In South Croydon (CR2) the split is 47% flats to 53% houses over 3,637 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
With 30% private renting against 60% owner-occupied, most CR2 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs in South Croydon, with solid brick on the party and external walls, where 60% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in South Croydon is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in South Croydon, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Victorian and Edwardian streets on the hill above the town, with Selsdon beyond. That character decides the practical detail of mattress cleaning here far more than the borough boundary does. South Croydon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep hills, narrow Victorian frontages and driveways further out. South Croydon (Southern) is the nearest station, and one technician with a portable extraction machine and air mover on a single household booking; two technicians on HMO, student accommodation and serviced-apartment rounds where six or more mattresses are cleaned in a day.