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Handyman in West Long Branch, NJ

NJ Multiskilled Handyman is based on Oakhurst Road and works across the Borough of West Long Branch and wider Monmouth County — 21 services, one number.

Municipality
Borough of West Long Branch
County
Monmouth County
Estimates
Free — most jobs priced on the call
Hours
Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Credentials
Registered and insured handyman

— Know your town

Repair work built around West Long Branch homes

West Long Branch sits inside the Borough of West Long Branch, and the housing stock here sets what comes up most.

Local considerations

  • West Long Branch broke away from Eatontown in 1908, after a resident vote — the usual story locally was that the area felt it was not getting enough back for its taxes as part of the larger borough. It is now home to Monmouth University, founded in 1933 and chartered as a university in 1995, which brings a run of off-campus rental housing into the mix alongside standard single-family streets.
  • Monmouth University brings a run of off-campus rental housing into the borough alongside standard single-family streets — which means higher turnover, lock changes, drywall touch-ups between tenancies and the sort of accumulated small-repair lists that landlords batch rather than book one item at a time.
  • West Long Branch issues construction permits through its own borough office, separate from the Township of Ocean. Renovation, alteration and structural work needs filing locally before it starts.

Common jobs in West Long Branch

  • Rental turnover — locks, drywall, paint touch-up
  • Furniture assembly for student housing
  • Bathroom and kitchen updates in 1960s–80s stock
  • Exterior trim repair from coastal weather
  • TV mounting and electrical fixture swaps
  • General repair lists for landlords
Built-in cabinetry and shelving in a finished room
Carpentry

Built-in cabinetry and shelving

Across Monmouth County

Neighbourhoods served

Borough centre
(908) 332-0202

— From working these streets

What is different about working here

Three things about this town that change how a job gets quoted, each traced to its source.

History

West Long Branch broke away from Eatontown in 1908, after a resident vote — the usual story locally was that the area felt it was not getting enough back for its taxes as part of the larger borough. It is now home to Monmouth University, founded in 1933 and chartered as a university in 1995, which brings a run of off-campus rental housing into the mix alongside standard single-family streets.

Source: Wikipedia — West Long Branch, New Jersey; Wikipedia — Monmouth University

Housing stock

Monmouth University brings a run of off-campus rental housing into the borough alongside standard single-family streets — which means higher turnover, lock changes, drywall touch-ups between tenancies and the sort of accumulated small-repair lists that landlords batch rather than book one item at a time.

Source: Wikipedia — West Long Branch, New Jersey

Paperwork

West Long Branch issues construction permits through its own borough office, separate from the Township of Ocean. Renovation, alteration and structural work needs filing locally before it starts.

Source: Borough of West Long Branch — Building Department

— Local questions

West Long Branch FAQs

If yours is not here, ask on the phone —(908) 332-0202.

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Do you work on rental properties near Monmouth University?

Yes — off-campus rental housing is a regular part of the work here: lock changes between tenancies, drywall and paint touch-ups, fixture swaps and the accumulated small-repair lists landlords prefer to batch into one visit.

Where do permits file for West Long Branch?

With the borough's own building department, not the Township of Ocean office in Oakhurst. West Long Branch has been a separate municipality since 1908. We tell you what your job needs before starting.

— West Long Branch

Book a visit in West Long Branch

Tell us the street and what has gone wrong. 21 services on one number, so a job crossing three trades still books as one visit.

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West Long Branch, NJ