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 mattress and bed disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Monument and Eastcheap, with metal stud partitions between rooms — the pattern behind 4,914 households inside the EC3 neighbourhood behind the plaster in EC3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why 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 is the fault we are called back to undo.
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 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.