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Handyman Service

The Handyman Service aims to provide assistance to senior citizens and persons with special needs so that they can live as independently as possible in their own home. This service offers a range of different repair jobs, which include the service of a carpenter; painter; plumber; electrician; railings installation and transportation of items from one room to another.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

A range of maintenance jobs in your own home (see list further down)

ELIGIBILITY

General eligibility criteria:

  • A senior citizen over 60 years of age; or
  • Persons who hold a Special Identity Card issued by Aġenzija Sapport; or
  • Persons in receipt of a valid Free Medical Aid document (Pink Form) issued by the Department of Social Security

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

General documentation:

  • Filled Application form
  • Special Identity Card, if applicable
  • Valid Free Medical Aid document (Pink Form) issued by the Department of Social Security, if applicable

If you wish to download and fill in this application, please follow this link

This service is rendered free of charge to persons entitled to Free Medical Aid (Pink Form) or Special Identity Card. Those senior citizens who do not possess these documents are entitled to receive this service at a nominal fee. Rates vary according to the job required and are detailed in the following tables. Upon completion of the job, the client must pay the handyman who performed the task. The latter issues a temporary receipt and an official receipt is subsequently issued from the Department of Active Ageing and Community Care. Eligible persons must provide the necessary materials at their own cost.

If you have any suggestions, recommendations and complaints, kindly get in touch

HANDYMAN SERVICE – DESCRIPTION OF WORKS AND PAY RATES

Carpenter

Painter

Plumber

Electrician

Railings

Transportation of Objects

Pilot Project to increase security in private residences of elderly clients

Free installation of door chains (ganġetti) and peeping holes to senior citizens who possess a pink card or a Special Identity Card issued by Aġenzija Sapport.

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