In Neasden (NW10) the split is 51% flats to 49% houses over 3,586 households, and the stock is inter-war.
The renter-heavy mix here (35% owned, 47% privately rented) means a NW10 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs, which is why London Borough of Brent kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded behind the plaster in NW10. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Neasden, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, the reality on the streets around BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is the fault we are called back to undo.
Neasden 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 Hindu temple, the North Circular and industrial estates beside 1930s housing — which is why a NW10 quote is not a Brent average.
North Circular access is difficult; side streets are wide with driveways. Nearest station is Neasden (Jubilee), 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.