The E13 stock around The former Boleyn Ground site is mainly Victorian. ONS records 55% flats, 45% houses and 3,460 households in West Ham and Plaistow.
Owner-occupation runs at 29% in West Ham and Plaistow, so alongside the 30% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — which is what a 55% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering West Ham and Plaistow actually produces behind the plaster in E13. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in E13, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — which is why London Borough of Newham kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in West Ham and Plaistow: terraced streets and the memory of the Boleyn Ground, with fast links in every direction. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. West Ham and Plaistow is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Narrow terraced streets with permit bays; the A13 approach is a red route. Nearest station is West Ham (Jubilee, District, DLR, c2c), 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.