Census 2021 puts Isle of Dogs at 12,491 households with a median age of 31.4. The post-war stock is renter-heavy, which is why 16% houses and 84% flats need different handling in E14.
Owner-occupation runs at 27% in Isle of Dogs, so alongside the 45% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Isle of Dogs substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms — and with 33% one-person households in Isle of Dogs, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E14, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 28% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a E14 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Isle of Dogs: dock basins ringed by apartment blocks, with Island Gardens facing Greenwich. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Isle of Dogs 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, single access roads onto the island, dock-side loading bays and lift booking in every block — 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 Crossharbour (DLR).
