Plumber & Handyman in New Malden

About New Malden

New Malden is a railway town. Its station opened in 1846, seventeen years before Kingston's, and the first streets laid out were the six Groves west of the High Street: Acacia, Chestnut, Elm, Lime, Poplar and Sycamore, each planted with the tree it is named after. The plots there filled slowly, the last of them not until 1960, so houses of the 1860s and of the 1950s share a road.

The age of a house tells us what its pipes and walls are likely to be made of, so it is worth a line in the description box when you book.

East of the High Street, by Beverley Park, substantial Edwardian houses stand among semi-detached and detached houses of the 1930s. Graham Road and Albemarle Gardens are Edwardian terraces and semis with tile hanging, roughcast render and leaded panels in the windows.

Further out the houses are later: 1930s semis and short terraces on Green Lane, tile-hung bays on Oxford Crescent, 1950s bungalows on Windsor Avenue. South Lane was cut in two by the A3 in the 1920s. Where a house of that age has had its kitchen moved or an extension added, the pipes no longer run where the builder put them, and we find them first.

If your road has permit parking, Kingston Council sells visitor vouchers, though not for every zone. You buy them online and start each one with the vehicle's registration number, so ask us for the van's when you book.

Plumbing is £90 an hour and handyman work £60, with a one-hour minimum. Pick a time that suits you and pay online: a £50 deposit secures your slot and comes off the final bill.