The E14 stock around Island Gardens and the Greenwich foot tunnel is post-war. ONS records 84% flats, 16% houses and 12,491 households in Isle of Dogs.
Owner-occupation runs at 27% in Isle of Dogs, so alongside the 45% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Isle of Dogs substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Isle of Dogs, with metal stud partitions between rooms — a median age of 31 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E14, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — measured on the walk in from Crossharbour (DLR) rather than assumed from a map is the mistake that costs a E14 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Isle of Dogs: dock basins ringed by apartment blocks, with Island Gardens facing Greenwich. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Isle of Dogs sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, single access roads onto the island, dock-side loading bays and lift booking in every block — 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 Crossharbour (DLR).