Census 2021 puts Soho at 4,257 households with a median age of 33.9. The Georgian and early Victorian stock is renter-heavy, which is why 2% houses and 98% flats need different handling in W1.
Owner-occupation runs at 20% in Soho, so alongside the 52% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect with metal stud partitions between rooms — and dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here behind the plaster in W1. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in W1, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — measured on the walk in from Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line) rather than assumed from a map is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Soho: post-production studios, restaurants and above-shop flats packed into a Georgian grid. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Soho 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, pedestrian zones, night-time economy congestion and no lifts in most walk-ups — carry-up is the default — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Tottenham Court Road (Central, Northern, Elizabeth line).
