A kind-hearted workman asked nothing except a cup of tea and a chat in exchange for building a step for a frail pensioner.
He could not use his front door for more than five years due to a big gap.
Lee Jackson was approached by OAP Robert North to build a step as he was unable to use his front door because of the big drop.
When Robert, 80, asked about the cost for building a step, generous grafter Lee said just one cup of tea and a chat.
Self-employed Lee, who runs LMJ Fencing and Decking, said: “I was working next door and he just came round to talk to me.
“He said he’d had a bit of fall the other week and asked for a price for a step outside his front door. I said, ‘You’re an 80-year-old man, you shouldn’t be paying for it.’
“He had some bricks in his shed and I had some sand and cement in my van, so I said I would do the job for him for the price of a cup of tea and a natter.”
Lee, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, build up the 600mm x 300mm step in just over an hour using bricks, sand, cement, and a paving slab.
He built a step, Lee then sat with Robert for a chinwag.
Lee added: “He hasn’t got a lot of families and I thought he could do with a chat. I thought if it was my granddad, I’d want somebody to do it for him.
“He was filling me in on what was happening in the rugby union world cup and telling me the news I hadn’t seen because I work through the day.
“He was great to talk to. He offered to go and buy the materials, but at 80, I thought he needs every penny he can get.
“I remember my grandparents at that age and they weren’t well off, so there was no way I was going to let him pay for it.”
It is not the first time Lee has offered his services for free to a person in need of help.
He added: “If I can do something to help someone, I’ll do it. There’s so much negativity these days, we need some positivity and we should help each other out where we can.
“A simple act of kindness can go a long way and really make a difference in people’s lives.”
Robert expressed his happiness and appreciated Lee’s generous gesture to do the work for free.
He explained: “I’ve been struggling to get in and out of the house for the last five years. The council put a handrail in, but it’s a big drop to step down out of the door.
“I have had to use my back door and walk around. I struggled to get out of the house before, but it’s a lot better now I have the step. I’m more mobile and I can get out of the house – and Lee has done a good job!”
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