Walk Park Royal from The Guinness brewery site and Central Middlesex Hospital outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 66% of the 4,410 households in NW10 live in flats, 33% in houses.
47% of households rent privately and 31% own, which is why spring cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Park Royal substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms — and with 47% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in NW10, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why London Borough of Ealing kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a NW10 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Park Royal: london's largest industrial estate, now with new residential blocks on its edges. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Park Royal is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, hGV-heavy estate roads, gated units and new blocks with loading docks — one reason two cleaners for a flat, two to three for a house, working together in one visit rather than spreading the job across days. Fitters travelling in use Park Royal (Piccadilly).
