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Handyman in Havering
Odd jobs across Havering run to 9 areas. With 23% 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. Driveways and wide roads throughout; only Romford town centre needs bay suspensions.
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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 Havering permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Handyman services across Havering
- Areas covered
- 9Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 23%Homes that are flats
- Fixed-price jobs from
- £55Fixed-price jobs from
- Households
- 101,276Households
Instant estimate
Price your Havering job list
Estimated for Havering
£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 Havering visit works
- Send your job listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Havering visit, same working day.
- Scan first, drill secondStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits solid london stock brick.
- 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 Havering
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
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Havering
Permits and parking included
London Borough of Havering visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us on the Collier Row rounds.
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice in Collier Row.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Havering
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| Door easing, hinges and closers | £55 | £140 | 1–2 hrs | Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted |
| Filling and patching | £70 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Old fixing holes filled and sanded 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 |
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Door easing, hinges and closers
£55 – £140
1–2 hrs
Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted
Filling and patching
£70 – £180
1–3 hrs
Old fixing holes filled and sanded 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
These are the 8 jobs we are booked for most often in Havering — 88% 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.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Havering
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 Havering visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Havering 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 Havering
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a RM5 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- 7 mm hammer-drilled hole into the brick body, nylon plug or resin anchor and the rest of our van stock, because solid london stock brick is what most RM5 fixings go into.
- Detector before drill, laser line rather than eye, and a load test on each fixing before we sign off.
- wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading — we plan the Havering arrival around it and settle permits with London Borough of Havering 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 Havering
Areas we cover across Havering
- Handyman in Collier RowRomford (Elizabeth line), a mile and a half southRM5
- Handyman in CranhamUpminster (District, c2c), a mile west of CranhamRM14
- Handyman in Elm ParkElm Park (District)RM12
- Handyman in Gidea ParkGidea Park (Elizabeth line)RM2
- Handyman in Harold Wood and Harold HillHarold Wood (Elizabeth line)RM3
- Handyman in HornchurchHornchurch (District)RM12
- Handyman in RainhamRainham (c2c)RM13
- Handyman in RomfordRomford (Elizabeth line)RM1
- Handyman in UpminsterUpminster (District, c2c)RM14
Neighbouring boroughs
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Related services
Other work we do in Havering
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Collier Row flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A RM5 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 Collier Row flat.
About the borough
Havering in context
London's most suburban edge — Romford's market and nightlife, Hornchurch's semis and green belt beyond Upminster.
- Housing mix here: 12% flats to 88% houses, 8,650 residents in total
Havering at a glance
- Postcodes served
- RM5
- Nearest station
- Romford (Elizabeth line), a mile and a half south
- 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
- Havering sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Collier Row)
- 8,650
- Households (Collier Row)
- 3,167
- Typical visit
- Half a day in RM5
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Collier Row & Park Farm (E02000468) — the published geography that covers Collier Row, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Havering 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 Havering
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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