Census 2021 puts New Malden at 6,674 households with a median age of 40.3. The mainly Edwardian stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 70% houses and 30% flats need different handling in KT3.
Owner-occupation runs at 67% in New Malden, so alongside the 27% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are solid London stock brick in New Malden, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 27% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in New Malden is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 6,674 households inside the KT3 neighbourhood.
Anyone who knows New Malden knows the pattern near The Korean high street on Burlington Road: home to Europe's largest Korean community, with a high street to match. We plan the KT3 visit around it. New Malden is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Driveways on most streets; the high street has short loading bays. Nearest station is New Malden (South Western), and three to six operatives depending on the plant, with skates, pallet trucks and a tail-lift 7.5t as standard and a HIAB where a machine cannot be moved to the bay by hand.