Plumber & Handyman in Surbiton

About Surbiton

Surbiton's blend of Victorian conservation-area streets and riverside apartments means every job is a little different, and our technicians are equipped for both.

Surbiton was planned around its station. Thomas Pooley bought most of Maple Farm and drew up a new town with the station at its heart, and the grid of roads between Maple Road and the river was laid out as part of it. Many of the Victorian houses still stand. On St Mark's Hill many of the large villas have been divided into flats, and on Uxbridge and Palace Roads and Surbiton Crescent big houses have given way to blocks of flats.

In a divided house the stop valve for your flat is not always inside your flat. If you know where yours is, say so when you book. If you do not, finding it is the first thing we do.

We regularly work on the grand Victorian terraces around Maple Road and St Mark's Hill, the mansion flats near Surbiton station, and the quieter family homes towards Berrylands and Tolworth.

One street is not like the next. St Andrew's Square is late Victorian terraces and semis round a central garden. Cleveland Road is narrow plots and short terraces, while Cadogan and Grove Roads have substantial villas. The Mall and the south side of Westfield Road were not built until the 1930s. Along Portsmouth Road the blocks of flats facing the river rise to as much as nine storeys.

East of the centre the houses get later: Edwardian around Cranes Drive and Guildford Avenue, then streets planned in the 1920s and 30s. Berrylands was farmland until the early 1930s and was built up within about ten years, mostly as semi-detached houses on long avenues with grass verges.

Kingston Council's character study says the streets round the town centre are "sometimes overwhelmed with parking". If yours is one of them, tell us where a van can stop.

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.