In Wallington (SM6) the split is 43% flats to 57% houses over 7,054 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
Because 22% of Wallington is privately rented and 12% socially rented, a lot of SM6 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect timber stud partitions inside; locally that also means cavity brickwork outside, measured on the walk in from Wallington (Southern) rather than assumed from a map behind the plaster in SM6. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, as the Wallington stock goes, the reality on the streets around Beddington Park and Carew Manor is the fault we are called back to undo.
Wallington is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — edwardian avenues, a compact high street and Beddington Park nearby — which is why a SM6 quote is not a Sutton average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: wide avenues with driveways; the high street has timed loading bays. Wallington (Southern) is the nearest station, 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.