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Handyman in Hampstead, NW3
Around Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House in Hampstead, NW3, the stock gives us lath and plaster over timber studs, with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is why the same shelf takes twenty minutes in one flat and an hour in the next. The usual Camden instruction is alcove shelving and a TV bracket, both fixed through the plaster into something solid.
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- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Lath and plaster 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 Camden permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Hampstead
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Hampstead homes are flats
- 84%Hampstead homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Hampstead
- 11,433Households in Hampstead
Instant estimate
Price your Hampstead job list
Estimated for Hampstead NW3
£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 Hampstead visit works
- Photos and a listPhotos of each wall and a list of jobs get one fixed written price for Hampstead NW3 the same working day.
- We scan, then drillNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for lath and plaster.
- 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 Hampstead
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 Hampstead
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole NW3 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on the Hampstead rounds.
The right anchor for the wall
We carry the lot, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in this 84% flats neighbourhood, with 39% owner-occupation locally — and 45% of NW3 homes being privately rented, which crumbles the key and drops the panel is what a rushed job leaves behind.
Permits and parking included
London Borough of Camden visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us on the Hampstead rounds.
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on Camden bookings. London Borough of Camden rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Hampstead
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
| 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
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
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Silicone and grout renewal
£70 – £170
1–3 hrs
Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied
Because 84% of homes here are flats, Hampstead NW3 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 Hampstead
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 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. Our vans are compliant, so ULEZ and the Congestion Charge 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 Hampstead
Included in every visit
- A DBS-checked, insured fitter arriving in Hampstead NW3 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
- Anything gas — boilers, hobs, pipework — is Gas Safe territory and we will not touch it in Hampstead NW3.
- Part P notifiable electrics — new circuits and boards — go to a registered electrician, not a handyman.
- Anything structural in Hampstead NW3: that route starts with London Borough of Camden building control, and we will point you there.
- Any fixing that would disturb possible asbestos, which is surveyed first as a matter of policy.
The full scope policy, the complete fixings matrix and every fixed price sit on one page: handyman reference.
Coverage
Handyman work around Hampstead
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Guides
Read before you book
Hiring a handyman in the UK: the complete guide
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Handyman prices in London: what jobs actually cost in 2026
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What a handyman can and cannot legally do in the UK
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Wall fixings guide: which anchor holds in which London wall
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Related services
Other work we do in Hampstead
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Hampstead 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 Hampstead flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in NW3, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Hampstead move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from NW3 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Hampstead in context
Georgian hill village of narrow lanes, artists' houses and the Heath on its doorstep. Georgian townhouses, Arts and Crafts villas and mansion flats — many listed, which is why NW3 work is dominated by lath and plaster over timber studs. Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Census 2021 counts 24,357 residents in Hampstead, 84% of them in flats. Georgian townhouses, Arts and Crafts villas and mansion flats — many listed. Practically, that means lath and plaster and a fixing chosen for it. The anchor that suits it is locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws — realistically holding up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself once it is load-tested.
39% of Hampstead households own their home and 37% are single-person, which is why so many NW3 bookings are one long list saved up for a single half-day visit at £190. Getting to you is part of the price: steep, narrow lanes where a 3 London Borough of Camden permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, and part of Camden sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ.
- Housing mix here: 84% flats to 16% houses, 24,357 residents in total
- Default fixing for Hampstead: locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws, load-tested to up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- Access: steep, narrow lanes where a 3
- We work the whole of NW3, including everything within walking distance of Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House
Where Hampstead sits in our coverage
Hampstead sits inside the coverage published on our handyman work in Camden page, which sits under handyman work across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover handyman work in Belsize Park NW3 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Swiss Cottage NW3 (under ½ mile), handyman work in West Hampstead NW6 (1.2 miles), handyman work in Gospel Oak NW5 (1.2 miles) and handyman work in Highgate N6 (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 Hampstead.
Most booked alongside this in Hampstead
Hampstead NW3 at a glance
- Area
- Hampstead, Camden
- Postcodes served
- NW3
- Nearest station
- Hampstead (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 (Hampstead)
- 24,357
- Households (Hampstead)
- 11,433
- 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 neighbourhoods Hampstead Town, South Hampstead, West Hampstead (E02000167, E02000175, E02000181) — the published geography that covers Hampstead, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Hampstead NW3 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in NW3 around Hampstead (Northern), with 17% social-rented stock nearby. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on NW3 jobs, with 39% owner-occupation locally. Send the list and we confirm one written figure on the Hampstead rounds.
Yes. Locally that usually means lath and plaster — locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws, holding around up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself on the streets near Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House — and Camden parking rules in play, with 17% of Hampstead homes being houses. The risk we guard against here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster across NW3, with Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House a few streets away, which crumbles the key and drops the panel. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole on this side of Camden.
Batching is the whole point of a NW3 half-day slot in Hampstead. Three or more jobs in one half-day slot means one set-up, one parking arrangement and one price of £190 rather than three separate call-outs on Camden bookings, with 45% of NW3 homes being privately rented. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book on the streets near Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House, with 11,433 households on this patch.
Like-for-like socket faces, switches and light fittings, yes, tested on completion for Hampstead (NW3) addresses. We stop at Part P: no new circuits, no consumer units, no bathroom electrics on the streets near Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House. Gas is Gas Safe work full stop, with Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House a few streets away, so we decline it and point you at an engineer who is registered for it on Camden bookings.
5t Luton is the practical maximum; several streets need a shuttle from Whitestone Pond in this 84% flats neighbourhood. London Borough of Camden visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price on this side of Camden, with 45% of NW3 homes being privately rented. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit across NW3, with Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House a few streets away, so the clock starts when the work does.
Everyday fixings and filler are ours to supply: they are priced into the job before we arrive in Hampstead on NW3 jobs, with 37% one-person households here. We stock for the Hampstead substrate specifically, with Camden parking rules in play — and 37% one-person households here, so locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws does not turn into a trip to a merchant on the streets near Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House. Anything specific bought for you is charged at cost with the receipt attached to the invoice across NW3, with 84% of homes here being flats.
Yes. Every area in Camden has its own page on Camden bookings, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of NW3, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price on the streets near Hampstead Heath and Kenwood House, with 37% one-person households here.
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 Hampstead NW3
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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