The KT2 stock around Richmond Park's Robin Hood Gate is post-war. ONS records 12% flats, 88% houses and 2,354 households in Kingston Vale and Coombe.
Owner-occupation runs at 77% in Kingston Vale and Coombe, so alongside the 20% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are solid London stock brick in Kingston Vale and Coombe, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — the pattern behind 2,354 households inside the KT2 neighbourhood, so the fixing that matters in Kingston Vale and Coombe is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in KT2, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 20% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Two streets can behave very differently in Kingston Vale and Coombe: private estates of large houses on the slope below Richmond Park's Robin Hood Gate. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Kingston Vale and Coombe is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, private-estate gates and codes, long gravel drives and narrow park-edge lanes — 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 Norbiton (South Western).