible. From $450 per visit on a standard home.
Annual Home Checkup
A once-a-year fifty-point visual walk of the whole house — exterior, interior, attic visual, crawlspace visual, mechanical room, roof from the ground or a ladder if access allows, every gutter and downspout, foundation perimeter, deck and rails, every accessible plumbing fixture, water heater base, sump pump status, smoke and CO detectors. Inspection-only — no work happens on the visit beyond observation. You get a dated photo report and a prioritized punch list with quotes attached at member labor rates for any follow-up. From $350 for a standard home.
Seasonal Plans Pricing
Final pricing depends on home square footage, story count, and which combination of seasonal visits you book. Bundles cost less than the same packages booked one-by-one. Each child page lists detailed pricing for that visit. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us the home size and which seasonal visits you want — we will quote the year.
Why Seattle Homeowners Book Handis Seasonal Plans
A seasonal plan only pays back when the visit list matches the season the house is actually about to face. Generic national checklists miss what matters in the Pacific Northwest — moss on a north slope shortening a thirty-year shingle to fifteen, a vacuum breaker cracked from a brief January freeze that does not leak until April, fir-needle gutter drift you cannot see from the ground, a sump pump float that has been sticking quietly for two years. Our seasonal visits are short, weather-specific, and built around the failures we see year after year on Seattle-area homes. The same tech each visit, year over year, with last year's photo report open next to today's.
Visit calendars scheduled to PNW weather, not a national template
Spring visits land mid-April to late May, after the March-April rains taper. Fall visits run September through mid-November, after the first leaf-drop but before the first sustained cold (usually December in Seattle but freezes can hit late November in higher-elevation neighborhoods). Annual checkups go on the same calendar week each year so the photo report is comparable year-over-year. The schedule bends to the forecast, not the other way around.
Same tech, same notes, same opinion year over year
Each seasonal-plan customer gets assigned a primary tech who runs the visits and carries notes forward. The fall tech opens the spring notes; the next spring tech opens the previous fall notes; the annual-checkup tech opens last year's fifty-point report and walks the deltas with you. Single-property customers usually keep the same tech for years. If the primary is out, a backup runs the visit with the notes in hand and the primary takes the next one.
Member labor rate on add-ons, no trip charge on plan visits
Every seasonal-plan customer pays member labor rate (lower than the public per-hour) on any add-on work the tech does during the visit — a popped deck screw, a hose bib that needs a new vacuum breaker, a downspout strap that backed out, a weatherstrip swap, a detector replacement. No per-visit trip charge while the plan is active. Add-ons get your sign-off before the tech touches them; nothing is a surprise on the invoice.
Honest scope — handyman work only, contractor handoff when needed
Seasonal visits cover handyman scope only. Anything inside a wall on a supply or drain line, gas appliances, hardwired electrical, new 120V or 240V circuits, full furnace service, roof replacement, structural framing, or work requiring a permit routes to a licensed Washington L&I contractor — we name the issue in the photo report, 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 applies to any work done during a seasonal visit — if a gutter clean re-clogs from our debris within 30 days, a hose-bib insulator slides off, a deck screw we set backs out, or a weatherstrip we installed peels, we come back and fix it at no extra charge.
Estimate
Tell us the home size, the rough age, which seasonal visits you are thinking about (spring, fall, annual checkup, or a bundle), and any PNW-specific items you already know about — moss on a slope, a leaky gutter, a deck that needs attention, an irrigation system to drain. We send a clear estimate.
What Our Customers Say
Recent seasonal plan reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
We did spring and fall together last year — same tech showed up for both, brought back his own notes from April. The October visit caught a cracked vacuum breaker on the back hose bib that I had completely missed in the summer. He capped it, drained the line, and added it to the spring punch list to swap. Done in one visit instead of three calls.
Took the annual checkup on a 1962 split-level in Bellevue we just bought. The tech walked everything for two and a half hours, sent a fifty-shot photo report by that evening with a list ranked by urgency. We used the list to budget the year — gutter replacement first, then exterior caulk, then deck stain in summer. Worth ten times what we paid.
Bigger house on Mercer Island, lots of moving parts. We bundled the annual checkup, spring, and fall. The checkup in January gave us the full picture for the year. Spring caught moss on the north slope before it killed any shingles. Fall winterized two outdoor kitchens we kept forgetting about. The same tech every visit means the conversation just keeps going.
We just wanted to know what we were ignoring. The tech caught a piece of fascia softening behind a gutter run we had not noticed in years, plus a furnace flue with a loose strap. Two repairs scheduled within a month, both done by Handis at member rates. Did not feel upsold — felt informed.
Vacation place on Vashon. We added the spring and fall packages to the vacation-home check program. October visit insulated every hose bib and tested the sump before the November atmospheric rivers; April visit reset everything. We had zero surprises last winter on a house we rarely see.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis seasonal plans — pricing, scope, scheduling, what visits include, and what routes to a licensed Washington L&I contractor.