Census 2021 puts Eltham at 13,732 households with a median age of 40. The mainly Victorian stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 73% houses and 27% flats need different handling in SE9.
Private renting sits at 15% and owner-occupation at 64%; the first group books school clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded behind the plaster in SE9. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE9, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 28% one-person households in Eltham, 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 Eltham: the medieval palace, Art Deco Eltham Palace and streets of 1930s semis. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Eltham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveway parking on most streets; the high street has timed loading only — one reason two to four operatives for a single-building clear, scaling to two teams working in parallel where a full primary site has to be finished inside a two-week holiday window. Fitters travelling in use Eltham (Southeastern).
