Our response promise: We reply within 2 hours, 7am–9pm, seven days a week. If we're late, we tell you why in writing and you go first the next morning.

Small jobs, done this week.

Lightbulbs to drywall. One person, one price, no waiting.

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Brownsville and the Valley · (956) 556-6438

Prices.

Drive included. The price you tap is the price you pay, or we tell you otherwise before we start.

Electrical and plumbing work, including appliance installation, is performed by licensed contractors we work with.

Pesticides, baits and pest treatment are performed by licensed pest-control companies we work with. No one at Umbra applies any pest product for hire.

Repairs to in-ground sprinkler systems are performed by licensed irrigators we work with. An unlicensed company may not install, repair or service an in-ground system for hire.

Owner-operated and insured
One person, the same person every time
Price by text before I come
If it isn't right, text me and I come back

How it works

Three taps, one text.

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Mornings, afternoons, Saturdays. Most jobs land this week.

We confirm by text

Price, time and who's coming, in one message. Pay when it's done: check, cash or card.

Who's coming

Drew.

Small-town upstate New York, an electrical engineering degree, wind turbine towers, avionics at SpaceX, two years as a commercial electrician, and a field-service job that sent him to Brownsville. He stayed and started Umbra Domus.

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What Umbra does

Every house should provide more than shelter.

We buy undervalued properties for ourselves and renovate them with care, adding regenerative features that deliver real savings and lasting resilience. We also teach homeowners how to care for and upgrade their own houses. Everything else on this site is repair and upkeep work, done on your house at the price on the page.

See our services Repairs and upkeep for landlords