Camden · NW3 · Mirror and artwork hanging
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Swiss Cottage fitters · Fixed written pricesSwiss Cottage NW3 is a regular stop on our Camden round. Finchley Road's shops and library beside 1930s flats and post-war blocks, so mirror and artwork hanging here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £45, in writing, with insured fitters, fixings rated above the weight and old holes made good.
Overview
Booked mostly by renter-heavy households around Swiss Cottage, mirror and artwork hanging here covers supply-free fitting from £45. With 89% of Swiss Cottage's 3,083 homes in flats, lift access and stair carries in NW3 shape the slot length we hold.
How it works
Step 1
The piece is weighed and the wall sounded — solid, stud, dot-and-dab or lath — because that decides the fixing.
Step 2
Cables and pipes traced before drilling; shallow chases behind switches are the usual London hazard.
Step 3
Centre set at eye line, lower over a mantel or headboard, marked with a laser rather than a guess.
Step 4
Cleat, D-rings or a track fitted, the piece lifted on and checked level end to end.
Step 5
Old holes filled, dust vacuumed, packaging taken away.
Why choose us
One fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell. Finchley Road is a red route; loading is from side streets with permits and lift booking in the blocks.
Most slots are within 48 hours, with evenings and Saturdays for restricted buildings. Swiss Cottage (Jubilee) is the nearest station, so a NW3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
We expect lath and plaster over timber studs in NW3, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 46% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does in NW3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Swiss Cottage, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the pattern behind 3,083 households inside the NW3 neighbourhood.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every heavy mirror is photographed on its fixing for the job record.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Framed picture up to 10kg | £45 | 15–30 min | One fixing, but the wall is scanned first — London plaster hides shallow pipes and cables. |
| Additional piece, same visit | £20 | 10–20 min | Call-out, sweep and dust sheets are already paid for on the first item. |
| Mirror 10–30kg | £65 | 30–50 min | Two-point fixing into something structural, then a laser check across the width. |
| Overmantel or full-length mirror above 30kg | £95 | 45–90 min | Plate glass needs a cleat rated well above the weight and two people to lift it. |
| Gallery wall, 5–9 pieces | £140 | 1.5–2.5 hrs | Set out on the floor and templated on the wall before a hole goes in. |
| Rail or track hanging system, per 2m | £110 | 1–1.5 hrs | A track spreads the load and lets tenants rehang without new holes. |
Framed picture up to 10kg
£45 · 15–30 min
One fixing, but the wall is scanned first — London plaster hides shallow pipes and cables.
Additional piece, same visit
£20 · 10–20 min
Call-out, sweep and dust sheets are already paid for on the first item.
Mirror 10–30kg
£65 · 30–50 min
Two-point fixing into something structural, then a laser check across the width.
Overmantel or full-length mirror above 30kg
£95 · 45–90 min
Plate glass needs a cleat rated well above the weight and two people to lift it.
Gallery wall, 5–9 pieces
£140 · 1.5–2.5 hrs
Set out on the floor and templated on the wall before a hole goes in.
Rail or track hanging system, per 2m
£110 · 1–1.5 hrs
A track spreads the load and lets tenants rehang without new holes.
Prices include the fixings, a cable and pipe detector sweep and a laser level check. Made-good filling of old holes is included; full redecoration is not. Permits, ULEZ and the Congestion Charge where they apply are itemised in the written quote.
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Coverage
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Working in Swiss Cottage
The NW3 stock around Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence is mainly Victorian. ONS records 89% flats, 11% houses and 3,083 households in Swiss Cottage.
Owner-occupation runs at 33% in Swiss Cottage, so alongside the 46% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in NW3, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 46% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does behind the plaster in NW3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Swiss Cottage, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the pattern behind 3,083 households inside the NW3 neighbourhood is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Swiss Cottage knows the pattern near Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence: finchley Road's shops and library beside 1930s flats and post-war blocks. We plan the NW3 visit around it. Swiss Cottage sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: finchley Road is a red route; loading is from side streets with permits and lift booking in the blocks. Swiss Cottage (Jubilee) is the nearest station, and one fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Swiss Cottage and what they live in decides how mirror and artwork hanging is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Swiss Cottage neighbourhood itself — not Camden-wide averages, and not estimates.
7,117
Residents
Swiss Cottage neighbourhood, Census 2021
3,083
Households
Median age 35.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
35.7%
Privately rented
45.9%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhood Swiss Cottage (E02000182) — the published geography that covers Swiss Cottage, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the NW3 district: 51.5523, -0.1725 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
Framed picture up to 10kg starts at £45 in Swiss Cottage across NW3 — and 89% of homes here being flats, with this being London Borough of Camden territory, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked. Weight and wall type set the price: dot-and-dab, lath and steel lintels each need a different anchor on the streets near Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence, with 46% of NW3 homes being privately rented.
Yes. In Swiss Cottage we meet lath and plaster over timber studs in NW3 — and 46% of NW3 homes being privately rented, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 46% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, with this being London Borough of Camden territory, so the mirror goes onto a French cleat spanning two studs on NW3 jobs, or through-fixes to the masonry behind. The board never carries the weight. The failure we undo most here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Swiss Cottage across NW3 — and this being London Borough of Camden territory, with Camden parking rules in play, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the pattern behind 3,083 households inside the NW3 neighbourhood.
Often — with 89% of Swiss Cottage homes being flats, smaller frames are the usual way to fill a wall in Swiss Cottage, with 36% one-person households here. 5 hours from £140, templated before drilling.
46% of homes here are privately rented, so this comes up weekly on NW3 jobs. We fit a picture rail or track — two fixings, not twenty — and can return at check-out to remove it and fill the holes around Swiss Cottage (Jubilee), with Camden parking rules in play.
Fitters carry £5m public liability cover and every heavy mirror is photographed on its fixing for the job record across NW3, with a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood. That paperwork is what most Camden letting agents and managing agents ask for before work starts in a leasehold flat on the streets near Swiss Cottage Library by Basil Spence, with this being London Borough of Camden territory.
Replacing broken glass or reframing — that is a framer's job; Structural work, new lintels or plastering beyond making good the holes; Hanging into asbestos insulating board on Camden bookings, with 36% one-person households here — and 33% owner-occupation locally, which needs a licensed contractor. Anything outside that scope is quoted separately so the Swiss Cottage NW3 price you agree is the price you pay on the Swiss Cottage rounds, with Camden parking rules in play.
All three. With 46% of Swiss Cottage privately rented and 33% owner-occupied, roughly half the NW3 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door on Camden bookings — and 33% owner-occupation locally, with 21% social-rented stock nearby.
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Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Swiss Cottage NW3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of camden.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
