WHITEHALL — Ace Components expanded its offerings earlier this 12 months with the launch of a handyman support, and Wednesday, the new business enterprise was formally welcomed to the White Lake region with a ribbon-chopping ceremony.
Chamber of Commerce executive director Amy VanLoon was on hand for the ceremony, as was state senator Jon Bumstead.
The handyman service is owned by the exact same team that owns the Ace keep on Colby St., but will be headquartered just up the street in the previous Plumb’s plaza, which takes place to be owned by that group as properly. The service is situated just a pair of doors down from Ceremony-Aid Pharmacy.
Emily Johnson, a person of the owners, said the service began in May and had a good summertime. She was delighted to get great feed-back from the place, not just from on-line reviews — of which she reported all 40-furthermore have been five-star opinions — but phrase of mouth.
“Somebody at the Chamber (of Commerce) assembly on Monday night time arrived up to me and said they were being possessing meal with a couple other partners and just one of the partners was just raving about the Ace handyman that experienced just been there,” Johnson said. “That would make me experience great. I know from the reviews that persons are leaving 5 stars, but I like to listen to that term of mouth from persons also.”
Johnson said Ace has been pushing into the handyman industry in excess of the earlier pair of many years following the corporation obtained a enterprise called Handyman Issues in 2019. The business was a franchise-dependent enterprise that ran things for a assortment of regional handymen and is now a standalone subsidiary of Ace. The enterprise has been escalating promptly in Michigan, with hubs in Detroit and Grand Rapids.
“I assume there have been perhaps 100 franchises when they purchased it and we’re now acquiring completely ready to hit 400 by the finish of this yr,” Johnson explained. “Ace Components has been conversing about it for a number of many years and it just manufactured perception to continue that purchaser company monitor. Having hardware merchants presently, we comprehended a tiny little bit of what we ended up receiving into. It is a great coordination.”
Getting beneath the Ace umbrella has its benefits, as the handymen typically order the supplies needed for a work at the nearby Ace retail store.
The company has rapidly discovered its market, Johnson explained, with operate on the older residences that are common in the White Lake and bordering areas. Personalized doorways and windows to fit older properties that really do not necessarily in good shape the common dimensions that are now the norm has been a typical request.
The business is “staying in the handyman lane,” Johnson stated, and sticking to employment that can largely be performed within of one day. When introduced with a shopper who demands plumbing or far more difficult operate, craftsmen will refer them to local organizations that specialize in that department.
Past the common handyman fare, the new business has fielded some strange requests as very well. Chief craftsman Dave Gilonis showed off photographs of a cat wall he just created for 1 client, consisting merely of shelves positioned all in excess of 1 wall so their cat can examine far more territory.
For the moment, the business has only two entire-time craftsmen, but Johnson stated she hopes the enterprise can expand to the issue where a lot more can occur on board.
“The far more craftsmen that you can hire, then the more companies you are in a position to present and grow and grow, and you’re equipped to consider on much more area of interest jobs,” Johnson claimed. “Our purpose is to have even far more craftsmen and every craftsman has their specialty, the point they’re ideal at.”
To hold small business buzzing all through the coming chilly months, which will certainly restrict the outside work their craftsmen can do, Ace Handyman is offering several specials. Shoppers can halt into their spot, which is open up weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., for extra particulars.
