Sydney mum rakes in $150k-a-year through side hustles on Airtasker

An Aussie mother advertising her services doing odd jobs online claims she’s raking in $150,000 a year from her side hustles.

Nikki Facchin, 53, from Sydney, started doing extra jobs on the online marketplace Airtasker after struggling to make ends meet and living on less than $50 a week after bills. 

The Australian-based website allows people to post or accept a range of paid tasks and odd jobs – from professional services to things like moving a fridge or transporting furniture.

Ms Facchin, who jokingly describes herself as a ‘legend for hire’, does all kinds of work including cooking, cleaning, washing, gardening, gurneying, catering venues and organising household rooms. 

‘I don’t have skills on paper. I’m not an engineer or anything like that, but I’m very good at a lot of things and I like helping people,’ she told A Current Affair.

The mother claimed Airtasker had ‘pretty much saved my life’ after she was struggling financially. 

‘It gave me the ability to create an income from nothing and from the skills that I have,’ she said. 

Ms Facchin estimates she’s was making about $2500 to $3000 a week on average.

She claims anyone can follow her lead and that the amount someone makes will depend entirely on how much they want to work. 

Ms Facchin does all kinds of work from cooking, cleaning, washing and gardening

The best part of her gig-economy hustles is that she doesn’t have a boss and can chose her own hours.

‘I take the jobs I want, I can agree on price, all my insurance is covered,’ she said. 

Airtasker co-founder and CEO Tim Fung said the site had experienced a boom in traffic as more Aussies turn to quicker, more cost-effective ways for getting tasks done while others look to earn extra money.