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Other guides: mould on decks and fences, hedge trimming, tidying up before a sale, rental inspection checklist and one-off or regular garden maintenance.
Lincoln Chen is a handyman and gardener based in Byron Bay, NSW. He has worked across the Northern Rivers and Tweed regions for over ten years. See Lincoln Chen in Byron Bay for the short version.
Phone 02 6626 3819 or email sales@lincolnchen.net with a description of the job, your suburb and ideally a photo. Quotes are free and there is no obligation. Details are on the quotes page.
No. Lincoln does not run an online booking system. Enquiries are by phone or email only, and a real person answers.
Emails are answered the same business day, Monday to Saturday. If you ring and he is on a job, leave a message with your name and suburb.
Yes. Lincoln holds current public liability insurance and it applies to every job, indoors and out.
No. Quotes are free. If a job changes in scope once he is on site, he talks to you about it before carrying on.
Byron Bay, Brunswick Heads, Bangalow, Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, Suffolk Park, Lennox Head, Ballina, Kingscliff, Cabarita Beach, Pottsville, Hastings Point and Tweed Heads regularly. Lismore and inland areas by arrangement. See the service area page.
Not within Byron Bay, Ballina Shire or the coastal Tweed corridor. For inland jobs he tells you upfront if a travel cost applies, before anything is booked.
Lawn and garden care for commercial properties is welcome, as stated on the lawn mowing page. For anything else, send an email with the details.
Sundays are by arrangement. Normal hours are Monday to Friday 7am to 5:30pm and Saturday 8am to 3pm.
No. In NSW, electrical, plumbing and gasfitting work needs a licence whatever the cost, so Lincoln leaves it to licensed tradies and will tell you to book one.
He says so. Part of the reason people use him is that he does not take on work he is not suited to.
Yes. Green waste, packaging and offcuts leave with him, so you are not left with a pile in the driveway.
Call 02 6626 3819 or send an email. We reply the same business day with a free, no-obligation quote.
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