In Cricklewood (NW2) the split is 74% flats to 26% houses over 4,362 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
With 47% private renting against 34% owner-occupied, most NW2 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Cricklewood substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Cricklewood, with metal stud partitions between rooms, and with 34% one-person households in Cricklewood, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Cricklewood gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, and with 47% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does is the mistake that costs a NW2 customer twice.
Cricklewood is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — broadway shops on the A5, with Edwardian terraces and the Brent Cross works beyond — which is why a NW2 quote is not a Brent average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: a5 red route, permit bays and terraced streets with tight parking. Cricklewood (Thameslink) is the nearest station, and a two-person crew and a Luton for flats; three or four crew and two vans for houses with lofts, cellars or garages.