Walk Streatham from Streatham Common and the Rookery outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 66% of the 26,325 households in SW16 live in flats, 34% in houses.
35% of households rent privately and 44% own, which is why BBQ cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — the pattern behind 26,325 households inside the SW16 neighbourhood behind the plaster in SW16. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and with 35% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Streatham: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Streatham sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts. Streatham (Thameslink, Southern) is the nearest station, and one technician with a van-mounted dip tank; two where a barbecue has to be carried through a flat to reach a terrace.