Walk Catford from The Catford Cat outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 62% of the 6,981 households in SE6 live in flats, 38% in houses.
Private renting sits at 33% and owner-occupation at 42%; the first group books extractor fan cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Catford substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Catford, with metal stud partitions between rooms — and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE6, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 33% one-person households in Catford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a SE6 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Catford: the fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Catford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind — one reason one technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen. Fitters travelling in use Catford (Southeastern).
