Home Solutions provides help with household maintenance, repairs and adaptations for people who are over 60 or have a disability, such as:

• Small household repairs; clear guttering on bungalows; small glazing jobs
• Minor adaptations (installation of grab rails, hand rails or temporary ramps);
• "Odd" jobs (putting up curtain rails and shelves, moving furniture, assembly of flat pack furniture);
• Changing washers or taps, renew sealants, replace toilet seats, small areas of tiling, unblock sinks
• General home safety checks with remedial action (fitting smoke and CO2 detectors)
• Replacing electrical fittings such as sockets, light fittings
• Falls/accident prevention checks with remedial action (securing loose carpets or putting up grab rails);
• Security checks with remedial action (fitting key safes, spy holes, window and door locks and chains);
• Energy efficiency (for example installing low energy light bulbs, draft proofing);
• Loft clearance to allow for insulation to be fitted
• Cleaning pathways to minimise risk of slip hazard
• Signposting clients to other services

We can provide help with household maintenance and repairs for people in Cornwall over 60 or with a disability

If in receipt of a means tested benefit such as Guaranteed Pension Credit or Housing Benefit it is £12 per hour including VAT + the cost of any materials.

If not in receipt of a means tested benefit then it is £18 per hour including VAT.

Contact:

Home Solutions - Cornwall Council
Planning, Housing and Regeneration Service
Room A2.15 Carrick House
Pydar Street
Truro TR1 1EB

01872 224707

adaptationsteam@cornwall.gov.uk

Call 01872 224707 and some one will take your details then your local Handyperson will call you back to make an appointment or you can email: adaptationsteam@cornwall.gov.uk 

It is not an emergency service but depending on demand we hope to able to visit within 2 weeks although it can sometimes be longer.