Stratford E15 is mainly Victorian and renter-heavy: 61% of homes here are flats and 39% are houses, across 10,391 households (ONS Census 2021).
The renter-heavy mix here (28% owned, 37% privately rented) means a E15 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit, which is why London Borough of Newham kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Stratford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the Stratford stock goes, where 28% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
Westfield, the Olympic Park and a skyline of new residential towers. That character decides the practical detail of hoarder clearance here far more than the borough boundary does. Stratford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: every tower needs a booked goods lift and loading bay; estate roads are camera-controlled. Stratford (Central, Jubilee, Elizabeth line, DLR) is the nearest station, and two to four operatives depending on severity, with PPE for biohazard handling and a plain, unmarked vehicle available on request.