Walk Upton Park from Queen's Market on Green Street outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 36% of the 2,564 households in E13 live in flats, 64% in houses.
Private renting sits at 43% and owner-occupation at 42%; the first group books BBQ cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Upton Park substrates run to some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — where 42% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E13, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — the pattern behind 2,564 households inside the E13 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a E13 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Upton Park: green Street's sari shops and jewellers — one of London's great shopping streets. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Upton Park is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: green Street loading is tightly timed; side streets are permit-only and narrow. Upton Park (District, Hammersmith & City) 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.