Original Story by Deep Das Barman via Market Realist
Entrepreneurs come up with all kinds of ideas that sometimes fail and sometimes fly. In the case of a woman from the UK, her business idea she called “Rent My Handy Husband” became hugely successful.
Laura Young’s decision to “rent out her husband” as a business experiment has now become a regular paying job. Naturally she decided to name the business, Rent My Handy Husband.
Maintaining a home requires a lot of effort and dedication. From furniture assembly, garden maintenance, fencing, painting, building stuff, and more, homeowners have a lot to do. Thus, getting help can go a long way and be much in demand.
That’s where Rent My Handy Husband comes in. According to its description, Laura Young’s husband James, can help people with all the chores and tasks that need to be done. James is highly skilled at building things.
Young got the idea after listening to a podcast that talked about a man making a living putting furniture together for other people. Her mind immediately went to her husband who is quite the handyman himself.
She then quickly put together some advertisements on Facebook and the Nextdoor app offering her husband James for rent. James was available for helping out with odd jobs around the house for an hourly rate of £40 ($49.93) or a day rate of £250 ($312.06). While young expected to get a few good laughs, they soon got their first client.
Eventually, it grew into a 6-days-a-week job and James was booked from 9 am to 8 pm. “I never expected it to take off as much as it has,” Laura said, saying that they were getting requests coming from all over the UK.
Young believes that the funny name Rent My Handy Husband is what made the business a success right off the bat. She also admitted that her husband’s skills and personality have added nearly as much to their success.
I think this could be an easy startup angle on a low-cost service that is much in demand. A service like this is surely applicable just about anywhere, but I think the most opportunity is in the West and other developed countries. Elderly people and single women I think would probably be the best customers for it.
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Stephen Bush
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