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Handyman in Moorgate, EC2
Odd jobs in Moorgate (EC2, City of London) are decided by what is behind the plaster: dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with metal stud partitions between rooms. Most EC2 visits are TV mounting and flat-pack assembly on the day the keys are handed over. We scan for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole, every time.
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- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Dot-and-dab plasterboard 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
- City of London Corporation permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price

The service, locally
Handyman work in Moorgate
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Moorgate homes are flats
- 98%Moorgate homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Moorgate
- 4,914Households in Moorgate
Instant estimate
Price your Moorgate job list
Estimated for Moorgate EC2
£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 Moorgate visit works
- Send your job listA photo per wall lets us read the substrate before quoting, so the Moorgate EC2 price we send is the price you pay.
- Detector out before the drillStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits dot-and-dab plasterboard.
- Signed off with youWe load-test each fixing, take the cardboard and old fittings away, and walk the list with you — City of London Corporation permits already settled.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Moorgate
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
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Moorgate
| 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 |
| Mirrors, art and heavy hanging | £55 | £130 | 1–2 hrs | Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall |
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| Silicone and grout renewal | £70 | £170 | 1–3 hrs | Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied |
| Curtain poles and blinds | £60 | £150 | 1–3 hrs | Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard |
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
Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
£55 – £130
1–2 hrs
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
Silicone and grout renewal
£70 – £170
1–3 hrs
Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied
Curtain poles and blinds
£60 – £150
1–3 hrs
Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard
Moorgate EC2 books this 6-job shortlist more than anything else, because 98% 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.
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Moorgate
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 across EC2 — and 48% of EC2 homes being privately rented, with this being City of London Corporation territory.
Permits and parking included
In Moorgate, city of London Corporation visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us on this side of City of London. Ask for it in writing before the EC2 visit and it is on the job sheet.
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on this side of City of London.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the EC2 visit around Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line), with this being City of London Corporation territory.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Moorgate
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
- 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. 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 Moorgate
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a EC2 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor and the rest of our van stock, because dot-and-dab plasterboard is what most EC2 fixings go into.
- 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 Moorgate EC2, with City of London Corporation 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.
- Structural alterations and anything needing City of London Corporation building control sign-off.
- Asbestos disturbance — pre-2000 artex, soffits and boards near EC2 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 Moorgate
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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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Other work we do in Moorgate
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Moorgate flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A EC2 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 Moorgate flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in EC2, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Moorgate move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from EC2 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Moorgate in context
Office core around Finsbury Circus and Liverpool Street, with a small resident population above the shops. Upper-floor conversions above banks and a handful of new residential towers, which is why EC2 work is dominated by dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork. Finsbury Circus Gardens is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Census 2021 counts 8,583 residents in Moorgate, 98% of them in flats. Upper-floor conversions above banks and a handful of new residential towers. Practically, that means dot-and-dab plasterboard and a fixing chosen for it. Our fitters answer it with long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor, which takes 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone without creeping in the months afterwards.
With 48% private renting and 15% social renting locally, a good share of Moorgate work is landlord snagging, safety fixings and putting fixing holes right before an inventory. Parking, lifts and sign-in are settled up front: congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00, and building managers who require insurance documents We arrange City of London Corporation permits ourselves, and part of City of London sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ.
- 98% flats, 2% houses across 4,914 Moorgate households (ONS Census 2021)
- Wall we meet most in EC2: Dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Access: congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00, and building managers who require insurance documents
- We work the whole of EC2, including everything within walking distance of Finsbury Circus Gardens
Where Moorgate sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Moorgate is booked through our handyman work in City of London page, which sits under handyman work across London. The same crew works the adjoining postcodes too — handyman work in Barbican EC2 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Liverpool Street EC2 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Bank and Cornhill EC3 (0.4 miles), handyman work in Clerkenwell EC1 (0.6 miles) and handyman work in Shoreditch E1 (1.4 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 Moorgate.
Most booked alongside this in Moorgate
Moorgate EC2 at a glance
- Area
- Moorgate, City of London
- Postcodes served
- EC2
- Nearest station
- Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line)
- 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 (Moorgate)
- 8,583
- Households (Moorgate)
- 4,914
- Typical visit
- Half a day in EC2
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 Moorgate, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Moorgate EC2 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in EC2 in Moorgate, with this being City of London Corporation territory. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 for Moorgate (EC2) addresses, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood. Send the list and we confirm one written figure on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens.
Yes. Locally that usually means dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind across EC2 — and this being City of London Corporation territory, with 15% social-rented stock nearby, or a spread-load anchor, holding around 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone. The risk we guard against here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens, with 37% owner-occupation locally. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole for Moorgate (EC2) addresses.
Yes — a batched list is the cheapest way to book us in EC2 for Moorgate (EC2) addresses. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens, with City of London parking rules in play. Photos of each EC2 wall let us sequence the list so the noisy drilling is done in one block around Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line), with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood.
Like-for-like socket faces, switches and light fittings, yes, tested on completion around Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line). Anything notifiable under Part P — new circuits, a consumer unit, bathroom zones — needs a registered electrician instead in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with 51% one-person households here. Gas is Gas Safe work full stop, with this being City of London Corporation territory, so we decline it and point you at an engineer who is registered for it for Moorgate (EC2) addresses.
Congestion Charge, weekday loading windows before 10:00, and building managers who require insurance documents in Moorgate. City of London Corporation visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price for Moorgate (EC2) addresses, with this being a short walk from Moorgate (Northern, Elizabeth line). Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with 37% owner-occupation locally, so the clock starts when the work does.
The van carries the consumables — screws, plugs, resin, hollow-wall anchors, silicone, filler — and they are inside the EC2 figure you were quoted for Moorgate (EC2) addresses, with 48% of EC2 homes being privately rented. Loading for dot-and-dab plasterboard in advance is why a EC2 visit rarely needs a mid-job supply run on the Moorgate rounds, with Finsbury Circus Gardens a few streets away. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up on City of London bookings, with 2% of Moorgate homes being houses.
Yes. Every area in City of London has its own page on the streets near Finsbury Circus Gardens, with 15% social-rented stock nearby, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of EC2, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price on City of London bookings, with 48% of EC2 homes being privately rented.
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 Moorgate EC2
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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