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London handyman

Handyman services in London hourly, half day or full day.

A vetted, insured handyman across all 33 London boroughs — flat-pack, TV mounting, shelving, door and lock work, tap and radiator jobs, plus tenancy snagging lists. Quoted with ULEZ and permit costs already inside the number.

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  • First hour from £55, half day from £150
  • Fixings for lath-and-plaster and dot-and-dab walls carried as standard
  • £2m public liability, DBS-checked where the block requires it
  • Evening and Saturday slots for concierge buildings
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London pricing

What a London handyman actually charges.

London rates sit above our national rates for reasons we will name rather than bury: the van pays ULEZ every day it works, the Congestion Charge applies in the central boroughs, and a job in a permit-only street costs a visitor permit or a suspended bay before a single screw goes in.

  • First hour (call-out included)

    £55 · 60 min

    ULEZ applies across all 33 boroughs and the Congestion Charge applies in 8 of them. Both are inside the hourly rate, not billed after.

  • Each additional hour

    £40 · 60 min

    No second call-out fee. Stacking jobs in one visit is the cheapest way to buy a London handyman.

  • Half day (up to 4 hours)

    £150 · 4 hrs

    Priced to absorb the 20–40 minutes lost to concierge sign-in, goods-lift booking and finding a legal kerb in a CPZ.

  • Full day (up to 8 hours)

    £280 · 8 hrs

    Best value where a bay suspension has been paid for — one suspension covers the whole day rather than two half-day visits.

  • Parking permit or bay suspension

    At cost · 3–10 working days' notice

    Most boroughs need three to ten working days for a suspension and charge per bay per day. We pass on the council receipt with nothing added.

Domestic prices are the total you pay. Commercial and landlord invoices are quoted plus VAT at 20%. ULEZ, the Congestion Charge where it applies, permits and bay suspensions are itemised in the written quote, never added afterwards.

Working in London

Why a London handyman job is not a Milton Keynes one.

The work is the same; the building and the kerb outside it are not. These are the four things that change a quote in the capital.

Walls that decide the fixing

Victorian and Edwardian terraces across Islington, Hackney and Wandsworth are lath and plaster — a standard plasterboard anchor pulls straight out with a 55-inch television on it. Those walls take a timber-stud fixing found with a joist detector, or a resin anchor into the brick behind.

Post-war and new-build flats in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Greenwich are usually dot-and-dab: plasterboard on adhesive dabs with a 20–30mm void behind. Fixings have to bridge that void into masonry. Every van carries both kits, so the job is not abandoned halfway because the wall was not what the listing said.

Access before assembly

Concierge buildings around Canary Wharf, Nine Elms and Stratford require sign-in, proof of £2m public liability and a booked goods lift, often in a two-hour window. We send the insurance certificate ahead of the visit so the building manager is not the reason the job slips.

Hampstead lanes, Kensington mews under 2.1m and Soho's loading restrictions all rule out anything larger than a Luton, and several take only a car. Tell us the address at booking and the right vehicle is allocated.

Parking is a line item, not an afterthought

Controlled parking zones cover almost the whole of inner London, and several — Camden Town, Kentish Town, Brixton, Shoreditch — operate seven days. Red routes on the A23, A10, Holloway Road and Euston Road allow no stopping at all during controlled hours.

For a one-hour job we buy a visitor permit. For a full day or anything needing repeated trips to the van, a suspended bay is cheaper and safer, and boroughs typically want three to ten working days' notice. We book it, you see the council receipt.

Leases, freeholders and listed buildings

Roughly a quarter of London homes are flats in blocks with a lease that restricts drilling into party walls, hard-floor installation and anything touching the communal parts. We will say so before booking rather than discover it on site.

Conservation areas and listed buildings across Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden and Richmond restrict work to the front elevation — window furniture, external lighting, satellite fixings and door changes can need consent. Interior joinery, shelving and assembly are unaffected.

What we fit, fix and assemble

Handyman jobs we run across the capital.

Every job below is booked by the hour, half day or full day at the London rates above. Pick the job to see what is included nationally, or ask for two in one visit and pay one call-out.

Flat-pack assembly in London

IKEA, Wren and Made wardrobes, beds and kitchen units built, levelled and anchored to the wall type you actually have.

From £55 for the first hour

TV mounting in London

Brackets fixed into stud, masonry or dot-and-dab with cables concealed and the set tuned before we leave.

From £85 per television

Shelving and storage

Alcove shelving, floating shelves and rails set level on uneven Victorian walls.

From £55 for the first hour

Doors, locks and handles

Sticking doors eased, hinges replaced, cylinders and multipoint locks changed on uPVC and timber.

From £55 for the first hour

Small plumbing jobs

Taps, traps, toilet fill valves, washing-machine plumb-ins and radiator bleeding and swaps.

From £75 per visit

All 12 handyman services

The full national list, including painting touch-ups, curtain poles, blinds and tenancy snagging.

See national rates

Coverage

Every London borough, with a local page.

We cover all 33 boroughs and 327 named areas. Each borough page carries its own parking picture, housing stock and availability.

London questions

London handyman questions.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions.

  • How much is a handyman in London?

    The first hour is £55 including the call-out, then £40 an hour after that. A half day up to four hours is £150 and a full day up to eight hours is £280. ULEZ and the Congestion Charge are inside those figures; a permit or bay suspension is passed on at the council's own price with the receipt attached.

  • Do you charge extra for the Congestion Charge or ULEZ?

    No. ULEZ covers all 33 boroughs and the Congestion Charge affects the central ones. Both are already priced in. The only travel-related cost you may ever see itemised is a council parking permit or a suspended bay, and that is passed on at cost.

  • Can you mount a television on a plasterboard or lath-and-plaster wall?

    Yes. Victorian lath and plaster needs a fixing into the timber stud or a resin anchor into the brick behind; modern dot-and-dab needs a fixing that bridges the void into the blockwork. Both kits are on the van, and we tell you which wall you have before drilling.

  • My block has a concierge and a booked goods lift — is that a problem?

    No, it is routine in Canary Wharf, Nine Elms and Stratford. Send the building's requirements at booking and we forward the £2m public liability certificate and any RAMS the managing agent asks for, then book the lift slot with them.

  • Can you do two or three small jobs in one visit?

    That is the cheapest way to use us in London. One call-out, one parking cost, and the remaining time billed by the hour. Send a list at booking so the right parts and fixings are loaded.

  • Do you work in conservation areas and listed buildings?

    We do interior work freely. Anything affecting the external appearance of a listed building or a front elevation in a conservation area may need council consent, and we will tell you that before quoting rather than after.

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Tell us the postcode, the wall type if you know it and the jobs on your list. You get a written price with the parking cost already shown.

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