Walk Temple and Aldwych from The Royal Courts of Justice outwards and the period conversion pattern is obvious: 95% of the 3,927 households in WC2 live in flats, 5% in houses.
Private renting sits at 44% and owner-occupation at 28%; the first group books commercial cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in WC2. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in WC2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why Westminster City Council kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the fault we are called back to undo.
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 to four operatives depending on floor area, with a named supervisor and a mobile cover team for sickness.