Walk Palmers Green from Broomfield Park outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 41% of the 6,566 households in N13 live in flats, 59% in houses.
Private renting sits at 30% and owner-occupation at 63%; the first group books retail and shop clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and with 30% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does behind the plaster in N13. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in N13, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and green lanes is a red route with tight side-street access and permit bays is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Palmers Green: green Lanes' Greek Cypriot shops and long Edwardian terraces. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Palmers Green is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, green Lanes is a red route with tight side-street access and permit bays — one reason two to three operatives for a small or mid-size unit, with access equipment booked separately for fascia and signage above ground floor level. Fitters travelling in use Palmers Green (Great Northern).
