Walk Covent Garden from The Royal Opera House outwards and the period conversion pattern is obvious: 95% of the 3,927 households in WC2 live in flats, 5% in houses.
Private renting sits at 44% and owner-occupation at 28%; the first group books furniture disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in WC2, with metal stud partitions between rooms — where 28% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in WC2. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in WC2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — with 29% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Covent Garden: piazza, opera house and theatre-land streets with flats above the shops. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Covent Garden sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Pedestrianised piazza with timed vehicle access only, and narrow stairs above shops. Nearest station is Covent Garden (Piccadilly), and two crew and a Luton van; three where a wardrobe or corner sofa has to come down a shared stairwell.
