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New gen handymen
Modern handymen go beyond doing plumbing and electrical repairs to setting up the Internet of Things and smart homes
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(From left) Straits Times writer Chantal Sajan with Mr Hassanal Ruslan and Mr Elvis Neo from Vehs.com's viral Hunky Man Cleaning Service promotion. It costs more than $400 a session for the team to clean a condominium unit or Housing Board flat.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
The notion of the "handyman" has changed in the last few years with the evolution of devices such as Google Nest and Alexa programmed to switch on the television or switch off the lights.
Today's smart-home handyman services entail synchronising all the gadgets and appliances to a Wi-Fi network to "talk" to one another wirelessly.
