Walk Colindale from The former Hendon Aerodrome and Colindale Gardens outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 80% of the 7,659 households in NW9 live in flats, 20% in houses.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 32%; the first group books rubbish removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Colindale, often with surface conduit — the pattern behind 7,659 households inside the NW9 neighbourhood, so the fixing that matters in Colindale is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in NW9, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 35% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does.
Two streets can behave very differently in Colindale: the fastest-growing new-build district in north London, around the old aerodrome. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Colindale is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, every new block requires booked goods lifts and loading bays; estate roads are gated — one reason one person and a car for boot-loads; two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton for anything from a quarter-load upward. Fitters travelling in use Colindale (Northern).
