Walk Plumstead from Plumstead Common outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 33% of the 9,964 households in SE18 live in flats, 67% in houses.
Private renting sits at 32% and owner-occupation at 41%; the first group books office clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Plumstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE18, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 27% one-person households in Plumstead, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Plumstead: terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Plumstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station — one reason four crew and a supervisor on a standard floor clearance, scaled up for phased overnight work. Fitters travelling in use Plumstead (Elizabeth line).
