Walk Tolworth from Tolworth Tower outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 25% of the 3,374 households in KT5 live in flats, 74% in houses.
Private renting sits at 28% and owner-occupation at 63%; the first group books warehouse clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are solid London stock brick in KT5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — where 63% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Tolworth is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in KT5, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and a3 access is fast but unloadable; residential streets have driveways.
Two streets can behave very differently in Tolworth: the Tolworth Tower landmark on the A3 and quiet 1930s residential grids. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Tolworth is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, a3 access is fast but unloadable; residential streets have driveways — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Tolworth (South Western).
