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Handyman in City of London
Odd jobs across City of London run to 10 areas. With 98% 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. Congestion Charge and ULEZ, ring-of-steel camera controls, almost no free kerb — loading bays must be booked around office hours.
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- Since 2019
- 10 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
- City of London Corporation permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Handyman services across City of London
- Areas covered
- 10Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 98%Homes that are flats
- Fixed-price jobs from
- £55Fixed-price jobs from
- Households
- 4,914Households
Instant estimate
Price your City of London job list
Estimated for City of London
£135 – £375
Slot needed: Half day
- Flat-pack assembly
- £55 – £190
- TV mounting
- £85 – £165
- 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 City of London visit works
- Photos and a listPhotos of each wall and a list of jobs get one fixed written price for City of London the same working day.
- We scan, then drillNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for dot-and-dab plasterboard.
- 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 City of London
Most likely here
Dot-and-dab plasterboard — 1990s onward new builds and conversions
Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor. Realistic load: 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone. What goes wrong: short screws that only grip the board, then lever it off the dabs.
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 City of London
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole EC3 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on the streets near The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe.
The right anchor for the wall
We carry the lot, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs is what a rushed job leaves behind on the Aldgate rounds — and this being a short walk from Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), with 48% of EC3 homes being privately rented.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in City of London
| 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 |
| 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 |
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
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
These are the 8 jobs we are booked for most often in City of London — 98% of homes here are flats, and the list follows the stock. The full 14-job price list is 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 City of London
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
- City of London Corporation visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Part of City of London 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 City of London
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a EC3 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for dot-and-dab plasterboard, including Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor, at no extra charge.
- Detector before drill, laser line rather than eye, and a load test on each fixing before we sign off.
- Parking, permits and any charge zone sorted with City of London Corporation 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 City of London
Areas we cover across City of London
- Handyman in AldgateAldgate (Circle, Metropolitan)EC3
- Handyman in Bank and CornhillBank (Central, Northern, Waterloo & City, DLR)EC3
- Handyman in BarbicanBarbican (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith & City)EC2
- Handyman in BlackfriarsBlackfriars (Circle, District, Thameslink)EC4
- Handyman in ClerkenwellFarringdon (Elizabeth line, Circle, Thameslink), with Barbican just eastEC1
- Handyman in FarringdonFarringdon (Elizabeth line, Circle, Thameslink)EC1
- Handyman in Liverpool StreetLiverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail)EC2
- Handyman in Monument and EastcheapMonument (Circle, District)EC3
- Handyman in MoorgateMoorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line)EC2
- Handyman in St Paul'sSt Paul's (Central)EC4
Neighbouring boroughs
Guides
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Related services
Other work we do in City of London
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Aldgate flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A EC3 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 Aldgate flat.
About the borough
City of London in context
The Square Mile — banking towers, medieval lanes and a resident population dwarfed by 500,000 weekday workers.
- Housing mix here: 98% flats to 2% houses, 8,583 residents in total
City of London at a glance
- Postcodes served
- EC3, E1
- Nearest station
- Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan)
- Dominant wall construction
- dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with metal stud partitions between rooms
- Fixing we use most
- Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Realistic load
- 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone
- Most-booked list
- TV mounting and flat-pack assembly on the day the keys are handed over
- Watch out for
- short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs
- Charging zones
- Part of City of London sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ
- Residents (Aldgate)
- 8,583
- Households (Aldgate)
- 4,914
- Typical visit
- Half a day in EC3
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood City of London (E02000001) — the published geography that covers Aldgate, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
City of London handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 a half day, £340 a full day.
All 10 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 City of London
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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