Green Bench Monthly Vol. 6, Issue 10, October 2021

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Jonathan and Gisela Porcelli, owners of Ace Handyman Services St. Pete South. Photos by Brian Brakebill

Ace Handyman Services St. Pete South: Your To-Do List Done By Tina Stewart Brakebill In 2018, Jonathan and Gisela Porcelli moved to St. Pete and immediately fell in love with the community. Two years later, they decided to make some changes, and relocation was not on the table. They wanted to move past their corporate-based work and connect more securely to the community, perhaps helping some of their neighbors. Ace Handyman Services provided that opportunity.

Ace Understands Sometimes We Need Someone to “Do It For Me” For nearly 100 years, Ace Hardware has been operating as a retailers’ cooperative where the “helpful hardware folk” at more than 5,000 retail stores supply and advise the do-it-yourself (DIY) crowd. Over the last two decades, however, research shows a growing number of us prefer to have someone else do the work. We may lack the skills, time, money, mobility, or the inclination to tackle the multitude of smaller jobs necessary to keep a home functioning and/or aesthetically pleasing. Ace answered that growing need by launching Ace Handyman Services. The chance to provide local folks good jobs while also solving problems for local residents was exactly the opportunity the Porcellis were looking for. When a franchise opportunity opened up in St. Pete, they grabbed it.

Your “Go-To Solution” Combining their background in management, construction, and customer service, the Porcellis put together a team. The skilled craftspeople at Ace Handyman Services team are licensed and bonded local employees (not subcontractors), so Ace can vouch for their reliability and professionalism. Whether your project calls for carpentry work, painting, staining, furniture assembly, door installations, or even planting your flower boxes, Ace

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