About Handy Verdict
Handy Verdict lists the home and repair services that are not part of a chain, by the jobs their own websites name: end-of-lease cleans, termite inspections, hedge trimming, piano moves, screen repairs.
Only businesses whose name and website appear in no more than two places in Australia are listed, so chains and franchises are left out; being part of a chain says nothing about quality. A business is listed under a job only when its own website names that service, and under a place only when Google Maps shows it there. Lists are refreshed on the first of each month.
Handy Verdict ranks independent Australian cleaners, pest controllers, gardeners, removalists and repairers for each job they list, by Google rating adjusted for review count, with chains and franchises left out.
Handy Verdict is run by the Handy Verdict team and has been publishing since October 2026. It lists 7,565 businesses in 1,823 lists, with figures as of October 2026.
Ratings, review counts and opening hours come from Google Business Profiles. The year a business started, and the jobs it does, come from its own website.