In Hainault (IG6) the split is 25% flats to 75% houses over 5,741 households, and the stock is post-war.
With 17% private renting against 58% owner-occupied, most IG6 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is why London Borough of Redbridge kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Hainault is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Hainault gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, where 58% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Hainault is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — post-war LCC estate housing beside Hainault Forest Country Park — which is why a IG6 quote is not a Redbridge average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: wide estate roads with easy parking and level access to most homes. Hainault (Central) is the nearest station, and two to three operatives as standard, with a specialist F-gas engineer booked in for any unit holding refrigerant-charged equipment.