Census 2021 puts Croydon at 13,716 households with a median age of 33.7. The mainly Victorian stock is renter-heavy, which is why 29% houses and 71% flats need different handling in CR0.
Private renting sits at 43% and owner-occupation at 34%; the first group books pathway jet washing at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms — where 34% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in CR0. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in CR0, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why London Borough of Croydon kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Croydon: office towers, Boxpark, the tram network and one of the biggest town centres in the south-east. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Croydon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, tram tracks limit kerbside loading, one-way system throughout and booked lifts in every tower — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use East Croydon (Southern, Thameslink, Tramlink).
