In Chadwell Heath (RM6) the split is 32% flats to 68% houses over 3,930 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (56% owned, 31% privately rented) means a RM6 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, the pattern behind 3,930 households inside the RM6 neighbourhood behind the plaster in RM6. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Chadwell Heath gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, where 56% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the fault we are called back to undo.
Chadwell Heath 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 — high Road shops on the Roman road, with interwar semis on both sides — which is why a RM6 quote is not a Barking and Dagenham average.
High Road is busy with short loading bays; side streets have driveways. Nearest station is Chadwell Heath (Elizabeth line), and one technician for a private path; two where a communal walkway has to stay open to residents while the work is done, so one can manage access while the other washes.