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Handyman in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour, SW10
Flat-pack assembly and TV mounting in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour, SW10: the Kensington and Chelsea housing here means dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with metal stud partitions between rooms. We price the whole list, not the clock, and put the right anchor in the right wall.
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- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Dot-and-dab plasterboard 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 Kensington and Chelsea permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour homes are flats
- 90%West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
- 6,731Households in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
Instant estimate
Price your West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour job list
Estimated for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10
£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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour visit works
- Send your job listA photo per wall lets us read the substrate before quoting, so the West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10 price we send is the price you pay.
- Scan first, drill secondNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for dot-and-dab plasterboard.
- Load-tested, then clearedEvery 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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat-pack assembly | £55 | £190 | 1–4 hrs | Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall |
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| Curtain poles and blinds | £60 | £150 | 1–3 hrs | Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
| Mirrors, art and heavy hanging | £55 | £130 | 1–2 hrs | Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall |
Flat-pack assembly
£55 – £190
1–4 hrs
Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Curtain poles and blinds
£60 – £150
1–3 hrs
Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
£55 – £130
1–2 hrs
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall
Because 90% of homes here are flats, West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10 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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat across SW10.
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking in this 90% flats neighbourhood.
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour wall before the first hole — not after the leak for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour (SW10) addresses, with 30% owner-occupation locally.
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole SW10 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on this side of Kensington and Chelsea.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
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 Kensington and Chelsea visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Part of Kensington and Chelsea 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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10 list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Fixings matched to dot-and-dab plasterboard — Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor included — rather than whatever came in the flat-pack box.
- Scanning, levelling and load-testing on every hole — plus packaging and old fittings taken away.
- Parking, permits and any charge zone sorted with Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea by us, not added to your bill on the day.
Not included — and why
- Anything gas — boilers, hobs, pipework — is Gas Safe territory and we will not touch it in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10.
- New circuits or consumer units, which are notifiable under Part P and need a registered electrician.
- Load-bearing or structural changes, which need building control approval from Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea first.
- Asbestos disturbance — pre-2000 artex, soffits and boards near SW10 are surveyed, never drilled blind.
The full scope policy, the complete fixings matrix and every fixed price sit on one page: handyman reference.
Coverage
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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
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
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Related services
Other work we do in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SW10 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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW10, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SW10 before the new ones go up.
About the area
West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour in context
Marina apartments with concierge, Victorian terraces and the World's End towers around Chelsea Harbour and Brompton Cemetery, and that stock decides the fixing: dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork first, everything else after. Riverside marina and design centre beside Victorian terraces and the World's End estate, so SW10 jobs reward a scan over a guess.
The stock around Chelsea Harbour and Brompton Cemetery sets the job. Marina apartments with concierge, Victorian terraces and the World's End towers. With 90% of West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour's 6,731 households in flats, dot-and-dab plasterboard is what our fitters meet on most SW10 visits. Our fitters answer it with long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor, which takes 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone without creeping in the months afterwards.
With 46% private renting and 24% social renting locally, a good share of West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour work is landlord snagging, safety fixings and putting fixing holes right before an inventory. Parking, lifts and sign-in are settled up front: harbour estate access control, tower blocks with booked lifts and permit-only side streets We arrange Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permits ourselves, and part of Kensington and Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ.
- Housing mix here: 90% flats to 10% houses, 13,367 residents in total
- Wall we meet most in SW10: Dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Access: harbour estate access control, tower blocks with booked lifts and permit-only side streets
- SW10 covered, Chelsea Harbour and Brompton Cemetery to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour sits in our coverage
West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour sits inside the coverage published on our handyman work in Kensington and Chelsea page, which sits under handyman work across London. Nearest pages to this one, in travel order: handyman work in Earl's Court SW5 (0.7 miles), handyman work in Chelsea SW3 (0.8 miles), handyman work in Fulham SW6 (0.9 miles), handyman work in South Kensington SW7 (0.9 miles) and handyman work in Battersea SW11 (1.3 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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour.
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West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10 at a glance
- Area
- West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour, Kensington and Chelsea
- Postcodes served
- SW10
- Nearest station
- West Brompton (District, Overground)
- 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
- Part of Kensington and Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ
- Residents (West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour)
- 13,367
- Households (West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour)
- 6,731
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SW10
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Brompton, West Brompton (E02000590, E02000593) — the published geography that covers West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW10 for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour (SW10) addresses, with 11% of West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour homes being houses. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 in this 90% flats neighbourhood, with Chelsea Harbour and Brompton Cemetery a few streets away. Send the list and we confirm one written figure on Kensington and Chelsea bookings.
Yes. Locally that usually means dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with 11% of West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour homes being houses — and 30% owner-occupation locally, or a spread-load anchor, holding around 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone. The risk we guard against here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on the streets near Chelsea Harbour and Brompton Cemetery, with 24% social-rented stock nearby. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour (SW10) addresses.
Yes — a batched list is the cheapest way to book us in SW10 on Kensington and Chelsea bookings. One arrival, one set of dust sheets and one Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea permit covers the whole list instead of being repeated per visit on the West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour rounds — and 24% social-rented stock nearby, with 46% of SW10 homes being privately rented. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour (SW10) addresses, with 24% social-rented stock nearby.
Replacing what is already there — faceplates, switches, pendants — yes on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with 30% owner-occupation locally, with a test on completion. New circuits, consumer units and anything notifiable under Part P, no in this 90% flats neighbourhood. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour (SW10) addresses, with 11% of West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour homes being houses.
Harbour estate access control, tower blocks with booked lifts and permit-only side streets on Kensington and Chelsea bookings. Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price on the West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour rounds, with this being Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea territory. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit for West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour (SW10) addresses, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, so the clock starts when the work does.
The van carries the consumables — screws, plugs, resin, hollow-wall anchors, silicone, filler — and they are inside the SW10 figure you were quoted on the West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour rounds, with 90% of homes here being flats. Loading for dot-and-dab plasterboard in advance is why a SW10 visit rarely needs a mid-job supply run across SW10, with Kensington and Chelsea parking rules in play. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up on the streets near Chelsea Harbour and Brompton Cemetery, with 49% one-person households here.
Yes. Every area in Kensington and Chelsea has its own page on Kensington and Chelsea bookings, with 6,731 households on this patch, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SW10, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price in West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour, with 90% of homes here being flats.
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 West Brompton and Chelsea Harbour SW10
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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