Walk Sanderstead from Sanderstead Pond and the Gruffy outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 15% of the 3,008 households in CR2 live in flats, 85% in houses.
10% of households rent privately and 88% own, which is why garage clearance demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are solid London stock brick in CR2, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 10% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Sanderstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in CR2, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and wide suburban roads and driveways; only the hill approaches are tight.
Two streets can behave very differently in Sanderstead: hilltop village with a green, a church and wide views over the downs. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Sanderstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, wide suburban roads and driveways; only the hill approaches are tight — one reason two operatives with a transit-sized van as standard, upsized to a Luton for a double garage or a lock-up with heavy workshop contents. Fitters travelling in use Sanderstead (Southern).
