London handyman pricing sits on three numbers: an hourly rate for small odd jobs, a half day for a batched list, and a full day when the list runs past five or six tasks. Everything else is a variation on those three.

The figures below are the rates we publish on every London area page, so a price you read in a guide is the price you see when you book.

One hour buys one small job with a tidy-up: a curtain pole, a mirror, a door that catches on the frame. Below an hour there is no cheaper tier, because the travel and parking are already spent.

A half day is the honest sweet spot in London. Four to five small jobs in one visit costs less per job than three separate call-outs, and it only needs one parking session.

Parking is the biggest hidden line. A controlled parking zone with no suspended bay adds a permit or a meter charge to every visit, and it is the reason a job in a central borough reads higher than the same job in an outer one.

Access matters next: a fourth-floor walk-up with a narrow stair means longer on site for the same task. Wall construction is third — lath and plaster or dot-and-dab needs specific anchors, which is minutes, not pounds, but the minutes add up across a list.

Standard fixings, plugs and anchors are already in the price. Named parts — a specific bracket, a replacement lock barrel, a particular hinge — are bought at cost and shown on the invoice with the receipt.