Hole in my wall from a door handle

John Staples   |   02 June, 2026

So last week I was carrying a heavy box into my bedroom and lost my grip. The corner of the box slammed right into the wall right behind my door. Now there is a decent sized hole, maybe the size of my fist, with the drywall pushed in and some cracking around the edges. I tried to ignore it but every time I walk past my bedroom I see it and it drives me crazy. I am not handy at all. I watched a few repair videos and they talk about mesh patches, joint compound, sanding, priming, it looks like a whole weekend project and I know I will just make a mess. I live in a rental in midtown Toronto and my landlord is pretty chill but I would rather just fix it myself before they notice. So has anyone in Toronto hired a handyman just to patch a small hole in drywall, like a fist sized dent or crack, and roughly how much does something like that cost for a simple repair that you cannot even tell was there after?