Handypeople in Southwark.

Most small, self-contained home jobs. Common Southwark bookings include flat-pack and furniture assembly, kitchen unit assembly, TV wall mounting, shelving installation, picture and mirror hanging, curtain and blind fitting, door fitting, door adjustment, lock changes, sealant and grouting, minor repairs and general maintenance. The kind of work varies a lot across the borough. In the Bermondsey and riverside new-builds it's often mounting and assembly in fresh flats, while the Peckham, Camberwell, Nunhead and East Dulwich terraces and conversions bring more alcove shelving, door rehanging and resealing in older rooms. When you book, describe the job and the room honestly so the handyperson turns up with the right fixings and tools. If the task turns out to need a specialist, for example anything touching the gas supply or fixed wiring, they'll tell you and you can book a plumber or electrician instead.

Yes, and it's one of the most asked-for jobs across the older parts of the borough. Chimney-breast alcoves in the terraces and conversions around Peckham, Camberwell, Nunhead and East Dulwich are rarely square, and the walls are often lath and plaster or dot-and-dab over brick rather than solid plasterboard, so a handyperson will check what they're fixing into before drilling. They can scribe shelves to fit an uneven recess, use the right wall plugs or anchors for the wall type, and make sure brackets land on something solid. Tell them the alcove width, roughly how deep you want the shelves and what you plan to store, because a run of paperback shelves and a shelf holding a heavy hi-fi or a row of plant pots need different fixings. If you want a fully built-in painted cupboard rather than open shelving, that crosses into carpentry or joinery and is a bigger job, so flag it when you book so the right person and a realistic visit length are set aside.

Usually yes, but the wall matters and the converted warehouses and riverside new-builds around Bermondsey and the river throw up a real mix. You might be fixing into solid brick, a steel-framed partition, a thick concrete or block wall, or a lightweight plasterboard stud wall, sometimes within the same flat. A handyperson will use a stud and metal detector to work out what's behind the surface, then choose fixings rated for the TV's weight. For a heavy TV, over about 25kg, they'll aim to anchor into studs or solid masonry, or use plasterboard anchors rated for the load where the studs aren't in the right place. Tell them the screen size and weight and the bracket type when you book, fixed flat, tilting or full-motion, so they bring the correct mount and fixings. If you also want the cables hidden inside a stud wall and that involves a new socket or any fixed mains work, that part is for an electrician, not a handyperson.

Prices on Loacally are set by each provider and shown before you book, so you're not waiting on a quote after the visit. The borough's range is part of the story: a simple assembly job in a Bermondsey riverside flat and an alcove shelving fit in a Peckham Victorian terrace with lath-and-plaster walls are priced differently because they're different jobs. As rough London guidance, a small task such as a single picture or shelf hang tends to sit around £50 to £90. Hourly rates run from about £45 to £75, and most providers apply a minimum charge for the visit itself. Booking several small jobs together into one half-day of three to four hours is consistently the best-value arrangement in a borough where the older terraces generate a steady list of small tasks, with that kind of visit typically running between £170 and £280. Flat-pack wardrobe assembly commonly falls between £80 and £160. Payment is arranged directly between you and the provider, since Loacally doesn't take payment on the platform.

No, and that's the law rather than a Loacally policy. A handyperson must not carry out notifiable gas work, which only a Gas Safe registered engineer is allowed to do, so anything involving a boiler, gas hob, gas fire or the gas supply itself is off-limits to them. The same goes for fixed electrical work that falls under Part P of the building regulations, such as a new circuit, a consumer unit change or new fixed wiring, which is an electrician's job. A handyperson can still do plenty that sits safely outside those rules, for example swapping a like-for-like light fitting where the wiring is unchanged, fitting a plug-in appliance or putting up a bracket near a socket. If a job you've booked turns out to cross into gas or fixed electrical work once they see it, they'll stop and tell you, and you can book a Gas Safe engineer or a Part P electrician on Loacally instead. When you book, describe the job plainly so the right trade is matched from the start and you're not paying for a visit that can't be completed.

It depends on who has slots open near you. Our Southwark network is small and still growing, so on some days you'll see a handyperson with availability this week and on others the nearest free slot is further out or a short distance beyond the borough boundary. Each profile shows live slot availability, so you book a time that genuinely works rather than chasing callbacks. If you can't see a slot that suits you, it's worth widening your dates or checking again in a few days as more local handypeople come on board. For a job that's not urgent, such as a list of small fixes or some flat-pack assembly, booking a little further ahead usually gives you more choice of times and lets you group several tasks into one visit. If something is genuinely pressing, describe it clearly when you book so the handyperson knows what they're walking into and can confirm whether they can help on the day.