Walk Wanstead from Wanstead Park and the Temple outwards and the Georgian and early Victorian pattern is obvious: 30% of the 4,526 households in E11 live in flats, 70% in houses.
Private renting sits at 17% and owner-occupation at 72%; the first group books mattress and bed disposal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are solid London stock brick in Wanstead, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 17% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Wanstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — and conservation-area streets, driveways on most roads and timed loading on the high street.
Two streets can behave very differently in Wanstead: a village high street with Georgian houses, the park and Wanstead Flats. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Wanstead 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: conservation-area streets, driveways on most roads and timed loading on the high street. Wanstead (Central) 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.
