Walk Plaistow from Plaistow Park outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 43% of the 10,311 households in E13 live in flats, 57% in houses.
Private renting sits at 33% and owner-occupation at 34%; the first group books mattress and bed disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — and with 33% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Plaistow is chosen on site — the usual failure here is drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — and with 24% one-person households in Plaistow, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Plaistow: dense terraced housing, Balaam Street's shops and a strong community feel. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Plaistow is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Very narrow streets, no off-street parking and permit bays throughout. Nearest station is Plaistow (District, Hammersmith & City), 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.
