Census 2021 puts Pimlico at 7,917 households with a median age of 36.2. The post-war stock is renter-heavy, which is why 7% houses and 93% flats need different handling in SW1.
39% of households rent privately and 27% own, which is why spring cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Pimlico substrates run to often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — the reality on the streets around Tate Britain. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SW1, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — which is why Westminster City Council kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a SW1 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Pimlico: cubitt's white stucco grid between Victoria and the river, quieter than its neighbours. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Pimlico sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, resident-permit streets all week, basement flats down steep steps and no lifts in most conversions — 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 Pimlico (Victoria).