Trending In Canada: Woman Rents Out Her Handy Husband To Make Extra Money

Woman rents out husband to make extra cash and battle against the high cost of living. Laura Young, living in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom with her husband James and three kids rented out her “handy husband”.

Laura Young was inspired after hearing a podcast of a man who made a living by putting together furniture for other people. She decided to rent out her husband James as he was handy and enjoyed Do-It-Yourself (DIY) projects.

James had already worked on the family home and built custom beds, made a dining table, fitted a kitchen, painted, decorated, and did carpet laying and tiling.

Woman Rents Out Husband

They created a “Rent My Handy Husband” website and began advertising on the social media platform Facebook and social networking application for neighbourhoods, Nextdoor. The website and advertisements were well received and drew in a large response. Laura said that some of the people who responded to the advertising did not understand the service being provided.

Laura said, “There have been a few that got the wrong idea and thought I was hiring James out for something else entirely!”

James is a former warehouse night shift worker and had to give up his job two years ago to assist Laura with their three children. Laura spoke about her family and mentioned that the couple had three children, two of whom are autistic and added that James has also been diagnosed as someone on the spectrum. She described James as "very thorough and excellent at any DIY job he does".

He is planning on going back to college to study motor mechanics and will continue being rented out for DIY projects while studying.

Laura attributed their success to the fact that it was easier and quicker to hire someone to do a job that is being postponed “for what feels like a lifetime”. She said that the average cost was around 35 pounds. Since the family understood what it was like to be on a budget, they decided to offer discounts to disabled people, people over 65 years of age, and people on Universal Credit.

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