Kensington and Chelsea · SW5 · Flat-pack assembly
IKEA and flat-pack furniture assembly in Earl's Court, SW5
We assemble in Earl's Court the way the stock demands: five-storey stucco houses split into studios and one-beds, plus mansion blocks, so we book a delivery window — and deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Everything is levelled to the floor in the room, not the floor the instruction sheet assumes.
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- From £35 an item, £190 a half day — priced per unit, fixed in writing
- often with surface-run conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment here, so the anti-tip strap goes into something structural
- So we book a delivery window — and deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
- Trustpilot 4.5· 3,100+ reviews
- Google 3.9· 1,429 reviews
- £1m public liability
- Licensed waste carrier CBDU300454
- Since 2019
The service, locally
Flat-pack and IKEA assembly in Earl's Court
Every unit is squared before the back panel goes on, hinges and runners are adjusted at the end, and the flattened cardboard leaves in the van. Prices are per item and fixed in writing before we arrive.
- From, per item built
- £35From, per item built
- Earl's Court homes are flats
- 97%Earl's Court homes are flats
- Item types priced
- 22Item types priced
- Households in Earl's Court
- 3,241Households in Earl's Court
How it works
How a Earl's Court 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 Earl's Court quote is itemised per unit, so you can see what each build costs before you accept it.
- Access sorted for SW5We book the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permit or the bay suspension and, where it applies, so we book a delivery window — and deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
- Built, anchored, packaging goneEach unit is torqued, squared and load-tested, tall pieces are strapped using an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt in Earl's Court, set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable — measured on the walk in from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map, and the flat is left cleaner than the delivery left it.
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Scope
What is included in Earl's Court
Included in every visit
- Every unit on your Earl's Court list built, squared and levelled to the floor in the room it belongs in
- Anti-tip anchoring where the item needs it: an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt in Earl's Court, set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable — measured on the walk in from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map
- Standard on Kensington and Chelsea bookings: doors, hinges, drawer runners and sliding tracks adjusted so nothing drifts or catches, with 3,241 households in this neighbourhood, it is the question we are asked most
- A stud, pipe and cable scan before any fixing goes into a wall, checked on every SW5 visit
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits or bay suspensions where SW5 needs one
Not included — and why
- New electrical circuits, consumer-unit work or anything notifiable under Part P — that belongs to a registered electrician, outside the fixed price on Earl's Court bookings
- Gas appliance connection, including hobs and cookers, which is Gas Safe work, and we will say so before the SW5 visit rather than on the day
- Plumbing in a sink, tap or integrated appliance as part of a kitchen run (we can book that separately), handled by Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea or a specialist contractor instead
- Manufacturer spare parts — missing dowels, cam locks or damaged panels are ordered at cost with the receipt, which we refer on to the right trade in Earl's Court
- Cutting into a structural wall or altering an opening to make a unit fit, and we will say so before the SW5 visit rather than on the day
The complete item list, anchoring matrix and scope policy sit on one page: assembly reference.
Why Hello Services
Why book assembly in Earl's Court with us
We scan before we drill
Cable and pipe detector on every wall, with The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment a few streets away — and a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood, because in SW5, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a cable behind it — where 25% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the callback nobody wants on the streets near The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment.
Packaging leaves with us
Flattened cardboard, polystyrene and strapping go in the van at the end of the Earl's Court visit in this 97% flats neighbourhood, with a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood.
Permits and access handled
For SW5 bookings, royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits, bay suspensions, concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are arranged by us on this side of Kensington and Chelsea, with 97% of homes here being flats. It works the same way on every Earl's Court (SW5) booking.
Per-item prices
Flat-pack assembly prices in Earl's Court
| 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
These are the 8 units booked most often in Earl's Court SW5, where 97% of homes are flats. All 22 items we price are on the reference page, and the labour rate is the same in every London borough.
£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 Earl's Court delivery
Estimated for Earl's Court SW5
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 Earl's Court
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
- Dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, so long boxes are carried once, not twice.
- Charging zones
- Part of Kensington and Chelsea 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 SW5 invoice.
- Access and lifts
- 97% of homes around Earl's Court 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 SW5 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 Earl's Court
Most likely here
Earl's Court gives us council and housing-association blocks in precast concrete and dense block, and with 44% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does
- Wall construction
- often with surface-run conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment
- The fixing we use
- an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt in Earl's Court, set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable — measured on the walk in from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map
- Access
- so we book a delivery window — and deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here
44% of homes around SW5 are privately rented, so a large share of our Earl's Court bookings are move-in-week builds where the tenancy start date, not the weekend, sets the date.
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
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsI booked the service at 10pm last night was the job was completed by 2pm the next day at very short notice. Adam arrived earlier than expected which was great. He was very friendly and got two IKEA bed side tables and a wardrobe storage unit built in under 2 hours. He also kindly helped… Read in full →
Sulltan is the best handyman in London. He is very reliable and professional. I highly recommend.
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Coverage
Flat-pack assembly around Earl's Court
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Related services
Other work we do in Earl's Court
Handyman in Earl's Court
Shelves, TV brackets, doors, taps and the rest of the SW5 snag list on the same visit.
Man with a van in Earl's Court
Collect the flat-pack from the store or a marketplace seller, then build it the same day.
House removals in Earl's Court
Furniture dismantled at one end and reassembled at the other, by the same crew.
About the area
Earl's Court in context
Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) and The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment anchor Earl's Court inside Kensington and Chelsea. 3,241 households, a median age of 35.6 and 97% flats give the area a very particular furniture order — and a very particular access problem for two-metre boxes.
Where Earl's Court sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Earl's Court is booked through our flat-pack assembly in Kensington and Chelsea page, which sits under flat-pack assembly across London. The same crew works the adjoining postcodes too — flat-pack assembly in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10 (0.7 miles), flat-pack assembly in South Kensington SW7 (0.7 miles), flat-pack assembly in Kensington W8 (0.7 miles), flat-pack assembly in West Kensington and Olympia W14 (0.8 miles) and flat-pack assembly in Fulham SW6 (1.1 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 Earl's Court.
Most booked alongside this in Earl's Court
Area at a glance
Earl's Court SW5 by the numbers
- Area
- Earl's Court, Kensington and Chelsea
- Postcodes served
- SW5
- Nearest station
- Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly)
- Dominant wall construction
- often with surface-run conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Earl's Court (E02000591) — the published geography that covers Earl's Court, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Earl's Court SW5 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 SW5 is £190 for a batched list.
Anchoring is part of the price, never an add-on. In Earl's Court the wall behind a wardrobe is normally often with surface-run conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Earl's Court exhibition site redevelopment, so the fitter uses an SDS-drilled hole and a screwbolt in Earl's Court, set clear of scanned reinforcement and buried cable — measured on the walk in from Earl's Court (District, Piccadilly) rather than assumed from a map. We scan for cables and pipework first and pull-test the finished restraint.
Usually yes. So we book a delivery window, over deck access or a single lift shared with every other flat, and with 44% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does. Dense short-let turnover, permit bays and five flights of communal stairs with no lift. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us before the visit. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
Every scrap leaves with us: flattened cardboard, polystyrene corners, bags and strapping. Nothing is stacked in a Earl's Court hallway or communal bin store, and it all goes to a licensed transfer station under our waste carrier registration.
We carry dowels, cam locks, screws and common fittings, so most short-shipped packs are finished the same Earl's Court visit. Where a panel is damaged we photograph it, note the article number for your retailer claim, and return to finish at no extra labour charge.
Yes. Take-down of existing furniture is quoted alongside the build, and where the old unit is being disposed of we can take it away under our waste carrier licence rather than leaving it on the Earl's Court landing.
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 Earl's Court SW5
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.