In Romford (RM1) the split is 32% flats to 68% houses over 18,759 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
Because 23% of Romford is privately rented and 11% socially rented, a lot of RM1 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect solid London stock brick in Romford, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, and with 28% one-person households in Romford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site behind the plaster in RM1. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Romford stock goes, the reality on the streets around Romford Market is the fault we are called back to undo.
Market town turned regional centre — the market, the Brewery and a growing skyline. That character decides the practical detail of mattress cleaning here far more than the borough boundary does. Romford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, ring-road one-way system, market-day closures and booked lifts in the new blocks — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Romford (Elizabeth line).