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Handyman in Tooting, SW17
Odd jobs in Tooting (SW17, Wandsworth) are decided by what is behind the plaster: lath and plaster over timber studs, with solid brick on the party and external walls. Most SW17 visits are alcove shelving and a TV bracket, both fixed through the plaster into something solid. We scan for studs, pipes and cables before the first hole, every time.
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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 Wandsworth permits, ULEZ and packaging removal already inside the price
The service, locally
Handyman work in Tooting
- Per hour, one-hour minimum
- £55Per hour, one-hour minimum
- Tooting homes are flats
- 60%Tooting homes are flats
- Fixed-price jobs
- 14Fixed-price jobs
- Households in Tooting
- 22,241Households in Tooting
Instant estimate
Price your Tooting job list
Estimated for Tooting SW17
£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 Tooting visit works
- Photos and a listSend every job in one message and we return a single written figure for the Tooting SW17 visit, same working day.
- We scan, then 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.
- Signed off with youWe 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 Tooting
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
Fixed prices
Handyman prices in Tooting
| 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 |
| 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
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
Locks, handles and door furniture
£70 – £160
1–2 hrs
Euro cylinders, mortice locks, thumb turns and handles swapped like for like
Tooting SW17 books this 6-job shortlist more than anything else, because 60% 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 Tooting
We scan before we drill
Stud, pipe and cable detector on every Tooting wall before the first hole — not after the leak on this side of Wandsworth, with 22,241 households on this patch.
One visit, one fixed price
Your whole SW17 list quoted in writing the same working day, with no doorstep re-quote on this side of Wandsworth.
The right anchor for the wall
We carry the lot, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster on the streets near Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido — and this being a short walk from Tooting Broadway (Northern), with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood, which crumbles the key and drops the panel is what a rushed job leaves behind.
Permits and parking included
London Borough of Wandsworth visitor permits and suspensions are arranged and paid for by us in Tooting.
Rates and local costs
Hourly, half day or full day in Tooting
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 Tooting
Included in every visit
- An insured, DBS-checked tradesperson who brings everything needed for a SW17 visit — tools, steps and floor protection.
- 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 SW17 fixings go into.
- Detector before drill, laser line rather than eye, and a load test on each fixing before we sign off.
- broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets — we plan the Tooting SW17 arrival around it and settle permits with London Borough of Wandsworth ourselves.
Not included — and why
- Gas appliances and pipework, which legally belong to a Gas Safe engineer.
- 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 SW17 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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Related services
Other work we do in Tooting
End of tenancy cleaning
Fixing holes filled and touched in, then the whole Tooting flat cleaned for check-out.
One-off deep cleaning
A SW17 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 Tooting flat.
Moving services
Furniture dismantled in SW17, moved, then rebuilt and re-anchored the same day.
House removals
A full Tooting move where the beds and wardrobes come apart and go back together properly.
House clearance
Old furniture and broken fittings taken away from SW17 before the new ones go up.
About the area
Tooting in context
Two covered markets, St George's Hospital and one of London's best food streets. Victorian terraces, many split into flats, plus 1930s estates, which is why SW17 work is dominated by lath and plaster over timber studs. Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido is the landmark most customers navigate by.
Tooting reads as two covered markets, St George's Hospital and one of London's best food streets, and the walls follow the stock. Victorian terraces, many split into flats, plus 1930s estates. That puts lath and plaster behind most fixings we make in SW17. On that wall we use locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws, and we will tell you the honest ceiling: up to 25 kg into a stud, nothing into the plaster itself.
Because 40% 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. Broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets. 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.
- 22,241 households in Tooting, 60% of them flats — the ratio that decides lift, stairs and drilling noise windows
- Wall we meet most in SW17: Lath and plaster — locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws
- Nearest station Tooting Broadway (Northern); broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets
- We work the whole of SW17, including everything within walking distance of Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido
Where Tooting sits in our coverage
Tooting is one of the neighbourhoods on our handyman work in Wandsworth page, which sits under handyman work across London. Nearest pages to this one, in travel order: handyman work in Balham SW12 (1.3 miles), handyman work in Streatham SW16 (1.7 miles), handyman work in Colliers Wood SW19 (1.7 miles), handyman work in Earlsfield SW18 (1.8 miles) and handyman work in Mitcham CR4 (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 Tooting.
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Tooting SW17 at a glance
- Area
- Tooting, Wandsworth
- Postcodes served
- SW17
- Nearest station
- Tooting Broadway (Northern)
- 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
- Wandsworth sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Residents (Tooting)
- 53,871
- Households (Tooting)
- 22,241
- Typical visit
- Half a day in SW17
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Tooting Bec Common, Tooting Bec East, Tooting Bec West, Tooting East, Tooting North, Tooting West, Upper Tooting (E02000948, E02000951, E02000952, E02000954, E02000955, E02000956, E02000957) — the published geography that covers Tooting, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL).
Questions
Tooting SW17 handyman questions
£55 an hour with a one-hour minimum, £190 for a half day and £340 for a full day in SW17 in Tooting, with 60% of homes here being flats. Fixed-price jobs start at £55 — flat-pack from £55, TV mounting from £85, shelving from £65 on this side of Wandsworth, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory. Send the list and we confirm one written figure on SW17 jobs.
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 on this side of Wandsworth — and 16% social-rented stock nearby, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood. The risk we guard against here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Tooting, with Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth bookings.
Please do: one visit to Tooting beats three. One arrival, one set of dust sheets and one London Borough of Wandsworth permit covers the whole list instead of being repeated per visit on the Tooting rounds, with 60% of homes here being flats. Photos of each SW17 wall let us sequence the list so the noisy drilling is done in one block for Tooting (SW17) addresses, with this being London Borough of Wandsworth territory.
Swapping an existing socket face, switch or light fitting in Tooting is fine on Wandsworth bookings, with 40% of SW17 homes being privately rented, and it is tested before we leave. We stop at Part P: no new circuits, no consumer units, no bathroom electrics in this 60% flats neighbourhood. Gas work of any kind is Gas Safe registered work and we will not touch it — we will tell you who should for Tooting (SW17) addresses, with 40% of Tooting homes being houses.
Broadway red route, market loading windows and permit-only terraced streets around Tooting Broadway (Northern). London Borough of Wandsworth visitor permits and bay suspensions are arranged and paid for by us and sit inside the quoted price in Tooting, with 16% social-rented stock nearby. Concierge sign-in and goods-lift booking are done before the visit on this side of Wandsworth, with 40% of SW17 homes being privately rented, so the clock starts when the work does.
Standard screws, plugs, resin and hollow-wall anchors, silicone and filler come out of the van and are already in the price on SW17 jobs, with 40% of SW17 homes being privately rented. We stock for the Tooting substrate specifically, with Tooting Market and Tooting Bec Lido a few streets away — and 16% social-rented stock nearby, so locate the timber lath studs, fix through into the stud with 5 × 80 mm screws does not turn into a trip to a merchant on the Tooting rounds. If you want a specific part supplied, we buy it at cost and show you the receipt; there is no mark-up across SW17, with a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood.
Yes. Every area in Wandsworth has its own page in Tooting, and we cross borough boundaries constantly. If your address sits on the edge of SW17, book the nearest page and we will confirm the same fixed price for Tooting (SW17) addresses, with 40% of SW17 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 Tooting SW17
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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