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How home alterations and repairs work

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People bring you clothes to hem, take in, mend or fix, and collect them a few days later.

Jobs that come up most

  • Shortening trousers, school pants, skirts and dresses.
  • Replacing zips on trousers, jeans, skirts and jackets.
  • Taking in waists and side seams.
  • Patching holes and fixing seams.
  • Shortening and hemming curtains.
How it works

a drop-off time, a quote on the spot, a date due, and payment on collection.

Where it happens

usually from home. Check your municipality's rules for a home business if customers will come to your house.

A good sign: five paid jobs in your first two weeks.

Do it now

Tick it off when it is done. Your ticks are saved on this device.

Quick check

Pick an answer to see how you did.

In a typical case, how long until the first money comes in?

Your challenge

Check it before you spend

Write a price list for five jobs you can do neatly today.

You are done when:

  • You wrote down what you found
  • You know whether to carry on or adjust

You report this yourself. Nobody checks, so it only counts if you really did it.

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