Walk Monument and Eastcheap from The Monument to the Great Fire outwards and the recent new-build pattern is obvious: 98% of the 4,914 households in EC3 live in flats, 2% in houses.
Private renting sits at 48% and owner-occupation at 37%; the first group books house and flat clearance at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are with metal stud partitions between rooms, over dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork — the reality on the streets around The Monument to the Great Fire, so the fixing that matters in Monument and Eastcheap is chosen on site — the usual failure here is short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — measured on the walk in from Monument (Circle, District) rather than assumed from a map.
Two streets can behave very differently in Monument and Eastcheap: riverside City streets between London Bridge and the Tower, dense with narrow lanes. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Monument and Eastcheap 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: lower Thames Street is a red route; the lanes behind take a small van only. Monument (Circle, District) 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.
