In Muswell Hill (N10) the split is 63% flats to 37% houses over 5,479 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
Because 35% of Muswell Hill is privately rented and 8% socially rented, a lot of N10 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Muswell Hill 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 Alexandra Palace and Park. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, which is what a 63% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Muswell Hill actually produces is the mistake that costs a N10 customer twice.
Edwardian shopping parades on a hilltop with wide views across London. That character decides the practical detail of construction site clearance here far more than the borough boundary does. Muswell Hill is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Steep approach roads, tight parades with short loading bays and long garden paths. Nearest station is Highgate (Northern), and 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.