Walk East Dulwich from Dulwich Park outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 43% of the 3,337 households in SE22 live in flats, 57% in houses.
Private renting sits at 25% and owner-occupation at 58%; the first group books appliance clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
East Dulwich substrates run to solid London stock brick in SE22, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 25% 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 fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — measured on the walk in from East Dulwich (Thameslink) rather than assumed from a map is the mistake that costs a SE22 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in East Dulwich: lordship Lane's shops and rows of bay-fronted Victorian family houses. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. East Dulwich 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, narrow terraced streets, resident bays and side returns too tight for a Luton — one reason two crew and a Luton with a sack barrow; three for American fridge-freezers, range cookers and basement carries. Fitters travelling in use East Dulwich (Thameslink).
