The NW2 stock around Cricklewood Broadway is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 74% flats, 26% houses and 4,362 households in Cricklewood.
Private renting sits at 47% and owner-occupation at 34%; the first group books extractor fan cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — and with 47% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Cricklewood is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in NW2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 19% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in Cricklewood: broadway shops on the A5, with Edwardian terraces and the Brent Cross works beyond. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Cricklewood is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, a5 red route, permit bays and terraced streets with tight parking — one reason one technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen. Fitters travelling in use Cricklewood (Thameslink).
