Walk Leyton from Leyton Orient's Brisbane Road ground outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 53% of the 10,822 households in E10 live in flats, 47% in houses.
38% of households rent privately and 43% own, which is why rubbish removal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in Leyton, with solid brick on the party and external walls — and with 38% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does behind the plaster in E10. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 19% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Leyton: terraced streets beside the Olympic Park, with Francis Road's independents. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Leyton is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Very narrow terraced streets, LTN filters and match-day parking restrictions. Nearest station is Leyton (Central), and one person and a car for boot-loads; two crew and a 3.5-tonne Luton for anything from a quarter-load upward.
