Walk Woolwich from The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 63% of the 13,241 households in SE18 live in flats, 37% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 28% in Woolwich, so alongside the 25% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — which is what a 63% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Woolwich actually produces behind the plaster in SE18. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in SE18, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Woolwich: the Arsenal's converted barracks, a market town centre and the ferry across the river. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Woolwich is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers — 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 Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR).
