Census 2021 puts Limehouse at 7,637 households with a median age of 30.3. The Georgian and early Victorian stock is social-housing-led, which is why 17% houses and 83% flats need different handling in E14.
Owner-occupation runs at 25% in Limehouse, so alongside the 32% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Limehouse substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — a median age of 30 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 30% one-person households in Limehouse, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a E14 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Limehouse: basin marina, Narrow Street's riverside houses and canal moorings. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Limehouse sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: narrow Street is single-track with no turning; marina blocks need gate codes and lift booking. Limehouse (DLR, c2c) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton van; three where a wardrobe or corner sofa has to come down a shared stairwell.
