The E13 stock around The former Boleyn Ground site is mainly Victorian. ONS records 55% flats, 45% houses and 3,460 households in West Ham and Plaistow.
Owner-occupation runs at 29% in West Ham and Plaistow, so alongside the 30% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
West Ham and Plaistow substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in E13, often with surface conduit — with 40% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E13, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — which is what a 55% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering West Ham and Plaistow actually produces is the mistake that costs a E13 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in West Ham and Plaistow: terraced streets and the memory of the Boleyn Ground, with fast links in every direction. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. West Ham and Plaistow is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, narrow terraced streets with permit bays; the A13 approach is a red route — one reason two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment. Fitters travelling in use West Ham (Jubilee, District, DLR, c2c).