The W2 stock around Paddington Basin and Little Venice is period conversion. ONS records 87% flats, 13% houses and 3,981 households in Paddington.
Private renting sits at 54% and owner-occupation at 30%; the first group books furniture disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in Paddington is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in W2, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why Westminster City Council kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded.
Two streets can behave very differently in Paddington: canal basin offices and hotels beside Bayswater's stucco terraces and Hyde Park. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Paddington 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, basin estate loading bays, red routes on Bishop's Bridge Road and stucco terraces with basement steps — 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 Paddington (Elizabeth line, Bakerloo, Circle, National Rail).