Demand for technicians soars in lockdown

The high demand for home repairs during the spring lockdown in Greece will likely give Douleutaras, an online platform for finding technicians, its first year of profit in 2020 since it was founded in 2015, according to chief executive Andreas Grammatis.

The website, which has access to some 3,700 professionals, dealt with various jobs last year, including small- and large-scale interventions, cleaning etc, that added up to 42.5 million euros. In the period from April 25 to May 8, demand for such services rose by 103% compared to the same period last year. In that time there was strong growth in demand for home improvements, while the shift toward home repairs was also reflected online, as electronic searches for such jobs increased 50%.

"If we exempt the shock of the first couple of weeks after the start of the lockdown, there was a considerable swing to demand for...