In Becontree (RM9) the split is 19% flats to 81% houses over 19,652 households, and the stock is post-war.
Because 23% of Becontree is privately rented and 33% socially rented, a lot of RM9 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Becontree substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Becontree, often with surface conduit, which is why London Borough of Barking and Dagenham kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Becontree gives us drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, where 44% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a RM9 customer twice.
Becontree 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 — the world's largest council estate when built — 26,000 cottage homes on a grid — which is why a RM9 quote is not a Barking and Dagenham average.
Wide estate roads with kerbside parking and level front paths — straightforward for a Luton. Nearest station is Becontree (District), and two crew and a Luton on a standard mattress and base; the same crew dismantles bunk frames and storage divans on site before the carry.