In Cranham (RM14) the split is 12% flats to 88% houses over 5,823 households, and the stock is mixed-era.
Because 10% of Cranham is privately rented and 5% socially rented, a lot of RM14 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Expect cavity brickwork outside, over timber stud partitions inside, which is why London Borough of Havering kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded behind the plaster in RM14. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why Cranham gives us a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, where 86% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the fault we are called back to undo.
Cranham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — quiet green-belt-edge suburb of bungalows and detached homes — which is why a RM14 quote is not a Havering average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: the easiest access in London — wide roads, drives and level thresholds. Upminster (District, c2c), a mile west of Cranham is the nearest station, and standard crews are two people with a 3.5-tonne Luton; bigger clears run two vans or return the same day rather than overfilling.