Walk St Paul's from St Paul's Cathedral outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 98% of the 4,914 households in EC4 live in flats, 2% in houses.
48% of households rent privately and 37% own, which is why warehouse clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
St Paul's substrates run to with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering St Paul's actually produces. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — measured on the walk in from St Paul's (Central) rather than assumed from a map is the mistake that costs a EC4 customer twice.
Anyone who knows St Paul's knows the pattern near St Paul's Cathedral: cathedral precinct, One New Change shopping and the streets running down to the Millennium Bridge. We plan the EC4 visit around it. St Paul's sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: pedestrianised zones and camera-enforced streets; loading needs a permit from the Corporation. St Paul's (Central) is the nearest station, and four operatives with a 7.5t tail-lift vehicle on a standard unit, scaling to six with a second vehicle where the handover date is tight.