Handyman cost per hour

Handyman cost per hour

A handyman helping out with small, odd jobs in your home can ease an overwhelming to-do-list, especially if you do not feel confident to drill into your own walls in preparation to hang curtain poles, mirrors, shelves, etc. The average daily rate for a handyman in the UK is £27 per hour but that rate can range from £10 per hour to £45 per hour depending on the local area.

Let HaMuch help you find your handyman by contacting them in your locality so you can check on their availability and find the hourly rate that suits you.

Handyman cost per day

The average daily rate for a handyman in the UK is £188 per day but when you are looking for a handyman it is not only the price you are comparing but what they are suggesting doing for the price and what experience and tools they will be using. If you are having someone come to fit a spotlight on your outside wall, you need to know that they will have a ladder long enough to reach where you need the spotlight placed. A lot of handymen are not VAT registered, so when you get their quote, it’s best to be clear and double check with them that there are no additional charges to be added onto your final invoice.

Choosing a handyman

Always insist on receiving your quote in writing, whether it is a hand-written quote given to you at the time of discussing the job or a quote emailed to you, so that before you give the ‘go-ahead’ for the work being quoted, you know exactly what service they will provide, and at what cost. This is the clearest way to avoid any arguments at the end of the project. Handyman jobs are usually jobs that require no upfront deposit, with payment made on completion of the job and often before they leave your home there is the expectation to have been paid.

Materials for the project are normally provided by you, waiting in your home for the day the handyman is booked in. Drill bits, extra screws or small bits they can provide but when chatting with them discussing your project let them know what you have and what surface they will be working on, e.g.; if they are there to erect a shed, let them know that the shed will be delivered and if you have a smooth base waiting or need them to first lay one and whether the shed will come equipped with roofing felt and all of the screws or if they arriving to hang some wall art, discuss the type of wall you have (dry wall or brick) and give them an idea of rough weight of the wall art and if a hanging kit has been provided.

Always try to get references from previous clients. Nowadays with Google, it is easier to Google them and see what experience other homeowners have had using them for various projects (this way you can also double check they have had experience they have claimed).

If the job requires two people, like hanging large heavy mirrors or assembling a bedroom suite, do check that they will have someone else on hand to help with the heavy lifting / holding of awkward sizes. You do not want to wait for your Ikea wardrobe only to have the handyman break it on construction because they thought they could do a 2 person build alone.

Never be shy to ask questions, as it is your home and your belongings being dealt with and you are paying for the service.

Handyman costs

Take your time to consider the project needing doing and walk around your home thinking about any additional small, odd jobs that they could do. This will save you money rather than calling them back on another day to complete jobs you missed.

Assembling a shed will take 3 to 4 hours and cost approximately £100 with an average hourly rate of £27. Mowing the lawn and weeding beds will take a couple of hours and cost £50.

If you are after having fittings professionally fitted on your walls, first consider the space, whether the room will best suit blinds or curtain poles, and purchase them first so that when you discussing with the handyman, they know exactly what is being fitted and if it requires them to drill into the wall or to hang from the ceiling. Drilling into a wall might require a drill capable of drilling through steel lintel so it is best they know exactly what the job entails.

Painting and decorating will probably take a day and cost an average daily rate of £188. Small plumbing jobs would not take long so you may be asked to pay a call out charge if it only takes an hour. For any small plumbing repair or maintenance jobs that you might have for the handyman in your home, you could seek their advice. If it is about re-siliconing around a bath, they might provide the silicone and use silicone that is better suited for a wet room with anti-mould properties.

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Handyman job costs in your home

JobEstimate
Erecting a garden shed, typical 2-3 hours work£150
Half day of hanging curtain poles and mirrors£150
1 hr of fixing a piece to the wall£50
Installing a battery Ring camera / device to outside wall£50
Cutting a curtain pole to size and hanging£60
Securing a wardrobe to the wall£60
Hanging 3x art / mirrors / bathroom accessories to a drywall£60
Hanging 3x art / mirrors / bathroom accessories to brick wall£80
Power jet washing a patio£50
Relaying some brickwork on a drive£70
Removing a redundant TV aerial on an outside wall / roof£70
Installing a cat or dog flap through a kitchen door£80
Re-hanging a loose internal door£70
Shaving some wood off an internal non fire door£20
Removing tiles from 1 small bathroom (4 walls)£200
Painting a door with oil paint provided£100
Painting a small room without any prep work needed£150
Painting a terraced garden fence (3 sections of fencing)£180
Painting a garden shed£150
Removing wallpaper from 1 room (4 walls)£150
Removing wallpaper from 1 wall and replastering£150
Fitting and replacing a kitchen or bathroom tap£120
Renewing silicone in a bathroom or kitchen£120
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Rates for other trades

Handyman Hourly Rate and Daily Rate
Handyman Hourly Rate and Daily Rate (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKHourly RateDaily Rate
Handyman near London£38£238
Handyman near Birmingham£28£209
Handyman near Leeds£26£215
Handyman near Glasgow£29£230
Handyman near Sheffield£26£196
Handyman near Bradford£26£211
Handyman near Liverpool£33£195
Handyman near Edinburgh£44£257
Handyman near Manchester£32£205
Handyman near Bristol£27£203
Handyman near Kirklees£29£218
Handyman near Fife£60£250
Handyman near Wirral£36£203
Handyman near North Lanarkshire£30£233
Handyman near Wakefield£26£211
Handyman near Cardiff£25£162
Handyman near Dudley£29£209
Handyman near Wigan£32£191
Handyman near East Riding£25£200
Handyman near South Lanarkshire£30£228
Handyman near Coventry£28£188
Handyman near Belfast£17£138
Handyman near Leicester£29£165
Handyman near Sunderland£23£166
Handyman near Sandwell£29£209
Handyman near Doncaster£28£195
Handyman near Stockport£33£207
Handyman near Sefton£34£192
Handyman near Nottingham£24£167
Handyman near Newcastle Upon Tyne£23£168
Handyman near Kingston-upon-Hull£25£200
Handyman near Bolton£28£190
Handyman near Walsall£29£209
Handyman near Plymouth£20£180
Handyman near Rotherham£28£193
Handyman near Stoke-on-Trent£23£174
Handyman near Wolverhampton£29£210
Handyman near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£24£170
Handyman near South Gloucestershire£26£198
Handyman near Derby£23£172
Handyman near Swansea£28£181
Handyman near Salford£32£204
Handyman near Barnsley£26£204
Handyman near Tameside£32£206
Handyman near Oldham£32£204
Handyman near Trafford£32£202
Handyman near Aberdeen£33£288
Handyman near Southampton£28£197
Handyman near Highland£25£200
Handyman near Rochdale£28£187
Handyman near Solihull£29£200
Handyman near Gateshead£23£167
Handyman near Milton Keynes£30£212
Handyman near North Tyneside£23£167
Handyman near Calderdale£27£200
Handyman near Northampton£27£196
Handyman near Portsmouth£27£186
Handyman near Warrington£32£200
Handyman near North Somerset£26£201
Handyman near Bury£28£188
Handyman near Luton£143£319
Handyman near St Helens£33£194
Handyman near Stockton-on-Tees£27£177
Handyman near Renfrewshire£28£224
Handyman near York£22£231
Handyman near Thamesdown£31£240
Handyman near Southend-on-Sea£36£223
Handyman near New Forest£31£180
Handyman near Caerphilly£25£163
Handyman near Carmarthenshire£25£180
Handyman near Bath£28£206
Handyman near Wycombe£40£261
Handyman near Basildon£37£227
Handyman near Bournemouth£44£162
Handyman near Peterborough£54£404
Handyman near North East Lincolnshire£14£112
Handyman near Chelmsford£38£237
Handyman near Brighton£32£218
Handyman near South Tyneside£23£167
Handyman near Charnwood£27£159
Handyman near Aylesbury Vale£31£214
Handyman near Colchester£30£194
Handyman near Knowsley£33£194
Handyman near North Lincolnshire£25£175
Handyman near Huntingdonshire£42£310
Handyman near Macclesfield£41£231
Handyman near Blackpool£26£195
Handyman near West Lothian£38£238
Handyman near South Somerset£27£230
Handyman near Dundee£30£230
Handyman near Basingstoke & Deane£35£227
Handyman near Harrogate£23£207
Handyman near Middlesbrough£27£179
Handyman near Flintshire£25£180
Handyman near Rochester-upon-Medway£20£360
Handyman near The Wrekin£30£202
Handyman near Newbury£34£227
Handyman near Falkirk£28£218
Handyman near Reading£38£241
Handyman near Wokingham£37£244
Handyman near Windsor & Maidenhead£37£240
Handyman near Maidstone£35£208
Handyman near Redcar & Cleveland£28£182
Handyman near North Ayrshire£19£165
Handyman near Blackburn£25£171
Handyman near Neath Port Talbot£24£178
Handyman near Poole£44£162
Handyman near Wealden£23£177
Handyman near Arun£30£208
Handyman near Bedford£29£208
Handyman near Oxford£29£212
Handyman near Newport£25£161
Handyman near Canterbury£34£226
Handyman near Preston£26£190
Handyman near Dacorum£113£296
Handyman near Cherwell£26£214
Handyman near Perth & Kinross£25£200
Handyman near Thurrock£40£225
Handyman near Tendring£38£228
Handyman near St Albans£81£277
Handyman near Bridgend£24£176
Handyman near South Cambridgeshire£28£210
Handyman near Braintree£29£197
Handyman near Norwich£25£187
Handyman near Thanet£36£234
Handyman near Isle of Wight£28£187
Handyman near Mid Sussex£34£224
Handyman near South Oxfordshire£35£234
Handyman near Guildford£39£256
Handyman near Elmbridge£37£239
Handyman near Stafford£24£200
Handyman near East Hertfordshire£35£233
Handyman near Torbay£35£200
Handyman near Wrexham Maelor£25£180
Handyman near East Devon£35£200
Handyman near East Lindsey£25£250
Handyman near Halton£33£194
Handyman near Warwick£29£187
Handyman near East Ayrshire£20£175
Handyman near Newcastle-under-Lyme£23£174
Handyman near North Wiltshire£32£242
Handyman near South Kesteven£34£220
Handyman near Epping Forest£38£239
Handyman near Vale of Glamorgan£24£173
Handyman near Reigate & Banstead£38£238
Handyman near Chester£30£199
Handyman near Mid Bedfordshire£32£217
Handyman near Suffolk Coastal£40£230
Handyman near Horsham£34£234
Handyman near Nuneaton & Bedworth£28£187
Handyman near Gwynedd£20£160
Handyman near Swale£34£212
Handyman near Havant & Waterloo£27£188
Handyman near Teignbridge£35£200
Handyman near Cambridge£28£217
Handyman near Vale Royal£25£180
Handyman near Amber Valley£23£169
Handyman near North Hertfordshire£154£320
Handyman near South Ayrshire£20£170
Handyman near Waverley£40£271
Handyman near Broadland£25£187
Handyman near Crewe & Nantwich£22£168
Handyman near Breckland£28£225
Handyman near Ipswich£42£248
Handyman near Vale of White Horse£31£240
Handyman near Salisbury£20£170
Handyman near Gedling£24£167
Handyman near Eastleigh£28£197
Handyman near Broxtowe£24£167
Handyman near Stratford-on-Avon£20£165
Handyman near South Bedfordshire£29£208
Handyman near Angus£28£220
Handyman near East Hampshire£27£192
Handyman near East Dunbartonshire£29£232
Handyman near Sevenoaks£39£240
Handyman near Slough£37£238
Handyman near Bracknell Forest£38£247
Handyman near West Lancashire£33£195
Handyman near West Wiltshire£32£242
Handyman near Ashfield£24£168
Handyman near Lisburn£18£145
Handyman near Stroud£29£180
Handyman near Wychavon£29£214
Handyman near Waveney£38£180
Handyman near Exeter£35£200
Handyman near Dover£33£221
Handyman near Test Valley£25£207
Handyman near Gloucester£34£200
Handyman near Erewash£24£167
Handyman near Cheltenham£34£200
Handyman near Bassetlaw£31£194