In Banstead border (SM7) the split is 17% flats to 83% houses over 2,863 households, and the stock is inter-war.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (87% owned, 10% privately rented) means a SM7 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Walls are timber stud partitions inside; locally that also means cavity brickwork outside, measured on the walk in from Banstead (Southern) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Banstead border is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, as the Banstead border stock goes, which is what a 17% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Banstead border actually produces.
Banstead border 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 — downland village edge on the Surrey boundary, with woods and open commons — which is why a SM7 quote is not a Sutton average.
On access, long drives, wide roads and easy turning — straightforward for a Luton — 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 Banstead (Southern).