Walk Chelsea from The Royal Hospital Chelsea outwards and the Georgian and early Victorian pattern is obvious: 78% of the 8,944 households in SW3 live in flats, 22% in houses.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 38%; the first group books patio and decking cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 35% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Chelsea is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and with 45% one-person households in Chelsea, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Chelsea: king's Road shops, Cadogan estate squares and the river at Chelsea Embankment. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Chelsea 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, cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits — 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 Sloane Square (Circle, District).
