Walk South Croydon from Croham Hurst woods outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 47% of the 3,637 households in CR2 live in flats, 53% in houses.
30% of households rent privately and 60% own, which is why construction site clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
South Croydon substrates run to with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around Croham Hurst woods. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in South Croydon, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — measured on the walk in from South Croydon (Southern) rather than assumed from a map is the mistake that costs a CR2 customer twice.
Anyone who knows South Croydon knows the pattern near Croham Hurst woods: victorian and Edwardian streets on the hill above the town, with Selsdon beyond. We plan the CR2 visit around it. South Croydon is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, steep hills, narrow Victorian frontages and driveways further out — one reason two operatives with a 3.5t tipper as standard, scaling to four operatives and a 7.5t vehicle on strip-outs or where the waste has to be barrowed a long way to the frontage. Fitters travelling in use South Croydon (Southern).