Merton · SW19 · Handyman
Handyman in Wimbledon, SW19
Handyman in Wimbledon, SW19, in Merton: edwardian villas, victorian terraces, village cottages and town-centre flats, so the walls here are lath and plaster over timber studs, with solid brick on the party and external walls. The list we are booked for most is alcove shelving and a TV bracket, both fixed through the plaster into something solid, and the failure we are called back to fix is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which crumbles the key and drops the panel.
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- £55 an hour, £190 a half day — fixed price for the whole list
- Lath and plaster 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 Merton permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Wimbledon
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Wimbledon homes are flats
- 47%Wimbledon homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Wimbledon
- 23,023Households in Wimbledon
Instant estimate
Price your Wimbledon job list
Estimated for Wimbledon SW19
£120 – £350
Slot needed: Half day
- Shelves and floating units
- £65 – £180
- Curtain poles and blinds
- £60 – £150
- 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 Wimbledon visit works
- Send your job listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Wimbledon SW19 visit, same working day.
- Detector out before the drillEvery wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables, sheets go down, and the fixing is matched to lath and plaster rather than pulled from a pack.
- 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 Wimbledon
Most likely here
Lath and plaster — Pre-1930 terraces and mansion blocks
Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws. Realistic load: up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself. What goes wrong: a plasterboard plug in lime plaster crumbles the key and drops the whole panel.
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 Wimbledon
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking on the Wimbledon rounds.
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Wimbledon wall before the first hole — not after the leak on Merton bookings, with 23,023 households on this patch.
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole SW19 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on the Wimbledon rounds.
The right anchor for the wall
For SW19 bookings, we carry the lot, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster on Merton bookings — and a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood, with Merton parking rules in play, which crumbles the key and drops the panel is what a rushed job leaves behind. Around Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink) we allow for the parking and the walk-in before the slot is confirmed.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Wimbledon
| Job | From | To | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Door easing, hinges and closers | £55 | £140 | 1–2 hrs | Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted |
| Shelves and floating units | £65 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
| Radiator bleeding and TRV swaps | £60 | £140 | 1–2 hrs | System bled through, thermostatic valve heads replaced, pressure topped up |
| Taps, washers and waste traps | £65 | £150 | 1–2 hrs | Dripping taps, isolation valves, sink and basin traps and flexible tails |
| Filling and patching | £70 | £180 | 1–3 hrs | Old fixing holes filled and sanded ready for a check-out inspection |
Door easing, hinges and closers
£55 – £140
1–2 hrs
Sticking doors planed and rehung, hinges packed, closers and stops fitted
Shelves and floating units
£65 – £180
1–3 hrs
Alcove shelving, floating shelves and brackets set to a laser line
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Radiator bleeding and TRV swaps
£60 – £140
1–2 hrs
System bled through, thermostatic valve heads replaced, pressure topped up
Taps, washers and waste traps
£65 – £150
1–2 hrs
Dripping taps, isolation valves, sink and basin traps and flexible tails
Filling and patching
£70 – £180
1–3 hrs
Old fixing holes filled and sanded ready for a check-out inspection
Because 53% of homes here are houses, Wimbledon SW19 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.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Wimbledon
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 Merton visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Merton 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 Wimbledon
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole Wimbledon SW19 list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws and the rest of our van stock, because lath and plaster is what most SW19 fixings go into.
- Scanning, levelling and load-testing on every hole — plus packaging and old fittings taken away.
- championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits — we plan the Wimbledon SW19 arrival around it and settle permits with London Borough of Merton ourselves.
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.
- Structural alterations and anything needing London Borough of Merton building control sign-off.
- Drilling into suspected asbestos: pre-2000 lath and plaster finishes get a survey before anyone makes a hole.
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
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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 Wimbledon
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Wimbledon flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SW19 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 Wimbledon flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW19, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Wimbledon move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SW19 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Wimbledon in context
The town centre and theatre below, the Village and common above. Edwardian villas, Victorian terraces, Village cottages and town-centre flats, which is why SW19 work is dominated by lath and plaster over timber studs. The All England Lawn Tennis Club is the landmark most customers navigate by.
What is behind the plaster in Wimbledon is decided by when it was built. Edwardian villas, Victorian terraces, Village cottages and town-centre flats. Across the 23,023 households here, lath and plaster dominates, so locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws is our default approach. That substrate wants locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws; anything lighter is a call-back, and even done properly the sensible limit is up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself.
Tenure shapes the list too: 34% of homes here are privately rented and 57% owner-occupied, so we move between check-out make-good in SW19 lets and long-planned improvements in the same week. Championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits. Nearest arrival point for the team is Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink), and merton sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ — none of it added to your invoice on the day.
- 47% flats, 53% houses across 23,023 Wimbledon households (ONS Census 2021)
- Default fixing for Wimbledon: locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws, load-tested to up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- Van access and parking: championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits
- SW19 covered, The All England Lawn Tennis Club to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where Wimbledon sits in our coverage
Wimbledon is one of the neighbourhoods on our handyman work in Merton page, which sits under handyman work across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover handyman work in Colliers Wood SW19 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Raynes Park SW20 (1.4 miles), handyman work in Southfields SW18 (1.9 miles), handyman work in Morden SM4 (2.2 miles) and handyman work in New Malden KT3 (2.9 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 Wimbledon.
Most booked alongside this in Wimbledon
Wimbledon SW19 at a glance
- Area
- Wimbledon, Merton
- Postcodes served
- SW19
- Nearest station
- Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink)
- Dominant wall construction
- lath and plaster over timber studs, with solid brick on the party and external walls
- Fixing we use most
- Locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws
- Realistic load
- Up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself
- Most-booked list
- alcove shelving and a TV bracket, both fixed through the plaster into something solid
- Watch out for
- a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which crumbles the key and drops the panel
- Charging zones
- Merton sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Wimbledon)
- 55,632
- Households (Wimbledon)
- 23,023
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SW19
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods South Wimbledon, Wimbledon Broadway North, Wimbledon Broadway South, Wimbledon Chase, Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Hill, Wimbledon Park & Durnsford Road (E02000689, E02000690, E02000691, E02000692, E02000694, E02000697, E02000699) — the published geography that covers Wimbledon, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Wimbledon SW19 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW19 on this side of Merton, with this being London Borough of Merton territory. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 across SW19, with 47% of homes here being flats. Send the list and we confirm one written figure around Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink).
Yes. Locally that usually means lath and plaster — locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws, holding around up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself around Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink) — and this being London Borough of Merton territory, with a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood. The risk we guard against here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster across SW19, with Merton parking rules in play, which crumbles the key and drops the panel. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole on this side of Merton.
That is how we prefer to work in Wimbledon in this 47% flats neighbourhood. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over on this side of Merton, with Merton 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 SW19, with 27% one-person households here.
Swapping an existing socket face, switch or light fitting in Wimbledon is fine in this 47% flats neighbourhood, with 23,023 households on this patch, and it is tested before we leave. New circuits, consumer units and anything notifiable under Part P, no on Merton bookings. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should in Wimbledon, with Merton parking rules in play.
Championship-fortnight restrictions, steep Wimbledon Hill Road and Village conservation limits on this side of Merton. London Borough of Merton visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price across SW19, with 34% of SW19 homes being privately rented. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit on Merton bookings, with 8% social-rented stock nearby, 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 SW19 figure you were quoted in this 47% flats neighbourhood, with The All England Lawn Tennis Club a few streets away. Because lath and plaster is what we expect here, the right anchors for it are on board before the van sets off on Merton bookings, with 47% of homes here being flats. Anything specific bought for you is charged at cost with the receipt attached to the invoice in Wimbledon, with 8% social-rented stock nearby.
Yes. Every area in Merton has its own page in Wimbledon, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SW19, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price around Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink), with this being a short walk from Wimbledon (District, Southern, South Western, Tramlink).
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 Wimbledon SW19
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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