The SE28 stock around Southmere Lake is post-war. ONS records 47% flats, 53% houses and 7,133 households in Thamesmead.
Private renting sits at 28% and owner-occupation at 32%; the first group books rubbish removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — which is why Royal Borough of Greenwich kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded, so the fixing that matters in Thamesmead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE28, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 39% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in Thamesmead: brutalist canals and lakes, now under one of London's biggest regeneration programmes. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Thamesmead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Deck-access blocks with limited lifts, long walkway carries and estate service roads. Nearest station is Abbey Wood (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.
