Walk Stratford from Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 61% of the 10,391 households in E15 live in flats, 39% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 28% in Stratford, so alongside the 37% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — which is what a 61% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Stratford actually produces behind the plaster in E15. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — and with 28% one-person households in Stratford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Stratford: westfield, the Olympic Park and a skyline of new residential towers. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Stratford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, every tower needs a booked goods lift and loading bay; estate roads are camera-controlled — one reason two crew and a Luton on a small office or shop unit; three to four crew with a 7.5-tonne vehicle on retail strip-outs, warehouses and racking removals. Fitters travelling in use Stratford (Central, Jubilee, Elizabeth line, DLR).
