Islington · EC1V · Flat-pack assembly
IKEA and flat-pack furniture assembly in Old Street, EC1V
In EC1V the job usually arrives as a delivery stack in the hall. Deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat; locally that also means so we book a delivery window — the pattern behind 4,949 households inside the EC1V neighbourhood, so we plan the carry before the build.
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- From £35 an item, £190 a half day — priced per unit, fixed in writing
- precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Old Street, often with surface-run conduit — where 19% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year here, so the anti-tip strap goes into something structural
- Deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat; locally that also means so we book a delivery window — the pattern behind 4,949 households inside the EC1V neighbourhood
- London Borough of Islington permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
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- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
The service, locally
Flat-pack and IKEA assembly in Old Street
One fitter, one van, one written price. Wall fixings, floor protection and taking the cardboard away are inside the quote for every EC1V booking.
- From, per item built
- £35From, per item built
- Old Street homes are flats
- 98%Old Street homes are flats
- Item types priced
- 22Item types priced
- Households in Old Street
- 4,949Households in Old Street
How it works
How a Old Street assembly visit works
- Send the list, get a fixed priceTell us what is in the pile — model names, box counts or just a photo. Every Old Street quote is itemised per unit, so you can see what each build costs before you accept it.
- Access sorted for EC1VAccess is arranged before the day: deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat; locally that also means so we book a delivery window — the pattern behind 4,949 households inside the EC1V neighbourhood, with the London Borough of Islington permit paid for by us.
- Built, anchored, packaging goneDust sheets down, every unit built and squared, doors and drawers adjusted, set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable, over an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt — with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first, then the cardboard flattened and taken away.
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Scope
What is included in Old Street
Included in every visit
- Every unit on your Old Street list built, squared and levelled to the floor in the room it belongs in
- Anti-tip anchoring where the item needs it: set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable, over an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt — with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first, noted on the Old Street job sheet so the next visit starts from it
- In Old Street: doors, hinges, drawer runners and sliding tracks adjusted so nothing drifts or catches, timed against the walk in from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern)
- On EC1V jobs: a stud, pipe and cable scan before any fixing goes into a wall, agreed on the doorstep in Old Street before anything is unpacked
- London Borough of Islington permits or bay suspensions where EC1V needs one
Not included — and why
- New electrical circuits, consumer-unit work or anything notifiable under Part P — that belongs to a registered electrician, which we refer on to the right trade in Old Street
- Gas appliance connection, including hobs and cookers, which is Gas Safe work, quoted separately if you need it arranged in EC1V
- Plumbing in a sink, tap or integrated appliance as part of a kitchen run (we can book that separately), and we will say so before the EC1V visit rather than on the day
- Manufacturer spare parts — missing dowels, cam locks or damaged panels are ordered at cost with the receipt, handled by London Borough of Islington or a specialist contractor instead
- Cutting into a structural wall or altering an opening to make a unit fit, handled by London Borough of Islington or a specialist contractor instead
The complete item list, anchoring matrix and scope policy sit on one page: assembly reference.
Why Hello Services
Why book assembly in Old Street with us
Permits and access handled
London Borough of Islington permits, bay suspensions, concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are arranged by us on EC1V jobs, with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern).
Missing parts do not stop us
Dowels, cam locks and common fittings are in the van around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with 4,949 households on this patch, so a short-shipped pack still finishes the same day.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a fitter you would be happy to leave in the flat while you work on EC1V jobs, with this being London Borough of Islington territory.
Per-item prices
Flat-pack assembly prices in Old Street
| Item | From | To | Build time | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modular wardrobe system (per 100cm frame)Anchored to the wall | £120 | £260 | 3 hrs | Frames built, levelled, joined, interiors fitted and the run strapped to the wall |
| Ottoman or drawer storage bed | £85 | £170 | 2 hrs | Gas struts fitted safely, drawers aligned, base tested loaded before we leave |
| Wall-mounted shelf or cabinetAnchored to the wall | £45 | £110 | 50 mins | Substrate checked and scanned, then the anchor that the wall genuinely needs |
Modular wardrobe system (per 100cm frame)
£120 – £260
3 hrs · anchored to the wall
Frames built, levelled, joined, interiors fitted and the run strapped to the wall
Ottoman or drawer storage bed
£85 – £170
2 hrs
Gas struts fitted safely, drawers aligned, base tested loaded before we leave
Wall-mounted shelf or cabinet
£45 – £110
50 mins · anchored to the wall
Substrate checked and scanned, then the anchor that the wall genuinely needs
Shown: the 8 builds we quote most around Old Street EC1V. The other rows of the 22-item London list are on the reference page, priced identically.
£55 minimum per visit. Prices include VAT, the van, all anchoring hardware from our own stock and taking the flattened cardboard and polystyrene away. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. Full item list, anchoring matrix and scope policy.
Instant estimate
Price your Old Street delivery
Estimated for Old Street EC1V
From £55
Tick the units in your delivery for a band.
Confirm this in writingPrices include VAT, the van, all anchoring hardware from our own stock and taking the flattened cardboard and polystyrene away. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. Hello Services is an independent furniture assembly company. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to IKEA or any other flat-pack retailer. Brand and range names are used only to describe the furniture we assemble.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Old Street
Single item
£55
from, per item
One bookcase, chest of drawers, desk or bed frame built, levelled and anchored.
Hourly rate
£55
per hour, one-hour minimum
Best when the boxes are unlabelled, second-hand or missing their instructions.
Half day
£190
up to 4 hours
The most-booked London slot: a bedroom's worth of boxes in one visit, one price.
- Parking and permits
- Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. London Borough of Islington visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, so long boxes are carried once, not twice.
- Charging zones
- Part of Islington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ. Our vans are ULEZ compliant and that cost is never added to a EC1V invoice.
- Access and lifts
- 98% of homes around Old Street are flats, so goods-lift booking and stair carries are planned before the slot rather than discovered on the day.
- Packaging removal
- Flattened cardboard, polystyrene and strapping leave in the van at the end of every EC1V visit, at no extra charge.
Wall plugs, through-fixings, resin anchors, hollow-wall anchors and anti-tip straps come out of the van and are inside the price. Replacement dowels, cam locks and manufacturer spare parts are ordered at cost with the receipt attached to your invoice.
Walls and anchoring
What holds an anti-tip strap in Old Street
Most likely here
Council and housing-association blocks in precast concrete and dense block, as the Old Street stock goes, which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Old Street actually produces
- Wall construction
- precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Old Street, often with surface-run conduit — where 19% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year
- The fixing we use
- set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable, over an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt — with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first
- Access
- deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat; locally that also means so we book a delivery window — the pattern behind 4,949 households inside the EC1V neighbourhood
Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) is the nearest station, and London Borough of Islington controls the kerb outside, so the permit is bought before the van leaves rather than argued about on arrival.
Hello Services is an independent furniture assembly company. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to IKEA or any other flat-pack retailer. Brand and range names are used only to describe the furniture we assemble.
IKEA and flat-pack assembly reviews from Greater London customers
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Coverage
Flat-pack assembly around Old Street
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Related services
Other work we do in Old Street
Handyman in Old Street
Shelves, TV brackets, doors, taps and the rest of the EC1V snag list on the same visit.
Man with a van in Old Street
Collect the flat-pack from the store or a marketplace seller, then build it the same day.
House removals in Old Street
Furniture dismantled at one end and reassembled at the other, by the same crew.
About the area
Old Street in context
Housing around Old Street is council and housing-association blocks in precast concrete and dense block, as the old street stock goes, which is what a 98% flat share across the ons neighbourhood covering old street actually produces. With 28% of homes privately rented and 10,675 residents in the Old Street neighbourhood, move-in week is the busiest assembly window of the month here.
Where Old Street sits in our coverage
Old Street sits inside the coverage published on our flat-pack assembly in Islington page, which sits under flat-pack assembly across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover flat-pack assembly in Clerkenwell EC1 (0.4 miles), flat-pack assembly in Barbican EC2 (0.6 miles), flat-pack assembly in Angel N1 (0.8 miles), flat-pack assembly in Hoxton N1 (0.8 miles) and flat-pack assembly in Shoreditch E1 (1.8 miles). If your address sits on the boundary, book the closest page — the price and the crew are the same. For every trade we run at this postcode, see all services in Old Street.
Most booked alongside this in Old Street
Area at a glance
Old Street EC1V by the numbers
- Area
- Old Street, Islington
- Postcodes served
- EC1V, EC1
- Nearest station
- Old Street (Northern, Great Northern)
- Dominant wall construction
- precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Old Street, often with surface-run conduit — where 19% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Old Street & St Luke's (E02000576) — the published geography that covers Old Street, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Old Street EC1V flat-pack assembly questions
Per item, fixed before we arrive: bookcases and cube storage from £35, chests of drawers from £45, bed frames from £55, hinged wardrobes from £75 and modular wardrobe runs from £120 per 100cm frame. A half day in EC1V is £190 for a batched list.
Anchoring is part of the price, never an add-on. In Old Street the wall behind a wardrobe is normally precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Old Street, often with surface-run conduit — where 19% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fitter uses set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable, over an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt — with 52% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. We scan for cables and pipework first and pull-test the finished restraint.
Usually yes. Deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat in Old Street, so we book a delivery window, measured on the walk in from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern) rather than assumed from a map. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. London Borough of Islington permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us before the visit.
Every scrap leaves with us: flattened cardboard, polystyrene corners, bags and strapping. Nothing is stacked in a Old Street hallway or communal bin store, and it all goes to a licensed transfer station under our waste carrier registration.
Most missing-part problems are solved from our own fixings stock while the fitter is still in the room. A damaged panel is different — we log it with photographs and the article number so your EC1V replacement is straightforward, then return to complete the build free of charge.
We can strip out and remove what is already there before the new units go in. It is quoted as a line of its own, and disposal runs under our registered waste carrier licence with a transfer note on request. Near Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground that usually means an earlier start so the van can be unloaded once.
Source: ONS Census 2021, borough totals via Nomis (table TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003). Figures describe the whole borough, the smallest area ONS publishes every one of these tables for.
Guides
Read before you book
IKEA and flat-pack assembly costs in London: what each item really costs
Per-item prices, the hourly alternative, and the London access costs behind every quote.
9 min read
Anchoring flat-pack furniture safely to a London wall
The anti-tip fixing that holds in each London wall type, and the one that fails.
8 min read
Book flat-pack assembly in Old Street EC1V
Send the item list or a photo of the delivery stack for a fixed written price the same working day. Anchoring hardware, permits and taking the packaging away are already in the figure.