Walk Erith from Erith Pier — the longest on the Thames outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 43% of the 6,005 households in DA8 live in flats, 57% in houses.
21% of households rent privately and 57% own, which is why clearance services demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are solid London stock brick in DA8, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — where 57% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Erith is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in DA8, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — measured on the walk in from Erith (Southeastern) rather than assumed from a map.
Two streets can behave very differently in Erith: riverside town with the pier, the marshes and a regenerating centre. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Erith is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, riverside estate roads, tower blocks with single lifts and wide suburban streets behind — one reason standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling. Fitters travelling in use Erith (Southeastern).
