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Handyman in Old Street, EC1V
A bracket is only as good as the wall it is in. Old Street sits in Islington, where the stock produces precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit — get that wrong and the shelf comes down with the plaster attached.
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- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Precast concrete and blockwork 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
- London Borough of Islington permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Old Street
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Old Street homes are flats
- 98%Old Street homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Old Street
- 4,949Households in Old Street
Instant estimate
Price your Old Street job list
Estimated for Old Street EC1V
£110 – £320
Slot needed: One to two hours
- Door easing, hinges and closers
- £55 – £140
- Child and rental safety fixings
- £60 – £160
- 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 Old Street visit works
- Photos and a listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Old Street EC1V visit, same working day.
- Scan first, drill secondNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for precast concrete and blockwork.
- Signed off with youWe load-test each fixing, take the cardboard and old fittings away, and walk the list with you — London Borough of Islington permits already settled.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Old Street
Most likely here
Precast concrete and blockwork — Post-war estates and podium blocks
SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt. Realistic load: 50 kg-plus per fixing. What goes wrong: hitting reinforcement or a buried conduit without a scan first.
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 Old Street
| 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 |
| Mirrors, art and heavy hanging | £55 | £130 | 1–2 hrs | Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall |
| Curtain poles and blinds | £60 | £150 | 1–3 hrs | Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard |
| Silicone and grout renewal | £70 | £170 | 1–3 hrs | Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied |
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
Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
£55 – £130
1–2 hrs
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall
Curtain poles and blinds
£60 – £150
1–3 hrs
Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard
Silicone and grout renewal
£70 – £170
1–3 hrs
Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied
Because 98% of homes here are flats, Old Street EC1V lists lean towards these 6 jobs. Anything outside them is priced from the same 14-row card 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 Old Street
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on EC1V jobs.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the EC1V visit around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with Islington parking rules in play.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat on EC1V jobs.
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern).
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Old Street
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
- London Borough of Islington visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Part of Islington 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 Old Street
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole Old Street EC1V list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for precast concrete and blockwork, including SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, at no extra charge.
- Detector before drill, laser line rather than eye, and a load test on each fixing before we sign off.
- red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards — we plan the Old Street EC1V arrival around it and settle permits with London Borough of Islington ourselves.
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.
- Load-bearing or structural changes, which need building control approval from London Borough of Islington first.
- 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 Old Street
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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.
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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
The real line between handyman work and jobs that need a registered electrician, gas or structural trade.
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Wall fixings guide: which anchor holds in which London wall
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Related services
Other work we do in Old Street
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Old Street flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A EC1V 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 Old Street flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in EC1V, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Old Street move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from EC1V before the new ones go up.
About the area
Old Street in context
The roundabout, tech offices and warehouse conversions on the City fringe. Warehouse and office conversions, new towers with concierge, and Peabody-era estate blocks, which is why EC1V work is dominated by precast concrete panels and dense blockwork. Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground is the landmark most customers navigate by.
The stock around Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground sets the job. Warehouse and office conversions, new towers with concierge, and Peabody-era estate blocks. With 98% of Old Street's 4,949 households in flats, precast concrete and blockwork is what our fitters meet on most EC1V visits. On that wall we use sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, and we will tell you the honest ceiling: 50 kg-plus per fixing.
Because 28% of homes here are rented privately, we are often working to an agent's deadline — photographs of every fixing and an itemised invoice come as standard. Access is planned before the van leaves. Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards. Where London Borough of Islington needs a visitor permit or a bay suspension we book it, and part of Islington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ.
- 4,949 households in Old Street, 98% of them flats — the ratio that decides lift, stairs and drilling noise windows
- Wall we meet most in EC1V: Precast concrete and blockwork — sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Van access and parking: red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards
- EC1V, EC1 covered, Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where Old Street sits in our coverage
Old Street sits inside the coverage published on our handyman work in Islington page, which sits under handyman work across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover handyman work in Clerkenwell EC1 (0.4 miles), handyman work in Barbican EC2 (0.6 miles), handyman work in Angel N1 (0.8 miles), handyman work in Hoxton N1 (0.8 miles) and handyman work in Shoreditch E1 (1.8 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 Old Street.
Most booked alongside this in Old Street
Old Street EC1V at a glance
- Area
- Old Street, Islington
- Postcodes served
- EC1V, EC1
- Nearest station
- Old Street (Northern, Great Northern)
- Dominant wall construction
- precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit
- Fixing we use most
- SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Realistic load
- 50 kg-plus per fixing
- Most-booked list
- safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS
- Watch out for
- drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it
- Charging zones
- Part of Islington sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ
- Residents (Old Street)
- 10,675
- Households (Old Street)
- 4,949
- Typical visit
- Half a day in EC1V
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Old Street & St Luke's (E02000576) — the published geography that covers Old Street, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Old Street EC1V handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in EC1V in Old Street, with Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 for Old Street (EC1V) addresses, with 28% of EC1V homes being privately rented. Send the list and we confirm one written figure in this 98% flats neighbourhood.
Yes. Locally that usually means precast concrete and blockwork — sds drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, holding around 50 kg-plus per fixing on EC1V jobs, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood. The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on this side of Islington, with 2% of Old Street homes being houses. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole across EC1V.
Please do: one visit to Old Street beats three across EC1V. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over on this side of Islington, with 98% of homes here being flats. The estimator above prices the batch, with this being London Borough of Islington territory, so you see the Old Street figure before committing to anything in this 98% flats neighbourhood.
Replacing what is already there — faceplates, switches, pendants — yes in Old Street, with 19% owner-occupation locally, with a test on completion. New circuits, consumer units and anything notifiable under Part P, no around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern). Gas is Gas Safe work full stop, with 28% of EC1V homes being privately rented, so we decline it and point you at an engineer who is registered for it in this 98% flats neighbourhood.
Red-route roundabout with no kerbside loading, goods-lift booking in the towers and gated estate yards on this side of Islington. London Borough of Islington visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with 39% one-person households here. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with this being London Borough of Islington territory, so the clock starts when the work does.
Standard screws, plugs, resin and hollow-wall anchors, silicone and filler come out of the van and are already in the price around Old Street (Northern, Great Northern), with 52% social-rented stock nearby. We stock for the Old Street substrate specifically on EC1V jobs, with 19% owner-occupation locally — and 2% of Old Street homes being houses, so sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt does not turn into a trip to a merchant. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up on this side of Islington, with Old Street roundabout and Bunhill Fields burial ground a few streets away.
Yes. Every area in Islington has its own page on this side of Islington, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of EC1V, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price in this 98% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Old Street (Northern, Great Northern).
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 Old Street EC1V
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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