Handyman in Whitney

Whitney goes back to a dairy farmer named Stowell E. Whitney, who bought a ranch here in the 1910s and subdivided it in 1931 when the Boulder Highway was built. Clark County gave the town official borders in 1942, residents renamed it East Las Vegas in 1958, and the Whitney name came back in 1993. As a handyman in Whitney, we work in an unincorporated Clark County town, not the City of Las Vegas, even though addresses say Las Vegas.

Before the 1970s, Whitney was one of a few small communities along Boulder Highway between Las Vegas and Henderson. It had about 6,500 residents in 1970 and 49,061 at the 2020 census, so the houses here range widely in age. That range means a single street can need very different jobs.

In older houses, the problems usually hide behind walls and cabinets. Worn supply lines, shut-off valves frozen in place and outlets that no longer grip a plug are typical of houses this age. Our plumbing and electrical repair work covers new valves and supply lines, worn outlets and switches, and extra light fixtures where a room has too few.

Walls and doors come next. A house that has settled shows drywall cracks over doorways and doors that rub at the top corner. We repair the drywall with matched texture, plane or rehang the doors, and repaint the room if it needs it. Older hollow-core doors can be swapped for solid-core ones that block more noise.

Whitney is also home to Sam Boyd Stadium on East Russell Road, which opened in 1971 and hosted UNLV football until the team moved to Allegiant Stadium in 2020. In Whitney's newer subdivisions, the work is lighter: ceiling fans, TV mounting, flooring installation to replace worn carpet, and a refreshed kitchen or bath.

Because Whitney is unincorporated, building permits come from Clark County's building division at 4701 W. Russell Road, not from the City of Las Vegas or Henderson. The Whitney Recreation Center on East Missouri Avenue, where the Whitney Town Advisory Board meets, sits in the 89122 ZIP code.