Stratford, CT · HIC.0698408 · 2026
Hey there — I'm Juan. Need a hand around the house?
"The Best Handy Guys In The Biz" — a single-page neighbourhood handyman site for Juan B. Rivera. Brief: feel like the guy next door. Look like he answers the phone himself. Make paying him so easy nobody has an excuse to forget.
01 · The brief
A handyman site that doesn't sound like a contractor wrote it.
Juan's old card was on a corkboard in three diners around Stratford. People kept his number, lost his number, found it again. The brief: build a site that looks the way Juan actually talks — friendly, direct, a little bit corny — and make the two things people actually do (request a job, pay an invoice) impossible to miss.
No "values" page. No stock photo of a guy in a hard hat. The site is Juan, on the page, doing what he does.
02 · Services
Nine tiles. Tap the one that fits.
03 · How it works
Four steps, no surprises.
Text Juan
(860) 710-3634. Or fill out the form. Photo of the problem helps.
Get a quote
Honest, written, free. Same day if possible.
Pick a time
Juan books direct — no scheduling chain.
Pay when done
Card on file, Stripe, or check. Receipt by text.
04 · What folks said after
Five-star reviews, taped to the wall.
"Juan re-did our entire kitchen backsplash in a weekend. Honest quote, no surprise fees, cleaned up like nothing happened. We're hiring him for the bathroom next."
"Called Juan on a Sunday after a pipe started leaking in the wall. He was here in two hours. Two hours. That's the whole story."
"We've had three handymen over five years. Juan is the only one we'll call again. He texts back."
05 · The showpiece
The Lockdown — pay an invoice without leaving the site.
The right column on Juan's site is a "pay invoice" tile. Enter the amount, paste the invoice number, tap pay — Stripe Elements with full validation, lockdown styling that mimics a credit card, instant receipt by text.
The trick: people pay faster when the form looks like the thing they're holding. The whole flow lives on one route, never reloads, and works on a phone in a driveway.
06 · Stack & specs
Single page, real pages underneath.
- Framework
- Hand-rolled HTML/CSS/JS — one ship-ready file
- Type
- Plus Jakarta Sans (body) · Caveat (handwriting) · Archivo Black (display)
- Payments
- Stripe Elements with Apple Pay / Google Pay
- Contact
- Form → Juan's text inbox via Twilio webhook
- Sub-pages
- Hash-routed (no reload) for service detail + portfolio
- Hosting
- Netlify Drop preview · then own domain when ready