The SE8 stock around Deptford Market Yard is Georgian and early Victorian. ONS records 83% flats, 17% houses and 7,370 households in Deptford.
28% of households rent privately and 24% own, which is why BBQ cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Deptford substrates run to often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around Deptford Market Yard. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE8, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — the pattern behind 7,370 households inside the SE8 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a SE8 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Deptford: market street, the Albany and the creek-side yards of the old naval dockyard. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Deptford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Market-day closures on Deptford High Street, narrow creek lanes and estate lifts. Nearest station is Deptford (Southeastern), and one technician with a van-mounted dip tank; two where a barbecue has to be carried through a flat to reach a terrace.