The invoice app for UK handymen.
Voice note in. Branded PDF invoice out — 15 seconds. Multiple jobs per visit, half-hour billing, PL insurance number on every invoice — all through WhatsApp.
£29.99/mo · 7 days free · no card needed
Start Free on WhatsAppTry it in your head. A real handyman’s voice note:
“Mrs Carter, shelving up, kitchen tap swap, shed door rehung, three hours total at forty-five.”
Handyman work is fragmented by design — four small jobs in one house in two hours, then off to the next. Traditional invoicing punishes that fragmentation. Holdfort doesn’t. Voice-note all four jobs as you pack the van and Holdfort lines them up cleanly on one invoice with separate labour and material rows, so the customer sees the value and you don’t lose track of the £25 here, £40 there that adds up to a working week.
Common handymen jobs on Holdfort
Multi-task house calls
Curtain pole, leaky tap, sticky door, picture frames — four jobs on one ticket, each as its own line so the customer sees value broken down rather than a mystery total.
Letting-agent compliance fixes
PL insurance number on every invoice means letting agents can tick the compliance box without ringing you. Public liability is the unspoken gatekeeper for repeat agency work.
Half-hour billing blocks
Set a one-hour minimum then bill in half-hour blocks — no awkward "but it only took 20 minutes" conversations and no rounding losses at the end of a week.
Repeat-customer recall
Twelve-week "anything else need fixing?" nudge to the customer keeps you front of mind. Every handyman’s growth strategy is repeat work; Holdfort automates the follow-up.
How handymen actually use it day-to-day
The handyman invoice problem is granularity. A typical day: four customers, eleven micro-jobs, three Screwfix runs. Old way: scribbled in a notebook, half forgotten by Friday, invoiced on Sunday with rounding errors. Holdfort way: voice-note as you go ("at Mrs Carter’s, shelf up, tap swap, shed door, three hours"), and each job is a clean line. By Friday all eleven jobs are on five invoices, sent to customers, half already paid. For a handyman doing 700+ jobs a year, that’s the difference between minimum wage and a proper trade income.
Questions handymen ask us
Yes — voice-note them as you go ("curtain pole hung, kitchen tap replaced, shed door re-hinged") and Holdfort lines them up cleanly with separate labour and material rows. The customer sees three things they got fixed; you see three things you billed for. No rounding into one mystery line.
Yes. Set your PL insurer and policy number once — it appears on every invoice and quote afterwards. Letting agents and managing agents specifically need this on the paperwork to release payment. It’s the easiest box-tick that cuts your debtor days.
Yes. One-hour minimum then 30-minute increments is the standard handyman setup — voice-note "one hour fifteen" and Holdfort rounds to the nearest billable block. No more under-charging because you couldn’t face the conversation about the extra fifteen minutes.
Yes — forward the receipt photo or email and Holdfort categorises it against the job, splits the VAT, and either passes through at cost or adds your markup, depending on how you’ve set the customer up. At year-end the materials category is ready for your tax return.
£29.99/month, inc. VAT. 7 days free. No card to start. Founding-member price locked for life. See the pricing page.
No. Holdfort is WhatsApp — the one you already have. There’s nothing to install and no login to remember.
Yes. Quarterly-ready breakdowns, sole-trader categories, no spreadsheets. Ready for MTD for Income Tax from April 2026.
Finish the job. Voice note the details. Invoice done.
7 days free. 30 seconds to set up. Just WhatsApp.
Start Free on WhatsAppHold the fort. We’ve got the paperwork.