Tradies during Covid-19: Who are the winners and losers?

SERVICESEEKING has crunched the numbers on their top 20 categories in April 2020 againt March 2020 to determine which tradies won and lost during Covid-19.

While job volume across the platform was down by 15 percent versus the prior month, Jeremy Levitt was surprised to see several key categories grow during the pandemic as home owners and renters alike fixed up property maintenance issues at home to make lockdown easier to bear. 

The April 2020 v March job data shows:

• Air conditioning and heating jobs up 152.38%
• Paving jobs up 99.51%
• Asbestos removal jobs up 87.12%
• Rubbish removal jobs up 67.85%
• Fencing repair jobs up 62.46%
• Electrical services jobs up 53.83%
• Roofing jobs up 37.52%
• Concreting repair jobs up 30.02%
• Carpentry jobs up 24.61%
• House Painting jobs up 9.57%
• Plastering jobs up 9.18%
• Plumbing jobs up 6.47%
• Handyman jobs up 2.45%
• Cleaner jobs down -3.06%
• Removalist jobs down -10.37%
• Renovation jobs down -15.55%
• Pest control jobs down -16.71%
• Tiling jobs down -22.39%
• Gardening jobs down -26.81%
• Flooring jobs down -58.09%

Jeremy Levitt, co-founder of find a tradie website, ServiceSeeking.com.au said, "We saw a dramatic fall in large renovation jobs month on month, down more than 15 percent, which we think may preceed a fall in property prices.

"Property owners typically pull back on renovating when their confidence falls," he said.

 "However, we saw the Covid-19 'nesting' phenomenon in full effect, with locked down home owners and renters increasing their spend on property maintenance categories like electrical services, roofing, airconditioning servicing and rubbish removal."

www.serviceseeking.com.au

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