In Brentford (TW8) the split is 60% flats to 39% houses over 11,663 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The mixed-tenure mix here (48% owned, 30% privately rented) means a TW8 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Brentford substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in TW8, with metal stud partitions between rooms, which is why London Borough of Hounslow kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Brentford gives us short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs, which is what a 60% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Brentford actually produces is the mistake that costs a TW8 customer twice.
Brentford 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 — canal and river confluence, the new stadium and thousands of new waterside flats — which is why a TW8 quote is not a Hounslow average.
On access, narrow lock-side lanes, match-day restrictions and mandatory lift booking in new blocks — one reason a two-person crew and a Luton for flats; three or four crew and two vans for houses with lofts, cellars or garages. Fitters travelling in use Brentford (South Western).