Walk Penge from The Watermen's Almshouses outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 60% of the 8,101 households in SE20 live in flats, 40% in houses.
Private renting sits at 24% and owner-occupation at 43%; the first group books extractor fan cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in SE20, often with surface conduit — where 43% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Penge is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE20, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — measured on the walk in from Penge East (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map.
Two streets can behave very differently in Penge: victorian terraces and almshouses below Crystal Palace, with a reviving high street. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Penge is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, steep approaches from Crystal Palace, narrow terraced streets and permit bays — one reason one technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen. Fitters travelling in use Penge East (Southeastern).
