In Collier Row (RM5) the split is 12% flats to 88% houses over 3,167 households, and the stock is post-war.
With 14% private renting against 74% owner-occupied, most RM5 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Walls are solid London stock brick in RM5, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, which is what a 12% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Collier Row actually produces, so the fixing that matters in Collier Row is chosen on site — the usual failure here is Collier Row gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, and with 14% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Collier Row 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 — a large residential suburb north of Romford with its own shopping parade — which is why a RM5 quote is not a Havering average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: wide suburban roads, driveways and easy kerbside loading. Romford (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, and two operatives with a Luton van as standard, scaling to a second vehicle for a full three-bed or a property with no lift.