Walk De Beauvoir Town from De Beauvoir Square outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 83% of the 2,802 households in N1 live in flats, 17% in houses.
52% of households rent privately and 28% own, which is why flat and apartment clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in N1, with metal stud partitions between rooms — a median age of 32 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in De Beauvoir Town is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in N1, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 20% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in De Beauvoir Town: a grid of Victorian Gothic villas between Kingsland Road and the canal. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. De Beauvoir Town is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Conservation-area streets, LTN filters and villa basements with external steps. Nearest station is Haggerston (Overground), and two crew and a Luton for a studio or one-bed; three crew and a second van on two- and three-bedroom apartments or any duplex.