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Handyman in Camden
Odd jobs across Camden run to 16 areas. With 87% of homes in flats, most lists are flat-pack assembly, TV mounting, shelving and door easing — and most of them need a fixing chosen for the substrate rather than pulled from a pack. Camden's CPZs run seven days in parts of Kentish Town and Camden Town; narrow Hampstead lanes rarely take anything bigger than a Luton.
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- Since 2019
- 16 areas covered, each with its own page
- £55 an hour, £190 a half day, £340 a full day
- Fixings, filler and packaging removal inside every price
- London Borough of Camden permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Handyman services across Camden
- Areas covered
- 16Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 87%Homes that are flats
- Fixed-price jobs from
- £55Fixed-price jobs from
- Households
- 92,758Households
Instant estimate
Price your Camden job list
Estimated for Camden
£120 – £350
Slot needed: Half day
- Shelves and floating units
- £65 – £180
- Curtain poles and blinds
- £60 – £150
- 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 Camden visit works
- Tell us the whole listA photo per wall lets us read the substrate before quoting, so the Camden price we send is the price you pay.
- Scan first, drill secondStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits lath and plaster.
- Load-tested, then clearedFixings are tested, holes made good, waste leaves in the van, and you sign the list off on site.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Camden
Most likely here
Lath and plaster — Pre-1930 terraces and mansion blocks
Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws. Realistic load: up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself. What goes wrong: a plasterboard plug in lime plaster crumbles the key and drops the whole panel.
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 Camden
Permits and parking included
London Borough of Camden visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us on this side of Camden.
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice across NW3.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Camden
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| Flat-pack assembly | £55 | £190 | 1–4 hrs | Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall |
| 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 |
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
Flat-pack assembly
£55 – £190
1–4 hrs
Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall
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
Camden books this 8-job shortlist more than anything else, because 93% of homes here are flats. All 14 fixed prices sit on the shared 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 Camden
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.
- Parking and permits
- London Borough of Camden visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Part of Camden sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ.
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 Camden
Included in every visit
- A DBS-checked, insured fitter arriving in Camden with their own tools, ladders and dust sheets.
- Fixings matched to lath and plaster — Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws included — rather than whatever came in the flat-pack box.
- A stud, pipe and cable scan before drilling, every fixing set to a level and load-tested in front of you.
- Parking, permits and any charge zone sorted with London Borough of Camden by us, not added to your bill on the day.
Not included — and why
The full scope policy, the complete fixings matrix and every fixed price sit on one page: handyman reference.
Coverage
Handyman work around Camden
Areas we cover across Camden
- Handyman in Belsize ParkBelsize Park (Northern)NW3
- Handyman in BloomsburyRussell Square (Piccadilly)WC1
- Handyman in Camden TownCamden Town (Northern)NW1
- Handyman in Chalk FarmChalk Farm (Northern)NW3
- Handyman in Dartmouth ParkTufnell Park (Northern), downhill from the parkNW5
- Handyman in EustonEuston (Northern, Victoria, National Rail)NW1
- Handyman in Gospel OakGospel Oak (Overground)NW5
- Handyman in HampsteadHampstead (Northern)NW3
- Handyman in HolbornHolborn (Central, Piccadilly)WC1
- Handyman in Kentish TownKentish Town (Northern, Thameslink)NW5
- Handyman in KilburnKilburn (Jubilee)NW6
- Handyman in King's CrossKing's Cross St Pancras (six lines, National Rail, Eurostar)N1C
- Handyman in Primrose HillChalk Farm (Northern), five minutes down Regent's Park RoadNW1
- Handyman in Regent's ParkRegent's Park (Bakerloo)NW1
- Handyman in Swiss CottageSwiss Cottage (Jubilee)NW3
- Handyman in West HampsteadWest Hampstead (Jubilee, Overground, Thameslink)NW6
Neighbouring boroughs
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Other work we do in Camden
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Belsize Park flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A NW3 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 Belsize Park flat.
About the borough
Camden in context
Market crowds and canal-side warehouses in the south, Hampstead's Georgian hill village in the north.
- 3,000 households in Belsize Park, 93% of them flats — the ratio that decides lift, stairs and drilling noise windows
Camden at a glance
- Postcodes served
- NW3
- Nearest station
- Belsize Park (Northern)
- Dominant wall construction
- lath and plaster over timber studs, with solid brick on the party and external walls
- Fixing we use most
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws
- Realistic load
- Up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- Most-booked list
- alcove shelving and a TV bracket, both fixed through the plaster into something solid
- Watch out for
- a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which crumbles the key and drops the panel
- Charging zones
- Part of Camden sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ
- Residents (Belsize Park)
- 5,914
- Households (Belsize Park)
- 3,000
- Typical visit
- Half a day in NW3
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Belsize Park (E02000176) — the published geography that covers Belsize Park, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Camden handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 a half day, £340 a full day.
All 16 of them, each with its own page covering the housing stock, the wall construction that comes with it and the access reality for a van.
Yes. Snag lists, check-out make-good, safety fixings and void turnarounds are handled with before-and-after photos, an itemised invoice per property and one point of contact for a portfolio.
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 Camden
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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