Walk Brockley from Hilly Fields Park outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 70% of the 6,905 households in SE4 live in flats, 30% in houses.
30% of households rent privately and 39% own, which is why warehouse clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — which is why London Borough of Lewisham kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Brockley is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE4, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — where 39% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Two streets can behave very differently in Brockley: conservation-area streets of large Victorian villas and the Hilly Fields view. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Brockley is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: steep hills, long front paths and conversion flats up two or three flights. Brockley (Overground) 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.
