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Home services marketing for London boiler, plumbing and electrical firms

A burst pipe in Islington on a January morning and a planned boiler replacement in Bromley are different searches, and each needs its own page.

London heating, plumbing and electrical firms get two kinds of call: someone with no hot water tonight, and someone planning a boiler, bathroom or rewire over the next few weeks. HeyLead runs Google Ads, SEO, Meta ads and your website so both reach you from the postcodes your vans can reach, from Islington and Hackney to Croydon, Richmond and Bromley. Gas Safe or Part P proof goes where customers look for it, and reports count booked jobs in pounds.

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  • check_circle Gas Safe and electrical scheme proof placed where it applies to the job
  • check_circle Areas drawn around parking zones and drive time, not a simple circle on a map

Who we work with

Typical clients in London

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Gas Safe registered boiler and heating engineers covering a defined set of London boroughs, for repair, servicing and replacement.

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Plumbers and drainage firms who run same-day callouts and want the emergency phone to ring only in postcodes they can reach.

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Electricians working to Part P (the rules for electrical work in homes) who split domestic callouts from planned rewires and consumer unit work.

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Pest control and multi-trade teams serving flats, period houses and small commercial premises in a few chosen boroughs.

The local picture

Home services and trades marketing in London: what to know

Your market

What is different about London

A boiler engineer in Islington or Hackney mostly works on flats and period conversions, where combi boilers, tight cupboards and shared access are normal.

Out in Croydon, Richmond and Bromley the jobs shift towards houses, hot water cylinders and older systems that owners have been nursing for years. Landlords must have gas appliances checked every year, so landlord gas safety certificates are a steady kind of search alongside breakdowns.

Every callout also carries London friction: resident parking bays, the congestion charge in the centre and ULEZ charges for older vans.

Customers, and the letting agents who send them work, often check Gas Safe registration and electrical competence before they book, so both belong where they can be seen.

Your customers

How customers find you

Search here is a job plus a place, and the job splits fast. Emergency searches such as no heating or burst pipe turn into calls within minutes, so they need a phone that is answered.

Planned searches such as boiler replacement quote or rewire cost reward a longer page with proof and a clear next step. Your Google Business Profile (the listing that shows on the map) catches both.

We do not chase do-it-yourself searches, training searches or people comparing prices on price-comparison sites. Reports show booked jobs and calls that led to paid work, by borough, in pounds, with ad spend and VAT shown separately.

Our approach

How HeyLead runs it for you

We start with call tracking, so each call is tied to the ad, page and borough that produced it, and with a follow-up for missed calls.

Emergency and planned work then run as separate Google Ads campaigns, each with its own search words, excluded words and web page. The areas follow the boroughs and parking zones you can reach, and ad hours match the times someone can answer the phone.

SEO (showing up in Google's regular results) adds service-and-borough pages and tidies the categories and service areas on your Google Business Profile. Meta ads promote annual servicing plans and landlord safety checks to households and property managers who are not in a crisis.

About the area

flats, period conversions, and outer-London houses

Licences you show on your page

UK estate agent redress schemes; Gas Safe for gas work and an electrical scheme such as NICEIC or NAPIT for electricians

Common mistakes

Common home services and trades marketing mistakes in London

01

One ad for emergencies and planned jobs

A homeowner with no hot water wants a person tonight, and a landlord planning a replacement wants a quote and references. One ad and one web page cannot serve both, and the form ends up reporting the wrong kind of job.

02

Paying for clicks the van cannot reach

A search circle drawn from a depot ignores the Thames, one-way systems and parking bays. If the van cannot get from Croydon to Richmond before dark, that click was wasted money and a disappointed customer.

03

Hiding your registration at the bottom of the page

Customers checking a Gas Safe number or Part P membership are close to booking. If the registration sits at the bottom of a slow page, or nowhere at all, a rival's page gets the call.

How it works

How we set up your marketing, in four steps

  1. 01

    Map where your vans go

    List the boroughs your engineers reach in a normal day, then set the advertising areas to match. Islington, Croydon and Richmond come first if that is your crew, and everything else stays switched off.

  2. 02

    Split urgent work from planned work

    Two offers, two campaigns, two web pages. The emergency page is short and led by the phone number, and the planned page carries reviews, how the job runs and a quote form.

  3. 03

    Show your registration

    Gas Safe and Part P details go where a customer will look for them, on the page and beside the phone number, in your own words. We never state a registration you do not hold.

  4. 04

    Count booked jobs

    Reports show calls answered, jobs booked and cost per booked job by borough, in pounds, so a busy postcode cannot hide a poor return.

Searches

What people search for

These are the searches your pages and ads are built around, and what each person is trying to do.

They search What they want
London boiler repair Urgent or planned heating job, local
London plumber Same-day or booked plumbing
London pest control Residential or commercial pest problem
Islington electrician Borough-level electrical trade search
Croydon landlord gas safety certificate Landlord with a compliance deadline, planned work

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Testimonials from HeyLead clients

From other HeyLead clients

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Our company 1800 CLEANER has worked with Martin for over two years now and we can attest he is one of the best. His technical knowledge in the SEO and online marketing space is second to none. But more importantly he cares. He listens and truly empathises with the client. The feeling of support that ensues is truly otherworldly. We have no hesitation in recommending him.

Michael Sweet

CEO, 1800 CLEANER

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We'd worked with HeyLead before and knew what they were capable of - so when performance with another agency didn't meet expectations, coming back was an easy decision. The difference was immediate. They rebuilt our entire Google Ads account from scratch, fixed our tracking so we finally had accurate data, and gave us the confidence to scale our spend. What impressed us most was how well they understood our franchise expansion goals - they didn't just manage campaigns, they built a system that supports every new location we open. The leads are consistent, the quality is there, and the relationship is one we genuinely trust.

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Marketing from $500 USD a month

Month to month, no commitment. One fee covers the pages, the search and ad work and the tracking. Ad spend is separate and stays in your own accounts.

Starting at

$500 USD per month

Free to cancel with 1 month's notice. Tell us what you sell and where. We come back with what the first month would fix.

Get a Free Audit

What $500 a month covers

  • Pages

    Included

    Pages built around the searches your buyers actually type.

  • Search and ads

    Included

    Search and ads aimed at people ready to enquire.

  • Tracking

    Included

    Calls, forms and bookings tagged to the search, ad or page behind them.

Our team

The same people on the audit and on the work

Martin writes every audit and takes the first call. The same team stays on the account. 160+ businesses since 2010.

Martin, Founder, strategy and audits

Martin

Founder, strategy and audits

Writes every audit and takes every first call. On your account from day one, running growth for SMEs since 2010.

Yoana, Social and app development

Yoana

Social and app development

Shapes social strategy and builds practical app experiences that turn attention into action.

Mike, SEO

Mike

SEO

Owns technical, local and content SEO so the right buyers find you when demand is highest.

Robert, Paid media

Robert

Paid media

Plans and manages paid search and social campaigns around qualified leads.

Elmer, Analytics

Elmer

Analytics

Connects tracking, attribution and reporting so decisions are based on revenue-quality data.

Dino, Design

Dino

Design

Creates clear brand and conversion-focused design across landing pages, campaigns and product experiences.

Certified and experienced

Certified where it matters. Accountable for the outcome.

Verified platform knowledge, 25+ years of hands-on experience, and an operating track record since 2010.

Google AdsCertified
Google AnalyticsCertified
Google Tag ManagerCertified
Operating since 2010Proven experience

FAQs

Questions about home services and trades in London

Answers to the questions London trade owners ask before they hand over a marketing budget.

Which London boroughs will you advertise in? expand_more

Only the ones your engineers can reach. For most firms that starts with two or three, such as Islington, Croydon and Richmond, and we leave out the rest. You can add boroughs later once the first ones pay.

What goes on the website of a London trades firm? expand_more

It should describe the homes you work on, show the registrations you hold, and keep prices off unless you supply them. Any price range we show must be one you have approved as typical. We never make up figures.

What does HeyLead run for a heating or plumbing firm? expand_more

Google Ads, SEO, Meta ads and your website, working together. Tracking covers every call and form. We add a link to your booking software only if you need one.

Can you cover emergency callouts if the office closes at five? expand_more

Yes, by matching ad hours to when someone can answer. Out-of-hours calls can go to an answering service you already use. We do not promise response times on your behalf.

Do you put Gas Safe on the page? expand_more

Wherever it applies to the work, and only with your own registration details. Electrical pages show Part P membership in the same way.

What information do you need from my firm? expand_more

We ask for your Google Business Profile, your ads account if you have one, and your website. We also need the boroughs you cover, your Gas Safe or electrical registration details, and how many callouts and planned jobs your team can take each week.

Other industries in London

Other pages for this city.

Other cities we cover

The same service, written for each place.

Want more booked home services and trades work in London?

Tell us the areas you can serve. We will show you which searches are worth paying for and which pages you still need.