In Southall (UB1) the split is 26% flats to 74% houses over 11,231 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
Because 37% of Southall is privately rented and 14% socially rented, a lot of UB1 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Southall substrates run to solid London stock brick in Southall, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is why London Borough of Ealing kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, as the Southall stock goes, the reality on the streets around Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall is the mistake that costs a UB1 customer twice.
Southall 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 — the Broadway's Punjabi shops and sweet centres, and the Gurdwara's golden dome — which is why a UB1 quote is not a Ealing average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: very busy Broadway with short loading windows; new blocks need booked lifts. Southall (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton on most strip-outs; three crew and a tipper where the load is rubble, hardcore or soil and weight rather than volume decides the run.