Plumber & Handyman in Reigate

About Reigate

Reigate's mix of period homes near the town centre and larger properties towards the hill keeps our technicians on their toes, and it's an area we're keen to build a stronger presence in.

Reigate was laid out as a planned town before 1170, after the Warennes built the castle. The road to Brighton was turnpiked in 1755, the station opened in 1849, and by 1860 many houses had been built for people who travelled to work in London. In 1921 "the Great Sale of Reigate" put shops, hotels, businesses and homes on the market, and Reigate & Banstead Council's design guide records that the rebuilding which followed cost the town many fine Georgian houses.

Reigate has a stone of its own, dug at Merstham: greenish-grey and easily worked, which means it wears. The guide says it is rare on houses, where brick with hung tiles on the upper floor is the usual thing. Where an old wall or a step is Reigate stone, expect wear. Small repairs to brickwork and paving are our work; a stone wall we look at first, and say plainly whether it is a job for us or for a mason.

From the Georgian and Victorian houses around Reigate High Street to the family homes towards Redhill and Merstham, we cover the full spread of property types here.

Redhill is the younger of the two towns. It was a hamlet in the early 19th century and grew with the London to Brighton railway and its station of 1841, housing railway workers as well as commuters. Much of its old centre went in the rebuilding of the 1960s to the 1980s.

Council housing arrived between the wars, with later estates at Colesmead and Meadvale, and the big estates round Merstham were built for Londoners moving out after the war.

SES Water's 2025 report gives 13 Clarke degrees for the centre of Reigate and for Redhill, and 12 for South Park and Woodhatch. It classes both as moderately hard.

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.