Census 2021 puts New Cross at 11,771 households with a median age of 31.9. The mainly Victorian stock is social-housing-led, which is why 27% houses and 73% flats need different handling in SE14.
Private renting sits at 34% and owner-occupation at 30%; the first group books driveway cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
New Cross substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in New Cross, often with surface conduit — where 30% 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 SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — which is why London Borough of Lewisham kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a SE14 customer twice.
Anyone who knows New Cross knows the pattern near Goldsmiths, University of London: goldsmiths' campus, the Venue and student-heavy Victorian streets. We plan the SE14 visit around it. New Cross is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
September student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets. Nearest station is New Cross (Overground, Southeastern), and 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.