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Handyman in Roehampton, SW15
Handyman in Roehampton, SW15, in Wandsworth: alton estate towers and slab blocks, university halls and 1930s semis, so the walls here are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, often with surface conduit. The list we are booked for most is safety fixings, door furniture and shelving drilled into concrete with an SDS, and the failure we are called back to fix is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it.
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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 Wandsworth permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Roehampton
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Roehampton homes are flats
- 75%Roehampton homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Roehampton
- 9,539Households in Roehampton
Instant estimate
Price your Roehampton job list
Estimated for Roehampton SW15
£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 Roehampton visit works
- Tell us the whole listA photo per wall lets us read the substrate before quoting, so the Roehampton SW15 price we send is the price you pay.
- Scan first, drill secondStud, pipe and cable detector out first, dust sheets down, then the anchor that suits precast concrete and blockwork.
- 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 Roehampton
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
Why Hello Services
Why Hello Services in Roehampton
Packaging leaves with us
Flat-pack cardboard, polystyrene and old fittings go in the van at the end of the SW15 visit on the Roehampton rounds, with 40% social-rented stock nearby.
DBS-checked and insured
£1m public liability and a tradesperson you would be happy to leave in the flat on this side of Wandsworth.
Photographed and load-tested
Each fixing tested and documented, so landlords and agents get evidence without asking on SW15 jobs.
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Roehampton wall before the first hole — not after the leak on Wandsworth bookings, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory.
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Roehampton
| 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 |
| TV mounting | £85 | £165 | 1–2 hrs | Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked |
| 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 |
| 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
TV mounting
£85 – £165
1–2 hrs
Bracket into the correct substrate, screen levelled, cables dropped or trunked
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
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
Because 75% of homes here are flats, Roehampton SW15 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 Roehampton
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 Roehampton
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a SW15 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- Van-stock anchors chosen for precast concrete and blockwork, including SDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, at no extra charge.
- Scanning, levelling and load-testing on every hole — plus packaging and old fittings taken away.
- 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
- Anything gas — boilers, hobs, pipework — is Gas Safe territory and we will not touch it in Roehampton SW15.
- 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 Wandsworth first.
- 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
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Guides
Read before you book
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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Related services
Other work we do in Roehampton
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Roehampton 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 Roehampton flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW15, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Roehampton 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
Roehampton in context
The Alton Estate's modernist slabs beside Richmond Park's Roehampton Gate. Alton Estate towers and slab blocks, university halls and 1930s semis, which is why SW15 work is dominated by precast concrete panels and dense blockwork. The Alton Estate and Richmond Park is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Roehampton reads as the Alton Estate's modernist slabs beside Richmond Park's Roehampton Gate, and the walls follow the stock. Alton Estate towers and slab blocks, university halls and 1930s semis. That puts precast concrete and blockwork behind most fixings we make in SW15. The anchor that suits it is sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt — realistically holding 50 kg-plus per fixing once it is load-tested.
35% of Roehampton households own their home and 31% are single-person, which is why so many SW15 bookings are one long list saved up for a single half-day visit at £190. Getting to you is part of the price: slab blocks with limited lifts, long walkway carries and steep estate approaches London Borough of Wandsworth permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, and wandsworth sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ.
- Housing mix here: 75% flats to 25% houses, 25,980 residents in total
- Default fixing for Roehampton: sDS drill, 8 mm hole, sleeve anchor or screwbolt, load-tested to 50 kg-plus per fixing
- Access: slab blocks with limited lifts, long walkway carries and steep estate approaches
- We work the whole of SW15, including everything within walking distance of The Alton Estate and Richmond Park
Where Roehampton sits in our coverage
Everything we fit in Roehampton 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 Putney SW15 (under ½ mile), handyman work in Barnes SW13 (1.5 miles), handyman work in Southfields SW18 (1.6 miles), handyman work in Wimbledon SW19 (2.5 miles) and handyman work in Richmond TW9 (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 Roehampton.
Most booked alongside this in Roehampton
Roehampton SW15 at a glance
- Area
- Roehampton, Wandsworth
- Postcodes served
- SW15
- Nearest station
- East Putney (District)
- 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
- Wandsworth sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Roehampton)
- 25,980
- Households (Roehampton)
- 9,539
- 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 Roehampton North East, Roehampton North West, Roehampton South & Putney Vale (E02000935, E02000938, E02000945) — the published geography that covers Roehampton, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Roehampton SW15 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW15 in this 75% flats neighbourhood, with 25% of Roehampton homes being houses. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 for Roehampton (SW15) addresses, with 40% social-rented stock nearby. Send the list and we confirm one written figure in Roehampton.
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 in this 75% flats neighbourhood, with Wandsworth parking rules in play. The risk we guard against here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it around East Putney (District), with The Alton Estate and Richmond Park a few streets away. Every wall is scanned for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole in Roehampton.
Batching is the whole point of a SW15 half-day slot on this side of Wandsworth. 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 across SW15, with 75% of homes here being flats. 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 9,539 households on this patch.
In Roehampton, replacing what is already there — faceplates, switches, pendants — yes on this side of Wandsworth, with this being a short walk from East Putney (District), with a test on completion. Anything notifiable under Part P — new circuits, a consumer unit, bathroom zones — needs a registered electrician instead in this 75% flats neighbourhood, with 35% owner-occupation locally. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should around East Putney (District), with The Alton Estate and Richmond Park a few streets away. Ask for it in writing before the SW15 visit and it is on the job sheet.
Slab blocks with limited lifts, long walkway carries and steep estate approaches on this side of Wandsworth. London Borough of Wandsworth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price across SW15, with Wandsworth parking rules in play. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit on the streets near The Alton Estate and Richmond Park, with 31% one-person households here, 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 SW15 figure you were quoted around East Putney (District), with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood. Because precast concrete and blockwork is what we expect here, the right anchors for it are on board before the van sets off across SW15, with 9,539 households on this patch. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up on this side of Wandsworth, with 31% one-person households here.
Yes. Every area in Wandsworth has its own page across SW15, 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 East Putney (District), with a median age of 33 in this neighbourhood.
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 Roehampton 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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