Census 2021 puts Edmonton at 17,818 households with a median age of 33.5. The mainly Victorian stock is social-housing-led, which is why 53% houses and 47% flats need different handling in N9.
Private renting sits at 34% and owner-occupation at 33%; the first group books garden clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Edmonton substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in N9, often with surface conduit — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in N9, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 32% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a N9 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Edmonton: market, shopping centre and dense post-war housing on the Lea valley flat. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Edmonton is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, tower blocks with a single goods lift, estate service roads and market congestion — one reason two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway. Fitters travelling in use Edmonton Green (Greater Anglia).