Walk Addiscombe from Ashburton Park outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 42% of the 11,026 households in CR0 live in flats, 58% in houses.
33% of households rent privately and 54% own, which is why spring cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect solid London stock brick in Addiscombe, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 30% one-person households in Addiscombe, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site behind the plaster in CR0. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — measured on the walk in from Addiscombe (Tramlink) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Addiscombe: tree-lined Edwardian streets and a small parade east of central Croydon. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Addiscombe is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: tram-line crossings, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the tram stops. Addiscombe (Tramlink) is the nearest station, and two cleaners for a flat, two to three for a house, working together in one visit rather than spreading the job across days.
