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Handyman in Hillingdon
Odd jobs across Hillingdon run to 8 areas. With 31% 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. The easiest van access in London — wide roads and driveways, with restrictions only at Uxbridge town centre and airport perimeter roads.
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- Since 2019
- 8 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 Hillingdon permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Handyman services across Hillingdon
- Areas covered
- 8Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 31%Homes that are flats
- Fixed-price jobs from
- £55Fixed-price jobs from
- Households
- 109,228Households
Instant estimate
Price your Hillingdon job list
Estimated for Hillingdon
£85 – £305
Slot needed: One to two hours
- Flat-pack assembly
- £55 – £190
- Door easing, hinges and closers
- £55 – £140
- 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 Hillingdon visit works
- Send your job listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Hillingdon visit, same working day.
- Scan first, drill secondStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits timber or metal stud partition.
- 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 Hillingdon
Most likely here
Timber or metal stud partition — Flat conversions and 1960s-onward internal walls
Stud detector, then fix into the upright; noggins added where the stud misses. Realistic load: 35 kg into timber, 15 kg into metal stud with a toggle. What goes wrong: two of four bracket holes on the stud and two in fresh air.
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 Hillingdon
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Cowley and Hillingdon Heath wall before the first hole — not after the leak around Uxbridge (Metropolitan, Piccadilly), a mile north, with Little Britain Lake a few streets away.
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole UB8 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on the streets near Little Britain Lake.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Hillingdon
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Taps, washers and waste traps | £65 | £150 | 1–2 hrs | Dripping taps, isolation valves, sink and basin traps and flexible tails |
Door easing, hinges and closers
£55 – £140
1–2 hrs
Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted
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
Taps, washers and waste traps
£65 – £150
1–2 hrs
Dripping taps, isolation valves, sink and basin traps and flexible tails
Hillingdon books this 8-job shortlist more than anything else, because 73% of homes here are houses. 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.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Hillingdon
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 Hillingdon visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Hillingdon 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 Hillingdon
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole Hillingdon list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for timber or metal stud partition, including Stud detector, then fix into the upright; noggins added where the stud misses, at no extra charge.
- Scanning, levelling and load-testing on every hole — plus packaging and old fittings taken away.
- wide roads and driveways — we plan the Hillingdon arrival around it and settle permits with London Borough of Hillingdon 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 Hillingdon
Areas we cover across Hillingdon
- Handyman in Cowley and Hillingdon HeathUxbridge (Metropolitan, Piccadilly), a mile northUB8
- Handyman in HayesHayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line)UB3
- Handyman in Heathrow and HarmondsworthHeathrow Terminals 2 & 3 (Elizabeth line, Piccadilly)TW6
- Handyman in HillingdonHillingdon (Metropolitan, Piccadilly)UB10
- Handyman in IckenhamIckenham (Metropolitan, Piccadilly)UB10
- Handyman in RuislipRuislip (Metropolitan, Piccadilly)HA4
- Handyman in UxbridgeUxbridge (Metropolitan, Piccadilly)UB8
- Handyman in West Drayton and YiewsleyWest Drayton (Elizabeth line)UB7
Related services
Other work we do in Hillingdon
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Cowley and Hillingdon Heath flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A UB8 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 Cowley and Hillingdon Heath flat.
About the borough
Hillingdon in context
London's western gateway — Heathrow itself, Uxbridge's town centre and the Metroland suburbs of Ruislip and Northwood.
- 27% flats, 73% houses across 3,106 Cowley and Hillingdon Heath households (ONS Census 2021)
Hillingdon at a glance
- Postcodes served
- UB8
- Nearest station
- Uxbridge (Metropolitan, Piccadilly), a mile north
- Dominant wall construction
- timber stud partitions inside, cavity brickwork outside
- Fixing we use most
- Stud detector, then fix into the upright; noggins added where the stud misses
- Realistic load
- 35 kg into timber, 15 kg into metal stud with a toggle
- Most-booked list
- a half-day job list — doors eased, blinds up, shelves fitted, taps re-washered
- Watch out for
- a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air
- Charging zones
- Hillingdon sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Cowley and Hillingdon Heath)
- 8,823
- Households (Cowley and Hillingdon Heath)
- 3,106
- Typical visit
- Half a day in UB8
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Hillingdon Heath (E02000512) — the published geography that covers Cowley and Hillingdon Heath, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Hillingdon handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 a half day, £340 a full day.
All 8 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 Hillingdon
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.
Reviews from Hillingdon customers
4.5 ★ from 3,131 Trustpilot reviewsNicole and Marius from hello services are great! Did a end of tenancy cleaning for a 1 bedroom flat. Managed to get some pretty limescale encrusted sinks & bath looking brand new. Did an amazing job on the kitchen, oven and extractor too. They are friendly and professional - Highly recommended!
I booked a one-off intensive clean of my house. I found everyone I dealt with throughout - both the office and cleaners - to be friendly and professional. The cleaners arrived promptly and immediately got to work. I needed to be elsewhere for much of the time but as promised I was kept informed of… Read in full →
Customer service is responsive and helpful, the cleaners also clean the property well and effectively. Thank you.
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