The BR2 stock around Hayes Common is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 52% flats, 48% houses and 3,676 households in Shortlands and Hayes.
24% of households rent privately and 69% own, which is why patio and decking cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs in Shortlands and Hayes, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 24% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Shortlands and Hayes is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — the pattern behind 3,676 households inside the BR2 neighbourhood.
Two streets can behave very differently in Shortlands and Hayes: leafy commuter streets between Bromley and Beckenham, with Hayes Common nearby. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Shortlands and Hayes is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways and wide roads; the station approach is narrow at peak — one reason one technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Shortlands (Southeastern).
