Ecomony is pretty much booming in Belfast at the minute. Semi in a decent burb now hitting the £200K mark.
£45 for a tidy polite and reliable man sounds OK, but the problem is finding one. You are taking a chance with the yellow pages, and half the time they aren't interested. If you were recommended by someone who knows you personally I'd jump at it. If I could get someone that does lots of things I could give him 3 days work - and I'd be happy to do the running and fetching of needed materials. A price for 1/2 days work would be interesting to know.If you go for it, get a million small cards printed with your name & number and give them to people who would be happy to recommend you. I'd also keep a database of customers as you get them and then after a year you could send them a cheap A5 leaflet. You would expect a handyman's cards etc to be plain and basic, nothing flash.