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Handyman in Kennington, SE11
Handyman in Kennington, SE11, in Lambeth: georgian terraces in flats, duchy of cornwall estate houses and post-war blocks, so the walls here are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit. The list we are booked for most is safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS, and the failure we are called back to fix is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it.
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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 Lambeth permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Kennington
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Kennington homes are flats
- 88%Kennington homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Kennington
- 8,644Households in Kennington
Instant estimate
Price your Kennington job list
Estimated for Kennington SE11
£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 Kennington visit works
- Send your job listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Kennington SE11 visit, same working day.
- We scan, then drillNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for precast concrete and blockwork.
- 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 Kennington
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
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Kennington
Permits and parking included
London Borough of Lambeth visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us on the streets near The Kia Oval. On Kennington jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on the streets near The Kia Oval. London Borough of Lambeth rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the SE11 visit on SE11 jobs, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat across SE11.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Kennington
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| 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
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
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Silicone and grout renewal
£70 – £170
1–3 hrs
Old bead cut out, surfaces sterilised and dried, sanitary silicone reapplied
These are the 6 jobs we are booked for most often in Kennington SE11 — 88% of homes here are flats, 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 Kennington
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 Lambeth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Part of Lambeth 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 Kennington
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a SE11 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for precast concrete and blockwork, including SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, at no extra charge.
- Scanning, levelling and load-testing on every hole — plus packaging and old fittings taken away.
- Access worked out in advance for Kennington SE11, with London Borough of Lambeth permits and charges already inside the price.
Not included — and why
- Anything gas — boilers, hobs, pipework — is Gas Safe territory and we will not touch it in Kennington SE11.
- 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 London Borough of Lambeth 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 Kennington
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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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8 min read
Related services
Other work we do in Kennington
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Kennington flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SE11 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 Kennington flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SE11, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Kennington move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SE11 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Kennington in context
Most of Kennington reads the same way from the pavement: georgian terraces in flats, duchy of cornwall estate houses and post-war blocks. precast concrete panels and dense blockwork is what we meet most in SE11, and The Kia Oval is the fixed point crews route by.
What is behind the plaster in Kennington is decided by when it was built. Georgian terraces in flats, Duchy of Cornwall estate houses and post-war blocks. Across the 8,644 households here, precast concrete and blockwork dominates, so sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt is our default approach. That substrate wants sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt; anything lighter is a call-back, and even done properly the sensible limit is 50 kg-plus per fixing.
Tenure shapes the list too: 25% of homes here are privately rented and 28% owner-occupied, so we move between check-out make-good in SE11 lets and long-planned improvements in the same week. Match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access. Nearest arrival point for the team is Kennington (Northern), and part of Lambeth sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ — none of it added to your invoice on the day.
- 8,644 households in Kennington, 88% of them flats — the ratio that decides lift, stairs and drilling noise windows
- Default fixing for Kennington: sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, load-tested to 50 kg-plus per fixing
- Access: match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access
- SE11 covered, The Kia Oval to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where Kennington sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Kennington is booked through our handyman work in Lambeth page, which sits under handyman work across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover handyman work in Elephant and Castle SE17 (0.8 miles), handyman work in Walworth SE17 (0.8 miles), handyman work in South Bank and Waterloo SE1 (1.1 miles), handyman work in Vauxhall and Nine Elms SW8 (1.3 miles) and handyman work in Stockwell SW9 (1.4 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 Kennington.
Most booked alongside this in Kennington
Kennington SE11 at a glance
- Area
- Kennington, Lambeth
- Postcodes served
- SE11
- Nearest station
- Kennington (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 Lambeth sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ
- Residents (Kennington)
- 18,944
- Households (Kennington)
- 8,644
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SE11
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Kennington West & Vauxhall North, Lambeth Walk & North Kennington (E02000619, E02000620) — the published geography that covers Kennington, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Kennington SE11 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SE11 in Kennington, with 8,644 households on this patch. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 around Kennington (Northern), with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood. Send the list and we confirm one written figure in this 88% 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 in Kennington, with 28% owner-occupation locally. The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on this side of Lambeth, with The Kia Oval a few streets away. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole on SE11 jobs.
That is how we prefer to work in Kennington. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over on Lambeth bookings, with 47% social-rented stock nearby. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with 28% owner-occupation locally.
Swapping an existing socket face, switch or light fitting in Kennington is fine, with The Kia Oval a few streets away, and it is tested before we leave. New circuits, consumer units and anything notifiable under Part P, no on this side of Lambeth. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Kennington (Northern).
Match-day restrictions at the Oval, Duchy estate rules and basement-step access in Kennington. London Borough of Lambeth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price around Kennington (Northern), with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with 38% one-person households here, 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 across SE11, with 8,644 households on this patch. Loading for precast concrete and blockwork in advance is why a SE11 visit rarely needs a mid-job supply run on this side of Lambeth, with 38% one-person households here. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up on SE11 jobs, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory.
Yes. Every area in Lambeth has its own page around Kennington (Northern), and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SE11, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price in this 88% flats neighbourhood, with this being a short walk from Kennington (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 Kennington SE11
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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