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Handyman in Putney, SW15
Around Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start in Putney, SW15, the stock gives us dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork, with metal stud partitions between rooms — which is why the same shelf takes twenty minutes in one flat and an hour in the next. The usual Wandsworth instruction is TV mounting and flat-pack assembly on the day the keys are handed over.
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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 Putney
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Putney homes are flats
- 72%Putney homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Putney
- 20,613Households in Putney
Instant estimate
Price your Putney job list
Estimated for Putney SW15
£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 Putney visit works
- Photos and a listPhotos of each wall and a list of jobs get one fixed written price for Putney SW15 the same working day.
- We scan, then drillNothing is drilled blind: we scan, mark, protect the floor and choose for dot-and-dab plasterboard.
- Tested and tidiedWe load-test each fixing, take the cardboard and old fittings away, and walk the list with you — London Borough of Wandsworth permits already settled.
- Get my price
Walls and fixings
What is behind the plaster in Putney
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
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Putney
Permits and parking included
London Borough of Wandsworth visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us on this side of Wandsworth. On Putney jobs we confirm it when the slot is booked, not on the day.
Fixings and filler included
Screws, plugs, resin, silicone and filler come from the van, not from your invoice on this side of Wandsworth.
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the SW15 visit on Wandsworth bookings, with 20,613 households on this patch.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat for Putney (SW15) addresses.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Putney
| 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 |
| Curtain poles and blinds | £60 | £150 | 1–3 hrs | Poles, tracks and blinds fixed to timber, brick or reinforced plasterboard |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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
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
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
Putney SW15 books this 6-job shortlist more than anything else, because 72% 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.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Putney
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 Putney
Included in every visit
- One vetted fitter for the whole Putney SW15 list, with ladders, tools and sheets already in the van.
- Long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor and the rest of our van stock, because dot-and-dab plasterboard is what most SW15 fixings go into.
- 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 Wandsworth by us, not added to your bill on the day.
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 Wandsworth building control sign-off.
- Asbestos disturbance — pre-2000 artex, soffits and boards near SW15 are surveyed, never drilled blind.
The full scope policy, the complete fixings matrix and every fixed price sit on one page: handyman reference.
Coverage
Handyman work around Putney
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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
Hourly, half-day and fixed job prices, with the London extras that quietly add to a quote.
9 min read
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.
7 min read
Wall fixings guide: which anchor holds in which London wall
The fixing that actually holds in each London wall type, and the realistic load it will take.
8 min read
Related services
Other work we do in Putney
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Putney flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SW15 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 Putney flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW15, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Putney move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SW15 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Putney in context
Edwardian mansion flats, Victorian terraces and riverside apartments around Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start, and that stock decides the fixing: dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork first, everything else after. The Boat Race start, the embankment rowing clubs and the high street shops, so SW15 jobs reward a scan over a guess.
The Boat Race start, the embankment rowing clubs and the high street shops. For a handyman that matters long before the drill comes out: 72% of the 20,613 households around Putney are flats, and the fabric behind their plaster is dot-and-dab plasterboard. That substrate wants long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind, or a spread-load anchor; anything lighter is a call-back, and even done properly the sensible limit is 30 kg with a through-fixing, 8 kg on a hollow-wall anchor alone.
Tenure shapes the list too: 38% of homes here are privately rented and 47% owner-occupied, so we move between check-out make-good in SW15 lets and long-planned improvements in the same week. Boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts. Nearest arrival point for the team is Putney (South Western), and wandsworth sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ — none of it added to your invoice on the day.
- 72% flats, 28% houses across 20,613 Putney households (ONS Census 2021)
- Dot-and-dab plasterboard dominates Putney, so the van carries the anchors that suit it, not a generic pack
- Nearest station Putney (South Western); boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts
- We work the whole of SW15, including everything within walking distance of Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start
Where Putney sits in our coverage
Putney sits inside the coverage published on our handyman work in Wandsworth page, which sits under handyman work across London. The same crew works the adjoining postcodes too — handyman work in Roehampton SW15 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Barnes SW13 (1.5 miles), handyman work in Wandsworth Town SW18 (1.6 miles), handyman work in Southfields SW18 (1.6 miles) and handyman work in Fulham SW6 (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 Putney.
Most booked alongside this in Putney
Putney SW15 at a glance
- Area
- Putney, Wandsworth
- Postcodes served
- SW15
- Nearest station
- Putney (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 (Putney)
- 47,274
- Households (Putney)
- 20,613
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SW15
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods East Putney, Putney Embankment & Lower Common, Putney Town & Wandsworth Park, Putney West, Roehampton South & Putney Vale (E02000928, E02000932, E02000933, E02000936, E02000945) — the published geography that covers Putney, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Putney SW15 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW15 on the Putney rounds, with 28% of Putney homes being houses. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on Wandsworth bookings, with 14% social-rented stock nearby. Send the list and we confirm one written figure on the streets near Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start.
Yes. Locally that usually means dot-and-dab plasterboard — long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind on the Putney rounds, with 31% one-person households here — and this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory, 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 for Putney (SW15) addresses, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole in this 72% flats neighbourhood.
That is how we prefer to work in Putney for Putney (SW15) addresses. Once you are past three jobs, £190 for a half day beats paying the £55 hourly minimum three times over in Putney, with 28% of Putney homes being houses. Send photos of each wall with the list and the estimator on this page shows the one-visit saving before you book on Wandsworth bookings, with 14% social-rented stock nearby.
Replacing what is already there — faceplates, switches, pendants — yes on the Putney rounds, with this being a short walk from Putney (South Western), with a test on completion. Anything notifiable under Part P — new circuits, a consumer unit, bathroom zones — needs a registered electrician instead for Putney (SW15) addresses, with 47% owner-occupation locally. Gas is Gas Safe work full stop, with 14% social-rented stock nearby, so we decline it and point you at an engineer who is registered for it on the streets near Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start.
Boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts around Putney (South Western). London Borough of Wandsworth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price on SW15 jobs, with Wandsworth parking rules in play. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit on this side of Wandsworth, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, 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 Putney, with 28% of Putney homes being houses. We stock for the Putney substrate specifically, with Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start a few streets away, so long fixings through the void into the blockwork behind for Putney (SW15) addresses, or a spread-load anchor does not turn into a trip to a merchant. Specified items — a particular handle, a named tap — are bought at cost and the receipt goes on your invoice in this 72% flats neighbourhood, with 47% owner-occupation locally.
Yes. Every area in Wandsworth has its own page in Putney, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SW15, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price around Putney (South Western), with 47% owner-occupation locally.
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 Putney SW15
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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