The CR4 stock around Mitcham Common and the Cricket Green is mainly Victorian. ONS records 46% flats, 54% houses and 10,087 households in Mitcham.
Private renting sits at 28% and owner-occupation at 47%; the first group books upholstery cleaning at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs in CR4, with solid brick on the party and external walls — measured on the walk in from Mitcham (Tramlink) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Mitcham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster; locally that also means which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the reality on the streets around Mitcham Common and the Cricket Green.
Two streets can behave very differently in Mitcham: one of the largest commons in London, a cricket green and Wandle-valley industry. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Mitcham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, tram-line crossings, wide suburban roads and driveways on most streets — one reason one technician with a portable extraction machine — the standard kit for London flats, where a truck-mount hose cannot reach a fourth floor. Fitters travelling in use Mitcham (Tramlink).
