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Handyman in Tulse Hill, SW2
Around Brockwell Park's southern edge in Tulse Hill, SW2, the stock gives us precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit — which is why the same shelf takes twenty minutes in one flat and an hour in the next. The usual Lambeth instruction is safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS.
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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 Tulse Hill
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Tulse Hill homes are flats
- 80%Tulse Hill homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Tulse Hill
- 3,391Households in Tulse Hill
Instant estimate
Price your Tulse Hill job list
Estimated for Tulse Hill SW2
£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 Tulse Hill visit works
- Tell us the whole listA photo per wall lets us read the substrate before quoting, so the Tulse Hill SW2 price we send is the price you pay.
- Scan first, drill secondStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits 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 Tulse Hill
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 Tulse Hill
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the SW2 visit on this side of Lambeth, with 80% of homes here being flats.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat for Tulse Hill (SW2) addresses.
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking on this side of Lambeth. With 80% of homes in Tulse Hill being flats, we plan the route up front.
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Tulse Hill wall before the first hole — not after the leak across SW2, with 30% one-person households here.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Tulse Hill
| 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 |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| 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 |
| 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
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
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
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 Tulse Hill SW2 — 80% 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 Tulse Hill
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 Tulse Hill
Included in every visit
- A DBS-checked, insured fitter arriving in Tulse Hill SW2 with their own tools, ladders and dust sheets.
- SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt and the rest of our van stock, because precast concrete and blockwork is what most SW2 fixings go into.
- Detector before drill, laser line rather than eye, and a load test on each fixing before we sign off.
- Access worked out in advance for Tulse Hill SW2, with London Borough of Lambeth permits and charges already inside the price.
Not included — and why
- Gas work of any kind: that is Gas Safe registered work, and we say so before you book, not on the day.
- Consumer units and new circuits, notifiable work that needs Part P sign-off.
- Anything structural in Tulse Hill SW2: that route starts with London Borough of Lambeth building control, and we will point you there.
- 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 Tulse Hill
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Guides
Read before you book
Hiring a handyman in the UK: the complete guide
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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
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Wall fixings guide: which anchor holds in which London wall
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Other work we do in Tulse Hill
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Tulse Hill flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SW2 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 Tulse Hill flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW2, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Tulse Hill move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SW2 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Tulse Hill in context
Hillside streets between Brixton and West Norwood with big Victorian houses. Large Victorian villas in flats, 1930s semis and the Tulse Hill estate, which is why SW2 work is dominated by precast concrete panels and dense blockwork. Brockwell Park's southern edge is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Hillside streets between Brixton and West Norwood with big Victorian houses. For a handyman that matters long before the drill comes out: 80% of the 3,391 households around Tulse Hill are flats, and the fabric behind their plaster is precast concrete and blockwork. The anchor that suits it is sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt — realistically holding 50 kg-plus per fixing once it is load-tested.
25% of Tulse Hill households own their home and 30% are single-person, which is why so many SW2 bookings are one long list saved up for a single half-day visit at £190. Getting to you is part of the price: steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station London Borough of Lambeth permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, and part of Lambeth sits inside the Congestion Charge zone and all of it is inside ULEZ.
- Housing mix here: 80% flats to 20% houses, 8,630 residents in total
- Precast concrete and blockwork dominates Tulse Hill, so the van carries the anchors that suit it, not a generic pack
- Access: steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station
- We work the whole of SW2, including everything within walking distance of Brockwell Park's southern edge
Where Tulse Hill sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Tulse Hill is booked through our handyman work in Lambeth page, which sits under handyman work across London. The same crew works the adjoining postcodes too — handyman work in Herne Hill SE24 (0.9 miles), handyman work in Brixton SW9 (1.4 miles), handyman work in West Norwood SE27 (1.5 miles), handyman work in Dulwich Village SE21 (1.5 miles) and handyman work in Streatham SW16 (2.0 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 Tulse Hill.
Most booked alongside this in Tulse Hill
Tulse Hill SW2 at a glance
- Area
- Tulse Hill, Lambeth
- Postcodes served
- SW2
- Nearest station
- Tulse Hill (Thameslink)
- 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 (Tulse Hill)
- 8,630
- Households (Tulse Hill)
- 3,391
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SW2
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Tulse Hill (E02000641) — the published geography that covers Tulse Hill, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Tulse Hill SW2 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW2 on the streets near Brockwell Park's southern edge, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 for Tulse Hill (SW2) addresses, with 80% of homes here being flats. Send the list and we confirm one written figure around Tulse Hill (Thameslink).
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 the streets near Brockwell Park's southern edge, with this being a short walk from Tulse Hill (Thameslink). The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on Lambeth bookings, with 25% owner-occupation locally. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole on the Tulse Hill rounds.
Batching is the whole point of a SW2 half-day slot for Tulse Hill (SW2) addresses. Three or more jobs in one half-day slot means one set-up, one parking arrangement and one price of £190 rather than three separate call-outs in Tulse Hill, with 25% owner-occupation locally. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book on Lambeth bookings, with Brockwell Park's southern edge a few streets away.
Replacing what is already there — faceplates, switches, pendants — yes across SW2, with 80% of homes here being flats, with a test on completion. Anything notifiable under Part P — new circuits, a consumer unit, bathroom zones — needs a registered electrician instead on this side of Lambeth, with this being London Borough of Lambeth territory. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should on SW2 jobs, with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses.
Steep gradients, narrow railway bridges and permit bays near the station on this side of Lambeth. London Borough of Lambeth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price in Tulse Hill, with this being a short walk from Tulse Hill (Thameslink). Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit around Tulse Hill (Thameslink), with 19% of SW2 homes being privately rented, 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 SW2 figure you were quoted around Tulse Hill (Thameslink), with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses. Because precast concrete and blockwork is what we expect here, the right anchors for it are on board before the van sets off in Tulse Hill, with Brockwell Park's southern edge a few streets away. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up for Tulse Hill (SW2) addresses, with 19% of SW2 homes being privately rented.
Yes. Every area in Lambeth has its own page in Tulse Hill, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SW2, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price on Lambeth bookings, with 20% of Tulse Hill homes being houses.
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 Tulse Hill SW2
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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