For those of you who hate yard work and don’t care about clogged gutters, listen up. There’s now a Lansing-based service that takes care of the maintenance pains that come with homeownership, including yard work and painting.
Sam Tucker started the Home Management Company (HMCo) in January with the idea of helping older individuals stay in their homes by providing home maintenance services similar to those offered in condo developments. This includes finding contractors to do difficult jobs such as installing new roofs, to smaller tasks that can be impossible for older people, such as checking smoke alarms.
“We come in and sit down with clients and they can pick and choose the services based on what their needs are throughout the year,” he says. “We schedule everything so they don’t have to worry about it.”
Tucker hires reliable contractors to do the work, alleviating the annoyance of trying to find a contractor.
“We can find a plumber a roofer or a painter, but for someone to make one call and manage all aspects of their house with one call, we couldn’t find that,” he says.
While marketing his business, Tucker stumbled across a market he hadn’t anticipated.
“Ironically, we targeted the aging as our market, but the population that’s just too busy makes up about half of our clients,” Tucker says.
Tucker currently operates HMCo out of his East Lansing-based home, but anticipates future growth that may include developing a national presence.
“The stats with the aging people in the next few years is pretty phenomenal in terms of growth rate,” he says. “Our intent is to grow this business. We do feel there’s a need and we’re passionate about it."
Source: Sam Tucker, HMCo
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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