In St John's Wood (NW8) the split is 90% flats to 10% houses over 6,641 households, and the stock is inter-war.
Because 49% of St John's Wood is privately rented and 17% socially rented, a lot of NW8 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in NW8, with metal stud partitions between rooms, and with 43% one-person households in St John's Wood, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in St John's Wood is chosen on site — the usual failure here is St John's Wood gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, where 33% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
St John's Wood sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — detached villas, embassies and cricket — the quietest of the central postcodes — which is why a NW8 quote is not a Westminster average.
Driveways in the villa streets; gated developments need advance access codes and lift booking. Nearest station is St John's Wood (Jubilee), 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.