Walk Rotherhithe from The Brunel Museum and the Mayflower outwards and the recent new-build pattern is obvious: 66% of the 3,735 households in SE16 live in flats, 34% in houses.
Private renting sits at 41% and owner-occupation at 40%; the first group books garden clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Rotherhithe substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in SE16, with metal stud partitions between rooms — with 19% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE16, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why London Borough of Southwark kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a SE16 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Rotherhithe: river peninsula of dock basins, the Mayflower pub and 1980s dockland housing. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Rotherhithe sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: peninsula road loops, tunnel approach restrictions and gated riverside estates. Rotherhithe (Overground) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
