fixer-upper

[fik-ser-uhp-er]

noun Informal.

a person who is handy at making repairs.
a rundown dwelling offered at a bargain price and suitable for improvement by a new owner, often with the object of resale at a considerable profit.

Origin of fixer-upper

fix up + -er¹, pleonastically suffixed to both words

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The president took aim at Mitt Romney, at one point saying that Romney would call the Hilton ballroom a “fixer-upper.”
White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Full Coverage
April 29, 2012