The SE18 stock around Plumstead Common is mainly Victorian. ONS records 33% flats, 67% houses and 9,964 households in Plumstead.
Private renting sits at 32% and owner-occupation at 41%; the first group books bulky waste collection at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — a median age of 36 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in Plumstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE18, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 27% one-person households in Plumstead, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Plumstead: terraced streets climbing steeply from the high street to the common. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Plumstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Very steep hills, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the station. Nearest station is Plumstead (Elizabeth line), and one or two crew depending on the item — a sofa or mattress needs two people on a London staircase regardless of how light the piece is.
