Screen replacement — £89 to £229+
The biggest variable in screen pricing is whether your laptop uses a discrete LCD panel (cheap to source, fast to fit) or a full top-cover assembly (Apple, premium Dell / Lenovo). Top-cover assemblies cost £140–£400 in parts alone because they include the bezel, hinges, antennas and webcam pre-fitted. The labour ratio is also higher because the assembly is more delicate. A standard 14″ HD panel swap on a mainstream Acer / HP is £89; a Retina top-cover replacement on a 2022 MacBook Pro 16″ is £229+.
Battery replacement — £69 to £129+
OEM and grade-A equivalent battery cells are a commodity, but the labour varies massively. A 2010-era ThinkPad with a removable battery is a 60-second swap; a 2022 MacBook Air glued to the chassis takes 45 minutes of precision work. We use OEM cells where the manufacturer makes them available, OEM-equivalent (same chemistry, capacity and cell supplier) where they don’t.
Liquid damage — £120 to £180+
This one’s priced flat across categories because the labour is the labour — the strip, ultrasonic clean and reassembly takes the same time regardless of brand. What can push the cost up is component-level damage caused by the spill: if the EC chip or PMIC needs replacing on top of the clean, that’s a separate quote after diagnostic.
Motherboard repair — £180 to £260+
This is the work most "high-street" repair shops cannot do. You’re paying for microscope work, hot-air rework station time, and the rare skill of board-level diagnosis. The price reflects the certainty: we either fix it, or you owe nothing. Compare to Apple Store, where the answer to almost any motherboard fault is "£600–£900 logic board swap."
Power jack / DC-in — £79 to £129
Older laptops have a discrete DC-in jack on a daughterboard — £79 fix, an hour’s work. Modern USB-C charging ports are surface-mounted directly to the logic board and need full disassembly + hot-air rework — £119 fix, two to three hours.
Data recovery — £95 to £120+ (success-dependent)
We quote diagnostic + estimated cost up front and only charge the full price if recovery succeeds. Logical recovery (deleted files, file system damage) is the £95 floor; physical drive failure recovery can climb to £400+ depending on what’s needed. We’ll always tell you the realistic success chance before you pay anything.
Software / OS / malware — £45 to £55
This is where high-street shops bleed people with "PC tune-up" packages. We charge for what we do: a flat £45–£55 covers a full malware sweep, clean reinstall + driver setup, data preservation, and the time spent doing it properly. Not a recurring subscription, not a "we found 47 issues" scam — one job, one number, done.
Hardware upgrades — £35 to £55 labour + parts at cost
RAM, SSD and battery upgrades are labour-charged at the rate above plus parts at our cost. We don’t mark up parts — you see the invoice. If you supply your own parts (compatible Crucial / Samsung / etc.), we’ll fit them for the labour rate alone.