Croydon · CR5 · All hanging and mounting services
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Coulsdon fitters · Fixed written pricesCoulsdon CR5 is a regular stop on our Croydon round. Downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town, so all hanging and mounting services here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £55, in writing, with insured fitters, one sweep for every item and old holes made good.
Overview
Booked mostly by owner-occupier-led households around Coulsdon South, all hanging and mounting services here covers supply-free fitting from £55. With 22% of Coulsdon's 6,754 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in CR5 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
TVs, mirrors, shelves, poles — whatever needs hanging, in whichever rooms. One visit, one call-out.
Step 2
Cables and pipes traced before drilling; London flats hide shallow chases behind switches and skirting-level pipe runs.
Step 3
Solid brick, dot-and-dab, lath-and-plaster and stud walls all sit in the same Victorian conversion — each item gets the fixing its own wall needs.
Step 4
Cleats, toggles, resin anchors or straight screws into timber, whichever the item and the wall call for, checked with a laser.
Step 5
Redundant holes filled, dust vacuumed, packaging taken away.
Why choose us
We expect solid London stock brick in CR5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in CR5, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is in CR5, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every heavy item is photographed on its fixing for the job record.
One fitter for a typical multi-item visit; two where anything crosses 30kg or has to be carried up a shared stairwell. Steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street.
Most slots are within 48 hours, and move-in day bookings are held to arrive before the removal van if asked. Coulsdon South (Southern) is the nearest station, so a CR5 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| First item, any type (TV, mirror, shelf or pole) | £55 | 30–45 min | The detector sweep and the wall read are done once and cover every item fixed on the same visit. |
| Each additional item, same visit and same wall type | £25 | 15–25 min | No repeat call-out or sweep — only the extra fixing and the item itself add time. |
| Mixed multi-room visit, up to 6 items | £220 | 2.5–3.5 hrs | Typical house move-in list: two TVs, a mirror, three shelves, spread across rooms with different wall types. |
| Curtain pole or track, per window | £45 | 30–45 min | Bay windows and bows need mitred brackets set to the actual angle, not a straight rule. |
| Heavy item over 30kg (large mirror, floating shelf run) | £85 | 45–75 min | Needs a rated cleat or resin anchor and two people to hold and level while it is fixed. |
| Snagging list for a new tenancy, per hour after the first | £40 | 60 min | Landlords booking five or six small fixes in one flat before a let starts pay the standard hourly rate after the first item. |
First item, any type (TV, mirror, shelf or pole)
£55 · 30–45 min
The detector sweep and the wall read are done once and cover every item fixed on the same visit.
Each additional item, same visit and same wall type
£25 · 15–25 min
No repeat call-out or sweep — only the extra fixing and the item itself add time.
Mixed multi-room visit, up to 6 items
£220 · 2.5–3.5 hrs
Typical house move-in list: two TVs, a mirror, three shelves, spread across rooms with different wall types.
Curtain pole or track, per window
£45 · 30–45 min
Bay windows and bows need mitred brackets set to the actual angle, not a straight rule.
Heavy item over 30kg (large mirror, floating shelf run)
£85 · 45–75 min
Needs a rated cleat or resin anchor and two people to hold and level while it is fixed.
Snagging list for a new tenancy, per hour after the first
£40 · 60 min
Landlords booking five or six small fixes in one flat before a let starts pay the standard hourly rate after the first item.
One call-out and one detector sweep cover every item hung on the same visit, which is why the per-item price drops sharply after the first. Fixings are rated for the actual weight and wall type. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised in the written quote.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Brackets fixed into the right substrate, cables chased or trunked, screen levelled.
Heavy mirrors, gallery walls and framed prints hung level and anchored for the real weight.
Floating and bracketed shelving into plaster, brick, stud and dot-and-dab.
Wardrobes, beds, desks and storage built, levelled and anchored to the wall.
Working in Coulsdon
Census 2021 puts Coulsdon at 6,754 households with a median age of 40.6. The inter-war stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 78% houses and 22% flats need different handling in CR5.
Owner-occupation runs at 74% in Coulsdon, so alongside the 12% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Coulsdon substrates run to solid London stock brick in CR5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in CR5, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a CR5 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Coulsdon: downland village on the North Downs edge, with Farthing Downs above the town. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Coulsdon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, steep downland roads, easy driveway parking and a narrow high street — one reason one fitter for a typical multi-item visit; two where anything crosses 30kg or has to be carried up a shared stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Coulsdon South (Southern).
Area at a glance
Who lives in Coulsdon and what they live in decides how all hanging and mounting services is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood itself — not Croydon-wide averages, and not estimates.
17,050
Residents
Coulsdon and Old Coulsdon neighbourhood, Census 2021
6,754
Households
Median age 40.6
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
25.5%
Privately rented
11.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon (E02000234, E02000237) — the published geography that covers Coulsdon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the CR5 district: 51.3109, -0.1413 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
First item, any type (TV, mirror, shelf or pole) starts at £55 in Coulsdon in this 22% flats neighbourhood — and Croydon parking rules in play, with 14% social-rented stock nearby, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Item count first, then wall type. Mixing wall types in one flat is normal in London and does not change the price — only the number of items and anything over 30kg does across CR5 — and Farthing Downs a few streets away, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Yes — the first item is £55 and each further item on the same visit is £25 for Coulsdon (CR5) addresses, with 14% social-rented stock nearby. In Coulsdon we usually meet solid London stock brick in CR5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here on the streets near Farthing Downs — and Croydon parking rules in play, with 78% of Coulsdon homes being houses, so a TV, a mirror and three shelves in one flat can each need a different fixing; the failure we undo most is in CR5, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — the pattern behind 6,754 households inside the CR5 neighbourhood.
On every wall, every item. It is a full sweep per room rather than per hole on the Coulsdon rounds, with 22% of homes here being flats, which is why bundling items into one visit is cheaper than booking them separately.
With 12% of Coulsdon homes privately rented, we get asked this weekly on this side of Croydon. Minimal fixings, filled and sanded on request, with 26% one-person households here, and we can return at check-out to remove anything and make the wall good in this 22% flats neighbourhood.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every heavy item is photographed on its fixing for the job record on CR5 jobs, with 74% owner-occupation locally. That paperwork is what most Croydon letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on this side of Croydon, with this being a short walk from Coulsdon South (Southern).
Cutting or replacing glass, framing or mirror resilvering — that is a glazier's job; Drilling into lath-and-plaster ceilings for light fittings, which is an electrician's job; Fixing into asbestos insulating board across CR5, with 6,754 households on this patch — and a median age of 41 in this neighbourhood, which needs a licensed contractor. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Coulsdon CR5 price you agree is the price you pay on the Coulsdon rounds, with 26% one-person households here.
All three. With 12% of Coulsdon privately rented and 74% owner-occupied, roughly half the CR5 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in Coulsdon — and 14% social-rented stock nearby, with Croydon parking rules in play.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Coulsdon CR5 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of croydon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
