Census 2021 puts Blackheath at 2,884 households with a median age of 39.6. The Georgian and early Victorian stock is mixed-tenure, which is why 36% houses and 64% flats need different handling in SE3.
Owner-occupation runs at 51% in Blackheath, so alongside the 32% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Blackheath, with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded behind the plaster in SE3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 17% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Blackheath: the heath, the village and Georgian terraces facing open grass. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Blackheath 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: conservation-area restrictions, narrow village streets and listed staircases. Blackheath (Southeastern) 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.