In Putney (SW15) the split is 72% flats to 28% houses over 20,613 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The renter-heavy mix here (47% owned, 38% privately rented) means a SW15 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Putney substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms, measured on the walk in from Putney (South Western) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Putney gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, where 47% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a SW15 customer twice.
Putney 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 — the Boat Race start, the embankment rowing clubs and the high street shops — which is why a SW15 quote is not a Wandsworth average.
On access, boat Race day closures, Putney High Street bus gate and mansion blocks with small lifts — 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 Putney (South Western).