10:14 Thursday 1 October
- Missed callnow07700 900118
- Voicemail, 0:146 min ago“Hi, it's about a socket in the kitchen, can you…
- Missed call21 min ago07700 900245
- Missed call52 min ago07700 900377
4 missed since 9:00, and his hands are full
John's up a ladder.Book him anyway.
Ring a one-man electrician in the day and it rings out, because he's working. So John Halden put his diary online: real prices, real free times across north Leeds, booked in about a minute. No call back needed.
- 4.9 from 112 jobs sample
- Part P
- registered
- £0
- call-out fee
- 14 years
- on the tools
Thursday 1 October
10:14
- Missed callnow07700 900118
- Voicemail, 0:146 min ago“Hi, it's about a socket in the kitchen, can you…
- Missed call21 min ago07700 900245
- Missed call52 min ago07700 900377
4 missed since 9:00, and his hands are full
Pick a job. See when John is really free.
John Halden
Book a job
Pick what needs doing. You'll only see days with room for it.
October 2026
Checking John's diary…
This is John's real week. The rewire, the safety check and Monday's sockets are already in it, so you only see times that fit.
Ring him in the day and it rings out
11 calls while he was working. 8 rang out. 3 people booked someone else before he rang back.
60% of tradespeople struggle to answer calls while working. Fix Radio survey, October 2022.
8:40 pm
Tea's gone cold, and he's still ringing people back.
Now the same week, with his diary online
Follow one real booking, from Sarah's sofa at 9:04 pm to the reminder that goes out on its own. Scroll to play it.
1 · Wednesday 31 Dec, 9:04 pm
Sarah picks the job and sees the price
Fuse board swap: £485 and a full day, there before she types a thing.
2 · 9:04 pm
She adds two photos and pins her door
The board and the meter, then a pin on 14 Stainbeck Gardens. 0.9 miles from John, well inside his area.
3 · 9:05 pm
This week, only Monday fits
A full day needs a free day. The rewire, the safety check and Friday's jobs are already in.
4 · 9:05 pm
Sent to John in about a minute
Monday is held while John looks. No card, no call, no waiting on hold.
5 · Thursday 1 Jan, 7:43 am
John checks the photos and taps Approve once
Board, meter, door and day in one card. One tap books Monday and sends the deposit link.
6 · 7:43 am, and 6 pm Friday
The emails send themselves
The booking email goes straight away, the reminder the evening before. John writes neither.
What it took
1:02
Sarah, start to sent
Sample booking from John's real week. Times on the clock are illustrative.
From "can I book with you?" to "you're booked"while John was off the tools. He only saw the one job that needed his eyes.
Same John, same rules. Far fewer calls.
Nothing about how John works has changed. Only who has to pick up the phone.
You need a socket fixed
Before: Ring, leave a voicemail, wait for him to ring back between jobs.
Pick it, see £80, pick a free hour. Booked, no call.
Your fuse board needs swapping
Before: A site visit just to look, then a quote by text a week later.
Send two photos. John approves over breakfast and the deposit link goes out.
You live out past his patch
Before: He drives out, finds out, and loses half a day.
The pin says how far. Small jobs get a polite no, big jobs get a travel fee up front.
It's the day before
Before: "Are we still on?" texts at 9 pm.
The reminder email sends itself at 6 pm.
There's no power or a burning smell
Before: Same queue as everything else.
Never a form. Call 0113 496 0123, answered or rung back in 10 minutes.
John now only sees fuse boards, EV chargers, far-away jobs and "not sure" questions. Everything else books itself.
See John's side, no loginOne electrician, a few firm rules
John works on his own from his van, house work only. These are the rules he won't bend, so you know where you stand before you book.
John Halden, 14 years on the tools, Part P registered. Chapel Allerton, Leeds.
How John works
Fixed prices for small jobs
You see the price before you pick a time.
Photos before big jobs
Fuse boards, EV chargers and rewires wait for John's yes.
Deposits only after approval
25% for parts, never at booking.
Ten miles from Chapel Allerton
Further out, big jobs only, with a travel fee.
Emergencies by phone, always
No power, sparks or a burning smell: call.
Where John works
Ten miles from his base in Chapel Allerton, measured as the crow flies.
Areas John covers
0 to 3 miles
Chapel Allerton 0.7, Moortown 1.1, Oakwood 1.3, Chapeltown 1.4, Meanwood 1.6, Roundhay 1.6, Weetwood 2, Headingley 2.2, Alwoodley 2.2, Harehills 2.2, Adel 2.2, Hyde Park 2.2, Gipton 2.4, Shadwell 2.6, Burmantofts 2.6, Burley 2.7, Leeds city centre 2.7
3 to 6 miles
Kirkstall 3.2, Seacroft 3.5, Cookridge 3.5, Armley 3.6, Holbeck 3.8, Whinmoor 3.8, Scarcroft 3.9, Wortley 4, Hunslet 4.1, Crossgates 4.1, Horsforth 4.2, Halton 4.2, Harewood 4.2, Beeston 4.4, Bramley 4.4, Bramhope 4.5, Arthington 4.5, Thorner 4.7, Rodley 4.7, Bardsey 4.8, Temple Newsam 4.9, East Keswick 5.1, Stanningley 5.3, Pool-in-Wharfedale 5.8, Farsley 5.8, Pudsey 5.9, Rawdon 5.9, Barwick-in-Elmet 5.9
6 to 10 miles
Middleton 6.3, Calverley 6.4, Yeadon 6.5, Rothwell 6.7, Collingham 6.8, Swillington 6.8, Garforth 6.9, Morley 7.3, Guiseley 7.5, Drighlington 7.7, Otley 7.8, Kippax 8.3, Wetherby 8.7, Methley 8.9, Boston Spa 9
Just outside: Harrogate 10.6, Wakefield 10.9, Knaresborough 12.1, Ilkley 13.2. Big jobs only, with a travel fee.
What it costs, and how long it takes
First hour £80, then £40 an hour, no call-out fee. The bar is how much of John's working day the job fills, which is why a fuse board only fits a day that's free.
Emergency
No power, sparks or a burning smell. Never a form, just call John.
What customers say
Three made-up jobs, written the way John's customers talk about him. Samples, not real reviews.
“Booked on a Sunday night, John was here Tuesday at 9 and the new board was finished by four. Never had to chase him once.”
“Three smoke alarms, one visit, and he told me the price on the phone before I'd even picked a day. Tidy work, no mess.”
“I got an email when he was leaving the job before mine, so I wasn't stuck in all day waiting.”
Questions
Not for small jobs. You pay on the day, after the work. Fuse boards, EV chargers and rewires need a 25% deposit for parts, taken only once John has checked your photos and said yes.
Next free: checking…
Book tonight and it's in John's diary before he's off the ladder tomorrow.