The SW15 stock around Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start is mainly Victorian. ONS records 72% flats, 28% houses and 20,613 households in Putney.
38% of households rent privately and 47% own, which is why extractor fan cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms — the reality on the streets around Putney Bridge and the Boat Race start, so the fixing that matters in Putney is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SW15, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 31% one-person households in Putney, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Putney: the Boat Race start, the embankment rowing clubs and the high street shops. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Putney is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts — one reason one technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen. Fitters travelling in use Putney (South Western).
