In Southall (UB1) the split is 26% flats to 74% houses over 11,231 households, and the stock is mainly Edwardian.
With 37% private renting against 50% owner-occupied, most UB1 bookings land on a move-in day rather than a weekend.
Southall substrates run to some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick, measured on the walk in from Southall (Elizabeth line) rather than assumed from a map. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because Southall gives us fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body, where 50% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a UB1 customer twice.
Southall 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 Broadway's Punjabi shops and sweet centres, and the Gurdwara's golden dome — which is why a UB1 quote is not a Ealing average.
Very busy Broadway with short loading windows; new blocks need booked lifts. Nearest station is Southall (Elizabeth line), and one person and a car for boot-loads; two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton for anything from a quarter-load upward.