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Handyman in Penge, SE20
Handyman in Penge, SE20, in Bromley: victorian terraces in flats, 1930s semis and post-war blocks, so the walls here are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit. The list we are booked for most is safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS, and the failure we are called back to fix is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it.
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- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Precast concrete and blockwork here, so the fixings are chosen for the wall, not pulled from a pack
- Stud, pipe and cable scan before the first hole, every visit
- London Borough of Bromley permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Penge
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Penge homes are flats
- 60%Penge homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Penge
- 8,101Households in Penge
Instant estimate
Price your Penge job list
Estimated for Penge SE20
£110 – £320
Slot needed: One to two hours
- Door easing, hinges and closers
- £55 – £140
- Child and rental safety fixings
- £60 – £160
- One-visit saving
- −£25
- Lath, dot-and-dab or concrete fixings
- from £20
£55 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, the van, fixings from our own stock and taking the packaging away. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. You have told us the walls are lath, dot-and-dab or concrete, so we have allowed for the correct anchors and the extra scanning time that goes with them.
How it works
How a Penge visit works
- Send your job listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Penge SE20 visit, same working day.
- We scan, then drillNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for precast concrete and blockwork.
- Signed off with youEvery fixing load-tested, packaging taken away, and a walk-round with you before we leave.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Penge
Most likely here
Precast concrete and blockwork — Post-war estates and podium blocks
SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt. Realistic load: 50 kg-plus per fixing. What goes wrong: hitting reinforcement or a buried conduit without a scan first.
Lath and plaster
Pre-1930 terraces and mansion blocks
- Fixing
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws
- Safe load
- Up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- What pulls out
- A plasterboard plug in lime plaster crumbles the key and drops the whole panel
Solid London stock brick
Victorian and Edwardian party and external walls
- Fixing
- 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor
- Safe load
- 40 kg-plus per fixing when anchored into brick, not mortar
- What pulls out
- Fixing into soft lime mortar joints, which spin out under load
Dot-and-dab plasterboard
1990s onward new builds and conversions
- Fixing
- Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Safe load
- 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone
- What pulls out
- Short screws that only grip the board, then lever it off the dabs
Timber or metal stud partition
Flat conversions and 1960s-onward internal walls
- Fixing
- Stud detector, then fix into the upright; noggins added where the stud misses
- Safe load
- 35 kg into timber, 15 kg into metal stud with a toggle
- What pulls out
- Two of four bracket holes on the stud and two in fresh air
Precast concrete and blockwork
Post-war estates and podium blocks
- Fixing
- SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Safe load
- 50 kg-plus per fixing
- What pulls out
- Hitting reinforcement or a buried conduit without a scan first
Insulated dry lining
Retrofitted period homes and low-energy refurbishments
- Fixing
- Insulation-rated frame fixings that reach the masonry beyond the board and foam
- Safe load
- 25 kg, spread across four points
- What pulls out
- Compressing the insulation so the fixing slowly works loose
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Penge
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking in this 60% flats neighbourhood. With 60% of homes in Penge being flats, we plan the route up front.
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Penge wall before the first hole — not after the leak on SE20 jobs, with 33% social-rented stock nearby.
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole SE20 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on the streets near The Watermen's Almshouses.
The right anchor for the wall
We carry the lot, because drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it is what a rushed job leaves behind around Penge East (Southeastern), with 24% of SE20 homes being privately rented.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Penge
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat-pack assembly | £55 | £190 | 1–4 hrs | Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall |
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| Curtain poles and blinds | £60 | £150 | 1–3 hrs | Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard |
| Mirrors, art and heavy hanging | £55 | £130 | 1–2 hrs | Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall |
| Silicone and grout renewal | £70 | £170 | 1–3 hrs | Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied |
Flat-pack assembly
£55 – £190
1–4 hrs
Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Curtain poles and blinds
£60 – £150
1–3 hrs
Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard
Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
£55 – £130
1–2 hrs
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall
Silicone and grout renewal
£70 – £170
1–3 hrs
Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied
Because 60% of homes here are flats, Penge SE20 lists lean towards these 6 jobs. Anything outside them is priced from the same 14-row card on the reference page.
£55 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, the van, fixings from our own stock and taking the packaging away. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. Full price list, fixings matrix and scope policy.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Penge
Hourly rate
£55
per hour, one-hour minimum
Best for one or two small jobs — a shelf, a leaking tap washer, a sticking door.
Half day
£190
up to 4 hours
The most-booked slot in London: three to six jobs from one list, one visit, one price.
Full day
£340
up to 8 hours
A snag list, a whole-flat furniture build, or a move-in day of fixings and fittings.
Same-day call-out
£95
first hour, then hourly
Lock, leak, door or safety job that cannot wait for a booked slot.
- Parking and permits
- London Borough of Bromley visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Bromley sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ. Our vans are compliant, so ULEZ never appear on your invoice.
- Access and building rules
- Concierge sign-in, goods-lift booking and out-of-hours windows are handled before the visit, so the clock starts when the work does, not in reception.
Screws, plugs, resin anchors, hollow-wall fixings, silicone and filler come out of the van and are inside the price. Anything bought for you — a replacement tap, a door closer, a specific bracket — is charged at cost with the receipt attached to your invoice.
Scope
What is included in Penge
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a SE20 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for precast concrete and blockwork, including SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, at no extra charge.
- A stud, pipe and cable scan before drilling, every fixing set to a level and load-tested in front of you.
- Access worked out in advance for Penge SE20, with London Borough of Bromley permits and charges already inside the price.
Not included — and why
- Gas appliances and pipework, which legally belong to a Gas Safe engineer.
- Part P notifiable electrics — new circuits and boards — go to a registered electrician, not a handyman.
- Anything structural in Penge SE20: that route starts with London Borough of Bromley building control, and we will point you there.
- Asbestos disturbance — pre-2000 artex, soffits and boards near SE20 are surveyed, never drilled blind.
The full scope policy, the complete fixings matrix and every fixed price sit on one page: handyman reference.
Coverage
Handyman work around Penge
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Guides
Read before you book
Hiring a handyman in the UK: the complete guide
Scope, legal limits, 2026 prices, vetting questions, wall fixings and a job-list method that gets more done in one visit.
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Handyman prices in London: what jobs actually cost in 2026
Hourly, half-day and fixed job prices, with the London extras that quietly add to a quote.
9 min read
What a handyman can and cannot legally do in the UK
The real line between handyman work and jobs that need a registered electrician, gas or structural trade.
7 min read
Wall fixings guide: which anchor holds in which London wall
The fixing that actually holds in each London wall type, and the realistic load it will take.
8 min read
Related services
Other work we do in Penge
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Penge flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SE20 reset after the drilling, sanding and flat-pack dust has settled.
After builders cleaning
Snag list finished by us, then the builders' dust taken out of the Penge flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SE20, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Penge move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SE20 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Penge in context
Most of Penge reads the same way from the pavement: victorian terraces in flats, 1930s semis and post-war blocks. precast concrete panels and dense blockwork is what we meet most in SE20, and The Watermen's Almshouses is the fixed point crews route by.
Victorian terraces and almshouses below Crystal Palace, with a reviving high street. For a handyman that matters long before the drill comes out: 60% of the 8,101 households around Penge are flats, and the fabric behind their plaster is precast concrete and blockwork. That substrate wants sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt; anything lighter is a call-back, and even done properly the sensible limit is 50 kg-plus per fixing.
Tenure shapes the list too: 24% of homes here are privately rented and 43% owner-occupied, so we move between check-out make-good in SE20 lets and long-planned improvements in the same week. Steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays. Nearest arrival point for the team is Penge East (Southeastern), and bromley sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ — none of it added to your invoice on the day.
- Housing mix here: 60% flats to 40% houses, 18,297 residents in total
- Precast concrete and blockwork dominates Penge, so the van carries the anchors that suit it, not a generic pack
- Nearest station Penge East (Southeastern); steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays
- Covering SE20 and the streets around The Watermen's Almshouses, from £55 an hour
Where Penge sits in our coverage
Penge is one of the neighbourhoods on our handyman work in Bromley page, which sits under handyman work across London. The same crew works the adjoining postcodes too — handyman work in Sydenham SE26 (1.1 miles), handyman work in Crystal Palace SE19 (1.2 miles), handyman work in South Norwood SE25 (1.2 miles), handyman work in Beckenham BR3 (1.4 miles) and handyman work in Shortlands and Hayes BR2 (3.9 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 Penge.
Most booked alongside this in Penge
Penge SE20 at a glance
- Area
- Penge, Bromley
- Postcodes served
- SE20
- Nearest station
- Penge East (Southeastern)
- Dominant wall construction
- precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit
- Fixing we use most
- SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Realistic load
- 50 kg-plus per fixing
- Most-booked list
- safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS
- Watch out for
- drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it
- Charging zones
- Bromley sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Penge)
- 18,297
- Households (Penge)
- 8,101
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SE20
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Anerley North & Penge West, Penge East (E02000130, E02000135) — the published geography that covers Penge, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Penge SE20 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SE20 on SE20 jobs, with 24% of SE20 homes being privately rented. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on this side of Bromley, with The Watermen's Almshouses a few streets away. Send the list and we confirm one written figure in Penge.
Yes. Locally that usually means precast concrete and blockwork — sds drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, holding around 50 kg-plus per fixing on Bromley bookings, with 40% of Penge homes being houses. The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it across SE20, with this being a short walk from Penge East (Southeastern). Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole on this side of Bromley.
That is how we prefer to work in Penge on Bromley bookings. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over in this 60% flats neighbourhood, with 43% owner-occupation locally. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book on this side of Bromley, with this being a short walk from Penge East (Southeastern).
Swapping an existing socket face, switch or light fitting in Penge is fine across SE20, with 43% owner-occupation locally, and it is tested before we leave. New circuits, consumer units and anything notifiable under Part P, no on this side of Bromley. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should in this 60% flats neighbourhood, with 40% of Penge homes being houses.
Steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays in this 60% flats neighbourhood. London Borough of Bromley visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price on this side of Bromley, with 24% of SE20 homes being privately rented. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit in Penge, with 8,101 households on this patch, so the clock starts when the work does.
Standard screws, plugs, resin and hollow-wall anchors, silicone and filler come out of the van and are already in the price on this side of Bromley, with 60% of homes here being flats. Loading for precast concrete and blockwork in advance is why a SE20 visit rarely needs a mid-job supply run in this 60% flats neighbourhood, with this being London Borough of Bromley territory. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up around Penge East (Southeastern), with 35% one-person households here.
Yes. Every area in Bromley has its own page in this 60% flats neighbourhood, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SE20, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price on this side of Bromley, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
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.
Book a handyman in Penge SE20
Send your job list and a photo of each wall for a fixed written price the same working day. Fixings, permits and taking the packaging away are already in the figure.
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