Walk Palmers Green from Broomfield Park outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 41% of the 6,566 households in N13 live in flats, 59% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 63% in Palmers Green, so alongside the 30% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Palmers Green substrates run to some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — the reality on the streets around Broomfield Park. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — the pattern behind 6,566 households inside the N13 neighbourhood is the mistake that costs a N13 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Palmers Green: green Lanes' Greek Cypriot shops and long Edwardian terraces. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Palmers Green is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, green Lanes is a red route with tight side-street access and permit bays — one reason four crew and a supervisor on a standard floor clearance, scaled up for phased overnight work. Fitters travelling in use Palmers Green (Great Northern).