The Difference Between Northern VA Handyman Companies and Moss Home Services Handyman services and home services are terms commonly used interchangeably. However, there are distinct differences in the two that you should know before selecting a company that could be wrong for your home needs. Northern VA Handyman Companies A handyman company is a company that takes care of your handyman services and by definition is a person hired to do various small jobs. Handyman companies only offer handyman services. If your job consists of anything outside of the conventional handyman services then you will have to work with an additional company that offers that service. For example, if you call a handyman company and they send out a guy to do the work, only to find that you also have a significant plumbing problem you’ll have to work with a plumbing company to get that work done in addition
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by Carly on May 24, 2013
The Difference Between Northern VA Handyman Companies and Moss Home Services
Handyman services and home services are terms commonly used interchangeably. However, there are distinct differences in the two that you should know before selecting a company that could be wrong for your home needs.
Northern VA Handyman Companies
A handyman company is a company that takes care of your handyman services and by definition is a person hired to do various small jobs. Handyman companies only offer handyman services. If your job consists of anything outside of the conventional handyman services then you will have to work with an additional company that offers that service. For example, if you call a handyman company and they send out a guy to do the work, only to find that you also have a significant plumbing problem you’ll have to work with a plumbing company to get that work done in addition to the other handyman services you need taken care of.
Moss Home Services
Moss Home Services does offer handyman services but we also offer a wide variety of other home improvements. If you call Moss Home Services we can take care of anything from structural work to replacing counter-tops and much more. We handle the small repairs and the bigger improvements as well, making it more convenient for you to have one company and point of contact to work with for the entire process. We have Master Plumbers, Master Carpenters and Master Electricians. So if we come out to your home to take care of some handyman repairs and find that you are in need of other work there is no need for you to deal with another company, we’ll have a Moss Home Services tech out at the job site to take care of any additional home repairs that you need.
Northern Virginia Handyman and Home Services
Whether you have handyman tasks or large home projects, Moss will have you covered! We’re here to make your home improvement experience an enjoyable one, and that means making it more convenient and less stressful for you. Call us at 703.961.7707 to receive a free estimate or if you have any questions about your home repairs.
Meet Moss is our new series where we introduce new employees bi-weekly. We’ll describe what they do here at Moss as well as some fun and interesting facts that you may have never guessed! We’ll also share a photo so that you can put a face to the facts and get more familiar with our employees. We are pleased to start our Meet Moss series with one of the most important people to our company: Moss. Nicknamed ‘Moss’, Paul Francis William Hampel Jr. grew up in the Northern New Jersey suburbs. Moss and his wife Natalie had four children: three sons and a daughter. One of which is our co-owner Pete Hampel. Moss was well-known for his hard working attitude and appreciation for his family. He helped out his community in any way that he could and he quickly gained the reputation of being the neighborhood handyman as he
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by Carly on May 20, 2013
Meet Moss is our new series where we introduce new employees bi-weekly. We’ll describe what they do here at Moss as well as some fun and interesting facts that you may have never guessed! We’ll also share a photo so that you can put a face to the facts and get more familiar with our employees.

We are pleased to start our Meet Moss series with one of the most important people to our company: Moss.
Nicknamed ‘Moss’, Paul Francis William Hampel Jr. grew up in the Northern New Jersey suburbs. Moss and his wife Natalie had four children: three sons and a daughter. One of which is our co-owner Pete Hampel.
Moss was well-known for his hard working attitude and appreciation for his family. He helped out his community in any way that he could and he quickly gained the reputation of being the neighborhood handyman as he would help neighbors fix and repair various things. He was the neighborhoods go-to if they needed help with anything from home repairs to getting a ride to doctors appointments. They knew they could count on Moss.
Moss had a passion for fixing and building things. The house they moved into in 1952 had no upstairs; it had a living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and an unfinished basement. Eight people lived in that space. Moss took it into his own hands to build the upstairs which included 2 bedrooms, a walk-in cedar closet and half bathroom.
Moss represented honesty and responsibility, and those values are instilled in our company. Although Moss passed away after a battle with cancer before Moss Building & Design was formed, he would be very proud of the company and its accomplishments as well as the people who work here.
Moss fun fact: Moss’ nickname was given to him by his four children and is derived from the fish “mossbunker.” Mossbunker was bait used in crab traps during family vacations to the Jersey Shore. The children were occasionally called “Bunkie” (a 1940’s term broadly meaning friend) so they concluded that he must be “The Moss” later shortened to just “Moss.”