In Mitcham (CR4) the split is 46% flats to 54% houses over 10,087 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
With 28% private renting against 47% owner-occupied, most CR4 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls, with 25% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first, so the fixing that matters in Mitcham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster; locally that also means which crumbles the key and drops the panel, a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
One of the largest commons in London, a cricket green and Wandle-valley industry. That character decides the practical detail of construction site clearance here far more than the borough boundary does. Mitcham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Tram-line crossings, wide suburban roads and driveways on most streets. Nearest station is Mitcham (Tramlink), 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.