The WC2 stock around The Royal Courts of Justice is period conversion. ONS records 95% flats, 5% houses and 3,927 households in Temple and Aldwych.
Private renting sits at 44% and owner-occupation at 28%; the first group books extractor fan cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Temple and Aldwych substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Temple and Aldwych, with metal stud partitions between rooms — which is what a 95% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Temple and Aldwych actually produces. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in WC2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 29% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a WC2 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Temple and Aldwych: barristers' chambers, King's College buildings and the crescent of Aldwych. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Temple and Aldwych sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: embankment red route, Inns gate control and no loading on the Strand at peak times. Temple (Circle, District) is the nearest station, and one technician for domestic hoods and bathroom fans; two for island canopies and any commercial kitchen.