Who to hire for

Something is wrong. Who do you call?

129 household problems, each matched to the trade that actually fixes it — what to do before they arrive, what to ask when you book, what changes the price, and the cases where the obvious trade is the wrong one.

WhoToHire publishes 129 pages answering which trade to hire for a specific household problem in Australia, grouped into 11 categories: Water, drains and gas, Power and lighting, Heating, cooling and solar, Roof, walls and structure, Doors, locks and security, Garden, trees and outdoors, Pests and animals, Pool and spa, Cleaning and moving, Cars, Booked services. Each page names the trade, says whether the work requires a licence and where to check one in each state and territory, lists what to do before the tradesperson arrives and what to ask when booking, and explains what makes one job cost more than another. None of them contains a price, because this directory holds no price data.

Water, drains and gas

Power and lighting

Heating, cooling and solar

Roof, walls and structure

Doors, locks and security

Garden, trees and outdoors

Pests and animals

Pool and spa

Cleaning and moving

Cars

Booked services

Not sure it is any of these?

Start from the trade, or from where you live. Every list on this site is built from what 66,104 Australian trade businesses publish about themselves, and every check that was run is shown along with the ones that were not.