The EC3 stock around The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe is post-war. ONS records 98% flats, 2% houses and 4,914 households in Aldgate.
48% of households rent privately and 37% own, which is why furniture disposal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Aldgate substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in EC3, with metal stud partitions between rooms — which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Aldgate actually produces. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in EC3, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why City of London Corporation kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a EC3 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Aldgate: eastern edge of the Square Mile where office towers meet Whitechapel's high street. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Aldgate 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, aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking — one reason two crew and a Luton van; three where a wardrobe or corner sofa has to come down a shared stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan).
