The KT3 stock around The Korean high street on Burlington Road is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 30% flats, 70% houses and 6,674 households in New Malden.
Private renting sits at 27% and owner-occupation at 67%; the first group books end of tenancy clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
New Malden substrates run to solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — a median age of 40 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in KT3, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — which is why Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a KT3 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in New Malden: home to Europe's largest Korean community, with a high street to match. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. New Malden is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways on most streets; the high street has short loading bays — one reason two operatives with a Luton van as standard, scaling to a second vehicle for a full three-bed or a property with no lift. Fitters travelling in use New Malden (South Western).
