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Handyman in Eltham, SE9
**Flat-pack assembly** and **TV mounting** in Eltham, SE9: the Greenwich housing here means solid London stock brick, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment. We price the whole list, not the clock, and put the right anchor in the right wall.
- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Solid London stock brick 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
- Royal Borough of Greenwich permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Eltham
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Eltham homes are flats
- 27%Eltham homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Eltham
- 13,732Households in Eltham
Instant estimate
Price your Eltham job list
Estimated for Eltham SE9
£90 – £255
Slot needed: One to two hours
- Curtain poles and blinds
- £60 – £150
- Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
- £55 – £130
- One-visit saving
- −£25
£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. Batch the list into one visit and you pay for one set-up rather than three. Fixings, plugs and filler are already inside these figures.
How it works
How a Eltham visit works
- Photos and a listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Eltham SE9 visit, same working day.
- Scan first, drill secondNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for solid london stock brick.
- Signed off with youWe load-test each fixing, take the cardboard and old fittings away, and walk the list with you — Royal Borough of Greenwich permits already settled.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Eltham
Most likely here
Solid London stock brick — Victorian and Edwardian party and external walls
7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor. Realistic load: 40 kg-plus per fixing when anchored into brick, not mortar. What goes wrong: fixing into soft lime mortar joints, which spin out under load.
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 Eltham
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door easing, hinges and closers | £55 | £140 | 1–2 hrs | Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| Filling and patch painting | £70 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Old fixing holes filled, sanded and touched in ready for a check-out inspection |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
| Flat-pack assembly | £55 | £190 | 1–4 hrs | Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall |
| Radiator bleeding and TRV swaps | £60 | £140 | 1–2 hrs | System bled through, thermostatic valve heads replaced, pressure topped up |
Door easing, hinges and closers
£55 – £140
1–2 hrs
Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Filling and patch painting
£70 – £180
1–3 hrs
Old fixing holes filled, sanded and touched in ready for a check-out inspection
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Flat-pack assembly
£55 – £190
1–4 hrs
Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall
Radiator bleeding and TRV swaps
£60 – £140
1–2 hrs
System bled through, thermostatic valve heads replaced, pressure topped up
These are the 6 jobs we are booked for most often in Eltham SE9 — 73% of homes here are houses, 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.
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Eltham
DBS-checked and insured
£5m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat.
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking.
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Eltham wall before the first hole — not after the leak.
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole SE9 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Eltham
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
- Royal Borough of Greenwich visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Greenwich 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 Eltham
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole Eltham SE9 list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for solid london stock brick, including 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin 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 Royal Borough of Greenwich by us, not added to your bill on the day.
Not included — and why
- Gas appliances and pipework, which legally belong to a Gas Safe engineer.
- New circuits or consumer units, which are notifiable under Part P and need a registered electrician.
- Anything structural in Eltham SE9: that route starts with Royal Borough of Greenwich 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 Eltham
Nearby areas we also cover
What customers say about handyman work
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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.
18 min read
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 Eltham
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Eltham flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SE9 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 Eltham flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SE9, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Eltham move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SE9 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Eltham in context
1930s semis with drives, Victorian villas and post-war estates around Eltham Palace, and that stock decides the fixing: solid London stock brick first, everything else after. The medieval palace, Art Deco Eltham Palace and streets of 1930s semis, so SE9 jobs reward a scan over a guess.
Census 2021 counts 34,732 residents in Eltham, 27% of them in flats. 1930s semis with drives, Victorian villas and post-war estates. Practically, that means solid london stock brick and a fixing chosen for it. Our fitters answer it with 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor, which takes 40 kg-plus per fixing when anchored into brick, not mortar without creeping in the months afterwards.
With 15% private renting and 21% social renting locally, a good share of Eltham work is landlord snagging, safety fixings and putting fixing holes right before an inventory. Parking, lifts and sign-in are settled up front: driveway parking on most streets We arrange Royal Borough of Greenwich permits ourselves, and greenwich sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ.
- 27% flats, 73% houses across 13,732 Eltham households (ONS Census 2021)
- Wall we meet most in SE9: Solid London stock brick — 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor
- Access: driveway parking on most streets
- Covering SE9 and the streets around Eltham Palace, from £55 an hour
Where Eltham sits in our coverage
Eltham is one of the neighbourhoods on our handyman work in Greenwich page, which sits under handyman work across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover handyman work in Mottingham (under ½ mile), handyman work in Lee (1.5 miles), handyman work in Sidcup (1.9 miles), handyman work in Kidbrooke (2.2 miles) and handyman work in Woolwich (2.8 miles). If your address sits on the boundary, book the closest page — the price and the crew are the same.
Eltham SE9 at a glance
- Area
- Eltham, Greenwich
- Postcodes served
- SE9
- Nearest station
- Eltham (Southeastern)
- Dominant wall construction
- solid London stock brick, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment
- Fixing we use most
- 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor
- Realistic load
- 40 kg-plus per fixing when anchored into brick, not mortar
- Most-booked list
- curtain poles, heavy mirrors and a full flat-pack wardrobe anchored to the wall
- Watch out for
- fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body
- Charging zones
- Greenwich sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Eltham)
- 34,732
- Households (Eltham)
- 13,732
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SE9
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Eltham North, Eltham Park, Eltham South, Eltham West, New Eltham (E02000335, E02000337, E02000339, E02000340, E02000344) — the published geography that covers Eltham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Eltham SE9 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SE9. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65. Send the list and we confirm one written figure.
Yes. Locally that usually means solid london stock brick — 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor, holding around 40 kg-plus per fixing when anchored into brick, not mortar. The risk we guard against here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole.
Yes — a batched list is the cheapest way to book us in SE9. One arrival, one set of dust sheets and one Royal Borough of Greenwich permit covers the whole list instead of being repeated per visit. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book.
Replacing what is already there — faceplates, switches, pendants — yes, with a test on completion. New circuits, consumer units and anything notifiable under Part P, no. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should.
Driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only. Royal Borough of Greenwich visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit, 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 Eltham. Because solid london stock brick is what we expect here, the right anchors for it are on board before the van sets off. Anything specific bought for you is charged at cost with the receipt attached to the invoice.
Yes. Every area in Greenwich has its own page, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SE9, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price.
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 Eltham SE9
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.
What customers say about handyman work
3.9 ★ from 1,412 Google reviewsI'm answering on behalf my wife who was & still is in hospital & can't get wifi , Your two gentlemen were absolutely brilliant very impressed with the results I'm hoping my wife will be home soon so she can see the results before I make a mess when I come from the garden. Eric… Read in full →
Quoted verbatim from reviews customers left on our public Google and Trustpilot profiles. Nothing is edited, shortened beyond the link above, or written by us.