In West Ealing and Northfields (W13) the split is 53% flats to 47% houses over 8,040 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
The mixed-tenure mix here (49% owned, 34% privately rented) means a W13 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
West Ealing and Northfields substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs in W13, with solid brick on the party and external walls, which is why London Borough of Ealing kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here is the mistake that costs a W13 customer twice.
The Broadway market, Dean Gardens and the Brentham garden suburb nearby. That character decides the practical detail of green waste removal here far more than the borough boundary does. West Ealing and Northfields 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: level-crossing delays, market-day loading limits and permit bays near the station. West Ealing (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, and two crew and a Luton on most garden clearances; three crew and a tipper where the load is mainly soil, turf or rubble and weight rather than volume decides the run.