Walk Isle of Dogs from Island Gardens and the Greenwich foot tunnel outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 84% of the 12,491 households in E14 live in flats, 16% in houses.
Private renting sits at 45% and owner-occupation at 27%; the first group books warehouse clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in E14, with metal stud partitions between rooms — the reality on the streets around Island Gardens and the Greenwich foot tunnel behind the plaster in E14. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in E14, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — the pattern behind 12,491 households inside the E14 neighbourhood is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Isle of Dogs: dock basins ringed by apartment blocks, with Island Gardens facing Greenwich. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Isle of Dogs sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, single access roads onto the island, dock-side loading bays and lift booking in every block — 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 Crossharbour (DLR).