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Handyman in Hammersmith and Fulham
Handyman work in Hammersmith and Fulham covers 9 areas, and the wall behind the plaster changes street by street. 75% of homes here are flats, so half the diary is conversion-flat lath and dot-and-dab board, and half is solid brick and timber stud. Every visit starts with a stud, pipe and cable scan.
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- Since 2019
- 9 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 Hammersmith and Fulham permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Handyman services across Hammersmith and Fulham
- Areas covered
- 9Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 75%Homes that are flats
- Fixed-price jobs from
- £55Fixed-price jobs from
- Households
- 81,244Households
Instant estimate
Price your Hammersmith and Fulham job list
Estimated for Hammersmith and Fulham
£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 Hammersmith and Fulham visit works
- Tell us the whole listPhotos of each wall and a list of jobs get one fixed written price for Hammersmith and Fulham the same working day.
- We scan, then drillEvery wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables, sheets go down, and the fixing is matched to dot-and-dab plasterboard rather than pulled from a pack.
- Signed off with youWe load-test each fixing, take the cardboard and old fittings away, and walk the list with you — London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham permits already settled.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Hammersmith and Fulham
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 Hammersmith and Fulham
| 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 |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
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
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Hammersmith and Fulham books this 8-job shortlist more than anything else, because 88% 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 Hammersmith and Fulham
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole W14 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote for Barons Court (W14) addresses.
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 W14 jobs, with 33% owner-occupation locally — and this being a short walk from Barons Court (District, Piccadilly).
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Hammersmith and Fulham
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 Hammersmith and Fulham visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Hammersmith and Fulham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and 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 Hammersmith and Fulham
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a W14 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 W14 fixings go into.
- Detector before drill, laser line rather than eye, and a load test on each fixing before we sign off.
- permit-only streets, mansion-block stair carries and A4 red-route restrictions on the southern edge — we plan the Hammersmith and Fulham arrival around it and settle permits with London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham ourselves.
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 Hammersmith and Fulham
Areas we cover across Hammersmith and Fulham
- Handyman in Barons CourtBarons Court (District, Piccadilly)W14
- Handyman in Brook GreenHammersmith (District, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City), with Kensington (Olympia) eastW6
- Handyman in FulhamFulham Broadway (District)SW6
- Handyman in HammersmithHammersmith (District, Piccadilly, Circle, Hammersmith & City)W6
- Handyman in Parsons GreenParsons Green (District)SW6
- Handyman in Sands EndImperial Wharf (Overground)SW6
- Handyman in Shepherd's BushShepherd's Bush (Central, Overground)W12
- Handyman in West Kensington and OlympiaKensington (Olympia) (District, Overground)W14
- Handyman in White CityWhite City (Central)W12
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Other work we do in Hammersmith and Fulham
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Barons Court flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A W14 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 Barons Court flat.
About the borough
Hammersmith and Fulham in context
Riverside Fulham terraces, Hammersmith's flyover and offices, and White City's media and university campus.
- 2,853 households in Barons Court, 88% of them flats — the ratio that decides lift, stairs and drilling noise windows
Hammersmith and Fulham at a glance
- Postcodes served
- W14, W6
- Nearest station
- Barons Court (District, Piccadilly)
- 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
- Hammersmith and Fulham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Barons Court)
- 5,614
- Households (Barons Court)
- 2,853
- Typical visit
- Half a day in W14
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Barons Court (E02000385) — the published geography that covers Barons Court, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Hammersmith and Fulham handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 a half day, £340 a full day.
All 9 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 Hammersmith and Fulham
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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