Invoice app for handymen in London
Multiple small jobs, combined bills, quick quotes — the WhatsApp tool built for the realities of handyman work.
£29.99/mo · 7 days free · no card needed
Start Free on WhatsAppA real London handyman’s voice note:
"Mrs Davies, Chelsea London, four small jobs, callout plus two and a half hours at forty."
What handymen in London actually have to log on a job
- Multi-task jobs as one invoice — Shelving + door rehang + tap swap on one ticket — each as its own line so the customer sees value.
- Hourly minimum + half-hour blocks — Set a 1-hour minimum then bill in half-hours; no awkward "but it only took 20 minutes" conversations.
- Materials at cost or markup — B&Q / Toolstation / Screwfix receipts auto-categorised and attached.
- Public-liability cover reference — PL insurance number on every invoice — letting agents need it.
- Repeat-customer recall — 12-week "anything else?" nudge to the customer keeps you front-of-mind.
What handymen in London actually deal with
Thames Water (most of the capital) or Affinity Water (north-west outskirts)
ULEZ — every day, every postcode. If your van is non-compliant, that’s £12.50 per working day on top of fuel.
32 London boroughs plus the City — Building Control is handled borough-by-borough, and Part P notifications vary by borough route.
Victorian terraces, ex-council flats, Georgian conversions, modern new-builds around Docklands and Stratford. Old lead pipework still common in pre-1970 stock.
Serving Chelsea, Hackney, Clapham, Islington, Camden and the rest of Greater London. Parking restrictions (red routes, controlled parking zones, school streets) and the congestion charge zone make a 20-minute job a two-hour billing situation.
London callout rates run £75–£120 vs £45–£80 for the rest of the UK. Materials cost the same but travel time and congestion eat the margin. Holdfort doesn’t set your prices — your rates are yours — but it stops you from losing track of what’s owed, what’s paid, and what’s been expensed along the way. All through WhatsApp. No app to install, no portal to log into.
Questions from London handymen
Yes — voice-note them as you go ("curtain pole hung, kitchen tap replaced, shed door re-hinged") and Holdfort lines them up cleanly with separate labour and material rows.
Yes. Set your PL insurer and policy number once; it’s on every invoice and quote, which lets letting agents tick the compliance box without ringing you.
Not as a separate line, but you can log them as receipts (photo the email or Dart Charge notice) and they’re captured as deductible vehicle expenses at tax time. Every charged day reduces your tax bill.
Yes — set your scheme (NICEIC, NAPIT, ELECSA, Stroma) once. Each invoice prints the scheme and your notification reference, which is what boroughs like Southwark and Lambeth ask for on Building Control self-certification.
They voice-note the invoice from inside the van before moving. Sixty seconds, invoice sent, and they’re out of the red route before the warden comes. It’s the main reason central-London trades signed up first.
Yes — quarterly-ready breakdowns and sole-trader categories. Required for self-employed earners over the MTD threshold from April 2026. See the MTD guide.
£29.99 per month, all in. 7 days free, no card needed to start. Founding-member price locked for life.
London handyman? Finish the job. Voice note the rest.
7 days free. 30 seconds to set up. Just WhatsApp.
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