In Queen's Park (NW6) the split is 70% flats to 30% houses over 4,160 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
Because 36% of Queen's Park is privately rented and 20% socially rented, a lot of NW6 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Queen's Park substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls, with 20% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in NW6, which crumbles the key and drops the panel, where 44% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a NW6 customer twice.
Queen's Park is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — the park, Salusbury Road's shops and the Queen's Park Estate cottages — which is why a NW6 quote is not a Brent average.
Very narrow estate streets, permit bays and gardens reached only through the house. Nearest station is Queen's Park (Bakerloo, Overground), and two cleaners for a flat, two to three for a house, working together in one visit rather than spreading the job across days.