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Handyman in Earlsfield, SW18
A bracket is only as good as the wall it is in. Earlsfield sits in Wandsworth, where the stock produces dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with metal stud partitions between rooms — 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
- Dot-and-dab plasterboard 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 Wandsworth permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Earlsfield
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Earlsfield homes are flats
- 61%Earlsfield homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Earlsfield
- 7,243Households in Earlsfield
Instant estimate
Price your Earlsfield job list
Estimated for Earlsfield SW18
£135 – £375
Slot needed: Half day
- Flat-pack assembly
- £55 – £190
- TV mounting
- £85 – £165
- 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 Earlsfield visit works
- Send your job listA photo per wall lets us read the substrate before quoting, so the Earlsfield SW18 price we send is the price you pay.
- Detector out before the drillStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits dot-and-dab plasterboard.
- 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 Earlsfield
Most likely here
Dot-and-dab plasterboard — 1990s onward new builds and conversions
Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor. Realistic load: 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone. What goes wrong: short screws that only grip the board, then lever it off the dabs.
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 Earlsfield
| 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 |
| Curtain poles and blinds | £60 | £150 | 1–3 hrs | Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard |
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| Mirrors, art and heavy hanging | £55 | £130 | 1–2 hrs | Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall |
| Locks, handles and door furniture | £70 | £160 | 1–2 hrs | Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like |
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
Curtain poles and blinds
£60 – £150
1–3 hrs
Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
Mirrors, art and heavy hanging
£55 – £130
1–2 hrs
Heavy mirrors and framed pieces hung level on the right anchor for the wall
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Earlsfield SW18 books this 6-job shortlist more than anything else, because 61% 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 Earlsfield
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on the streets near King George's Park.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the SW18 visit on SW18 jobs, with 61% of homes here being flats.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat on SW18 jobs.
Photographed and load-tested
In Earlsfield, each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking in this 61% flats neighbourhood. Ask for it in writing before the SW18 visit and it is on the job sheet.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Earlsfield
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 Wandsworth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quoted figure.
- Charging zones
- Wandsworth 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 Earlsfield
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a SW18 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- Fixings matched to dot-and-dab plasterboard — Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor 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.
- Access worked out in advance for Earlsfield SW18, with London Borough of Wandsworth 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.
- Part P notifiable electrics — new circuits and boards — go to a registered electrician, not a handyman.
- Structural alterations and anything needing London Borough of Wandsworth building control sign-off.
- Drilling into suspected asbestos: pre-2000 dot-and-dab plasterboard 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
Handyman work around Earlsfield
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Guides
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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 Earlsfield
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Earlsfield flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SW18 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 Earlsfield flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW18, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Earlsfield move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SW18 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Earlsfield in context
Garratt Lane's independents and quiet grids of Victorian terraces. Victorian terraces in family use or split into two flats, plus new-build near the station, which is why SW18 work is dominated by dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork. King George's Park is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Census 2021 counts 18,610 residents in Earlsfield, 61% of them in flats. Victorian terraces in family use or split into two flats, plus new-build near the station. Practically, that means dot-and-dab plasterboard and a fixing chosen for it. On that wall we use long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor, and we will tell you the honest ceiling: 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone.
Because 32% 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. Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and railway-bridge height limits. Where London Borough of Wandsworth needs a visitor permit or a bay suspension we book it, and wandsworth sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ.
- 61% flats, 39% houses across 7,243 Earlsfield households (ONS Census 2021)
- Wall we meet most in SW18: Dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Nearest station Earlsfield (South Western); narrow terraced streets, permit bays and railway-bridge height limits
- SW18 covered, King George's Park to the borough boundary, £190 a half day
Where Earlsfield sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Earlsfield is booked through our handyman work in Wandsworth page, which sits under handyman work across London. Nearest pages to this one, in travel order: handyman work in Wandsworth Town SW18 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Southfields SW18 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Clapham Junction SW11 (1.7 miles), handyman work in Tooting SW17 (1.8 miles) and handyman work in Balham SW12 (1.9 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 Earlsfield.
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Earlsfield SW18 at a glance
- Area
- Earlsfield, Wandsworth
- Postcodes served
- SW18
- Nearest station
- Earlsfield (South Western)
- Dominant wall construction
- dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with metal stud partitions between rooms
- Fixing we use most
- Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor
- Realistic load
- 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone
- Most-booked list
- TV mounting and flat-pack assembly on the day the keys are handed over
- Watch out for
- short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs
- Charging zones
- Wandsworth sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Earlsfield)
- 18,610
- Households (Earlsfield)
- 7,243
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SW18
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Earlsfield North, Earlsfield South (E02000941, E02000946) — the published geography that covers Earlsfield, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Earlsfield SW18 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW18 in this 61% flats neighbourhood, with 7,243 households on this patch. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on Wandsworth bookings, with 26% one-person households here. Send the list and we confirm one written figure in Earlsfield.
Yes. Locally that usually means dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind in Earlsfield, with 16% social-rented stock nearby — and a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood, or a spread-load anchor, holding around 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone. The risk we guard against here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on Wandsworth bookings, with 61% of homes here being flats. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole in this 61% flats neighbourhood.
Please do: one visit to Earlsfield beats three. 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 for Earlsfield (SW18) addresses, with Wandsworth 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 on the streets near King George's Park, with 61% of homes here being flats.
Like-for-like socket faces, switches and light fittings, yes, tested on completion on the streets near King George's Park. Anything notifiable under Part P — new circuits, a consumer unit, bathroom zones — needs a registered electrician instead on SW18 jobs, with 7,243 households on this patch. No gas work at all: that is Gas Safe territory and we say so on the phone rather than on the day on the Earlsfield rounds, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
Narrow terraced streets, permit bays and railway-bridge height limits for Earlsfield (SW18) addresses. London Borough of Wandsworth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price on the streets near King George's Park, with 51% owner-occupation locally. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit on Wandsworth bookings, with King George's Park a few streets away, 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 Earlsfield on the streets near King George's Park, with 7,243 households on this patch. Because dot-and-dab plasterboard is what we expect here, the right anchors for it are on board before the van sets off for Earlsfield (SW18) addresses, with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood. Specified items — a particular handle, a named tap — are bought at cost and the receipt goes on your invoice on this side of Wandsworth, with Wandsworth parking rules in play.
Yes. Every area in Wandsworth has its own page across SW18, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SW18, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price on the Earlsfield rounds, with this being a short walk from Earlsfield (South Western).
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 Earlsfield SW18
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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