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Handyman in Lewisham, SE13
Odd jobs in Lewisham (SE13, Lewisham) are decided by what is behind the plaster: precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit. Most SE13 visits are safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS. We scan for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole, every time.
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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 Lewisham permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Lewisham
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Lewisham homes are flats
- 75%Lewisham homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Lewisham
- 3,987Households in Lewisham
Instant estimate
Price your Lewisham job list
Estimated for Lewisham SE13
£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 Lewisham visit works
- Photos and a listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Lewisham SE13 visit, same working day.
- We scan, then drillEvery wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables, sheets go down, and the fixing is matched to precast concrete and blockwork rather than pulled from a pack.
- 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 Lewisham
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 Lewisham
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
| 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
Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
£55 – £130
1–2 hrs
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall
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
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Curtain poles and blinds
£60 – £150
1–3 hrs
Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard
Because 75% of homes here are flats, Lewisham SE13 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 Lewisham
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on Lewisham bookings.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the SE13 visit around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with 35% social-rented stock nearby.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern).
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking in Lewisham.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Lewisham
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 Lewisham visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Lewisham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ. Our vans are compliant, so ULEZ 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 Lewisham
Included in every visit
- A DBS-checked, insured fitter arriving in Lewisham SE13 with their own tools, ladders and dust sheets.
- Fixings matched to precast concrete and blockwork — SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt 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.
- Access worked out in advance for Lewisham SE13, with London Borough of Lewisham 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 Lewisham SE13: that route starts with London Borough of Lewisham building control, and we will point you there.
- Asbestos disturbance — pre-2000 artex, soffits and boards near SE13 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
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Other work we do in Lewisham
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Lewisham flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SE13 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 Lewisham flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SE13, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Lewisham move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SE13 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Lewisham in context
Most of Lewisham reads the same way from the pavement: new towers with concierge, 1960s estate blocks and victorian terraces. precast concrete panels and dense blockwork is what we meet most in SE13, and Lewisham Market on the High Street is the fixed point crews route by.
What is behind the plaster in Lewisham is decided by when it was built. New towers with concierge, 1960s estate blocks and Victorian terraces. Across the 3,987 households here, precast concrete and blockwork dominates, so sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt is our default approach. 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 33% 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. Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers. Where London Borough of Lewisham needs a visitor permit or a bay suspension we book it, and lewisham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ.
- 3,987 households in Lewisham, 75% of them flats — the ratio that decides lift, stairs and drilling noise windows
- Wall we meet most in SE13: Precast concrete and blockwork — sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Access: roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers
- SE13 covered, Lewisham Market on the High Street to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where Lewisham sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Lewisham is booked through our handyman work in Lewisham page, which sits under handyman work across London. Nearest pages to this one, in travel order: handyman work in Brockley SE4 (1.1 miles), handyman work in Blackheath SE3 (1.4 miles), handyman work in Catford SE6 (1.5 miles), handyman work in Lee SE12 (1.6 miles) and handyman work in Deptford SE8 (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 Lewisham.
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Lewisham SE13 at a glance
- Area
- Lewisham, Lewisham
- Postcodes served
- SE13
- Nearest station
- Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern)
- 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
- Lewisham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Lewisham)
- 9,142
- Households (Lewisham)
- 3,987
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SE13
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Lewisham Central & Park (E02007009) — the published geography that covers Lewisham, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Lewisham SE13 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SE13 on SE13 jobs, with 25% of Lewisham homes being houses. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street, with Lewisham Market on the High Street a few streets away. Send the list and we confirm one written figure on Lewisham bookings.
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 around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with this being London Borough of Lewisham territory. The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street, with 36% one-person households here. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole for Lewisham (SE13) addresses.
Please do: one visit to Lewisham beats three. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street, with Lewisham parking rules in play. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book across SE13, with 75% of homes here being flats.
Like-for-like socket faces, switches and light fittings, yes, tested on completion on SE13 jobs. Anything notifiable under Part P — new circuits, a consumer unit, bathroom zones — needs a registered electrician instead on the Lewisham rounds, with 33% of SE13 homes being privately rented. No gas work at all: that is Gas Safe territory and we say so on the phone rather than on the day on Lewisham bookings, with Lewisham Market on the High Street a few streets away.
Roundabout red routes, market-day loading limits and booked lifts in the towers for Lewisham (SE13) addresses. London Borough of Lewisham visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price in this 75% flats neighbourhood, with Lewisham parking rules in play. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit around Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern), with 32% owner-occupation locally, 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 SE13 figure you were quoted in Lewisham, with 32% owner-occupation locally. Loading for precast concrete and blockwork in advance is why a SE13 visit rarely needs a mid-job supply run on Lewisham bookings, with this being a short walk from Lewisham (DLR, Southeastern). Anything specific bought for you is charged at cost with the receipt attached to the invoice on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street, with 25% of Lewisham homes being houses.
Yes. Every area in Lewisham has its own page on the streets near Lewisham Market on the High Street, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SE13, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price across SE13, with 33% of SE13 homes being privately rented.
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 Lewisham SE13
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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