In Hornchurch (RM12) the split is 29% flats to 71% houses over 10,631 households, and the stock is inter-war.
The owner-occupier-led mix here (67% owned, 16% privately rented) means a RM12 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
Walls are timber stud partitions inside in Hornchurch, cavity brickwork outside, measured on the walk in from Hornchurch (District) rather than assumed from a map, so the fixing that matters in Hornchurch is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air, as the Hornchurch stock goes, where 67% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year.
A long high street, the Queen's Theatre and streets of interwar semis. That character decides the practical detail of rubbish removal here far more than the borough boundary does. Hornchurch is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Driveways almost everywhere; the high street has timed loading only. Nearest station is Hornchurch (District), and one person and a car for boot-loads; two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton for anything from a quarter-load upward.