Walk South Harrow from Alexandra Park, South Harrow outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 55% of the 3,418 households in HA2 live in flats, 45% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 45% in South Harrow, so alongside the 37% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
South Harrow substrates run to solid London stock brick in HA2, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — which is what a 55% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering South Harrow actually produces. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in HA2, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 26% one-person households in South Harrow, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a HA2 customer twice.
Anyone who knows South Harrow knows the pattern near Alexandra Park, South Harrow: a busy shopping parade and residential streets running down to Northolt. We plan the HA2 visit around it. South Harrow 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; Northolt Road is busy with short loading bays — one reason one technician and a van-mounted hot-water pressure washer for most driveways; two on larger block-paving jobs where re-sanding is included, since brushing sand in is a second task run alongside the wash. Fitters travelling in use South Harrow (Piccadilly).