The KT3 stock around The Korean high street on Burlington Road is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 30% flats, 70% houses and 6,674 households in New Malden.
Private renting sits at 27% and owner-occupation at 67%; the first group books washing machine cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
New Malden substrates run to solid London stock brick in KT3, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — where 67% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in KT3, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 24% one-person households in New Malden, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a KT3 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in New Malden: home to Europe's largest Korean community, with a high street to match. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. New Malden is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways on most streets; the high street has short loading bays — one reason one technician; the visit is usually booked alongside an oven or fridge clean to make the London call-out worth it. Fitters travelling in use New Malden (South Western).
