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Typical Greater Boston range for this kind of work, from regional averages — not a quote from UpKeep Home Maintenance. Use it to sanity-check bids, then get the real number in writing.
A day rate replaces the task list — usually the better deal once the list gets long.
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$220 – $850
Typical handyman visit around $540
UpKeep Home Maintenance is the newer handyman-and-upkeep arm of the McDonald family of companies — the same Arlington, MA team behind McDonald Contracting and McDonald Electric. The company says it's bringing 13+ years of that McDonald construction and home-service background to everyday repairs, carpentry, seasonal exterior work, and annual home-care plans, and its Massachusetts home improvement contractor registration is active. The word that keeps showing up in its Google reviews is easy. A three-year customer calls the McDonald Team responsive, thorough, and professional; another says communication and follow-up are swift and calls the work itself "exemplary," adding that the whole approach took real stress off a busy household. There isn't much of an outside track record to check yet — just the two Google reviews on file, both from 2026 and both five stars, so there's little history to weigh a rough job against. For homeowners in Arlington, Belmont, Lexington, Winchester, or the other towns UpKeep says it covers who want one call for the running list of small repairs and seasonal upkeep, that's the appeal — a local team with construction roots behind it, still building its own review history.
The upkeep program has been something we’ve invested in for the past 3 years. The McDonald Team makes everything so easy. They’re responsive, thorough, and professional.
The team is amazing. On the front end, communication and follow ups are swift,kind, and through. The work that the team does mirrors that approach. The work is exemplary. The whole approach relieves a lot of the stress of home maintenance for our busy family!
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1 change recorded — last scanned Sep 5, 2026.
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