Walk East Ham from East Ham Nature Reserve at St Mary Magdalene outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 35% of the 14,239 households in E6 live in flats, 65% in houses.
38% of households rent privately and 42% own, which is why oven cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
East Ham substrates run to solid London stock brick in E6, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 38% 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 E6, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 18% one-person households in East Ham, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a E6 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in East Ham: high Street North's shops, the Victorian town hall and the nature reserve churchyard. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. East Ham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, high street loading windows, terraced streets with permit bays and tight rear alleys — one reason one technician and a van-mounted dip tank; two for commercial ranges or where a lift booking limits the time on site. Fitters travelling in use East Ham (District, Hammersmith & City).
