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Handyman in Custom House, E16
A bracket is only as good as the wall it is in. Custom House sits in Newham, where the stock produces precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit — get that wrong and the shelf comes down with the plaster attached.
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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 Newham permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Custom House
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Custom House homes are flats
- 50%Custom House homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Custom House
- 3,330Households in Custom House
Instant estimate
Price your Custom House job list
Estimated for Custom House E16
£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 Custom House visit works
- Tell us the whole listPhotos of each wall and a list of jobs get one fixed written price for Custom House E16 the same working day.
- Detector out before the drillStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits precast concrete and blockwork.
- Tested and tidiedFixings 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 Custom House
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 Custom House
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Flat-pack assembly
£55 – £190
1–4 hrs
Wardrobes, beds, desks and drawer units built, levelled and anchored to the wall
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
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
Custom House E16 books this 6-job shortlist more than anything else, because 50% of homes here are flats. All 14 fixed prices sit on the shared 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 Custom House
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice across E16.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the E16 visit across E16, with this being a short walk from Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR).
DBS-checked and insured
For E16 bookings, £1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat in this 50% flats neighbourhood. It works the same way on every Custom House (E16) booking.
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking on Newham bookings.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Custom House
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 Newham visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Newham 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 Custom House
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a E16 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- 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.
- A stud, pipe and cable scan before drilling, every fixing set to a level and load-tested in front of you.
- Parking, permits and any charge zone sorted with London Borough of Newham by us, not added to your bill on the day.
Not included — and why
- Gas appliances and pipework, which legally belong to a Gas Safe engineer.
- Part P notifiable electrics — new circuits and boards — go to a registered electrician, not a handyman.
- Load-bearing or structural changes, which need building control approval from London Borough of Newham 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 Custom House
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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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Other work we do in Custom House
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Custom House flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A E16 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 Custom House flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in E16, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Custom House move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from E16 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Custom House in context
Most of Custom House reads the same way from the pavement: new-build flats, 1960s estate maisonettes and terraced housing. precast concrete panels and dense blockwork is what we meet most in E16, and Custom House station and Victoria Dock is the fixed point crews route by.
What is behind the plaster in Custom House is decided by when it was built. New-build flats, 1960s estate maisonettes and terraced housing. Across the 3,330 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 24% 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. Construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts. Where London Borough of Newham needs a visitor permit or a bay suspension we book it, and newham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ.
- Housing mix here: 50% flats to 50% houses, 9,552 residents in total
- Wall we meet most in E16: Precast concrete and blockwork — sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt
- Van access and parking: construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts
- E16 covered, Custom House station and Victoria Dock to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where Custom House sits in our coverage
Custom House is one of the neighbourhoods on our handyman work in Newham page, which sits under handyman work across London. Same-week crews working this postcode also cover handyman work in Royal Docks E16 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Canning Town E16 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Plaistow E13 (1.2 miles), handyman work in West Ham and Plaistow E13 (1.2 miles) and handyman work in Beckton E6 (1.5 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 Custom House.
Most booked alongside this in Custom House
Custom House E16 at a glance
- Area
- Custom House, Newham
- Postcodes served
- E16
- Nearest station
- Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR)
- 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
- Newham sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Custom House)
- 9,552
- Households (Custom House)
- 3,330
- Typical visit
- Half a day in E16
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Custom House (E02000749) — the published geography that covers Custom House, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Custom House E16 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in E16 in this 50% flats neighbourhood, with 24% of E16 homes being privately rented. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on Newham bookings, with this being a short walk from Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR). Send the list and we confirm one written figure in Custom House.
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 Newham bookings, with 24% of E16 homes being privately rented. The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on the streets near Custom House station and Victoria Dock, with 49% social-rented stock nearby. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole for Custom House (E16) addresses.
Please do: one visit to Custom House beats three on E16 jobs. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over on the streets near Custom House station and Victoria Dock, with 50% of Custom House homes being houses. The estimator above prices the batch, with Custom House station and Victoria Dock a few streets away, so you see the Custom House figure before committing to anything across E16.
Swapping an existing socket face, switch or light fitting in Custom House is fine in this 50% flats neighbourhood, with 49% social-rented stock nearby, and it is tested before we leave. We stop at Part P: no new circuits, no consumer units, no bathroom electrics for Custom House (E16) addresses. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should in Custom House, with this being a short walk from Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR).
Construction diversions, estate service roads and new blocks with booked lifts on E16 jobs. London Borough of Newham visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price around Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR), with this being London Borough of Newham territory. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit across E16, with 26% one-person households here, so the clock starts when the work does.
Everyday fixings and filler are ours to supply: they are priced into the job before we arrive in Custom House on the Custom House rounds, with 26% owner-occupation locally. Because precast concrete and blockwork is what we expect here, the right anchors for it are on board before the van sets off on Newham bookings, with this being a short walk from Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR). Specified items — a particular handle, a named tap — are bought at cost and the receipt goes on your invoice on the streets near Custom House station and Victoria Dock, with 26% one-person households here.
Yes. Every area in Newham has its own page around Custom House (Elizabeth line, DLR), and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of E16, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price across E16, with 24% of E16 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 Custom House E16
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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