What
Interior work for restaurant openings and renovations — take only the trades you want, job by job. No need to take the whole project; just the parts you’re good at.
Handle only the trades that are needed — electrical, plumbing, built-ins and more.
Help owners doing DIY with just the tricky parts.
Connect directly with owners — no general contractor in between.
Why Join
Take just the trades you’re good at, on your own terms. You contract directly with the owner — no main contractor in between — so you agree the scope and pay face to face. One-off jobs fit around your main work.
Money & Contract
Tenpos’s role is the introduction. Quotes, contracts and payment are handled directly between the owner and you.
Flow
Submit your trade, service area and track record via the form. No licence documents needed at this stage.
A short chat about your specialties and the work you can take on.
We introduce jobs that fit, and check the licences the work requires.
Agree the scope and pay with the owner directly, then sign.
Once the work is done, the owner pays you directly.
*We’ll contact you however you prefer — phone, email or otherwise.
Wanted
We’re recruiting a wide range of restaurant interior trades. Moonlighting and side work welcome.
Counters, shelving, partitions, and hanging and adjusting doors.
Wallpaper and flooring replacement, ceiling finishes.
Extra lighting and outlets, power supply for kitchen equipment.
Water supply and drainage, grease trap and sink installation.
Gas piping and appliance hook-up.
Painting walls, ceilings and fixtures.
Plaster finishes for walls and counters, tiling.
Making and installing signs.
Strip-outs and interior demolition and removal.
*Examples only. For work that requires a licence, we check your credentials when introducing the job.
Before you tear out doors, fixtures and lighting, get them valued. Tenpos Kawaguchi buys them, restores them in our own workshop and passes them on to the next restaurant — and it cuts disposal costs, too.
FAQ
Take only the trades you're good at, one job at a time. How spot work compares to full contracting, balancing it with a main job, how to think about pay, and how to start.
Why multi-tier subcontracting thins your take-home, how direct jobs cut out the middleman margin, and the practicalities of fair rates and payment terms — from a craftsman's point of view.
How independent carpenters, electricians, plumbers, painters and interior trades can take work directly from restaurant owners: four ways to find jobs, licences and registration by trade, the construction permit threshold, and what to agree before you start.
Tell us your trade, service area and track record. We’ll introduce jobs that fit.
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