Census 2021 puts Sidcup at 8,640 households with a median age of 40.8. The inter-war stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 54% houses and 46% flats need different handling in DA15.
Private renting sits at 20% and owner-occupation at 68%; the first group books shed clearance and removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Sidcup substrates run to timber stud partitions inside in DA15, cavity brickwork outside — where 68% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in DA15, a four-hole bracket with two screws in a stud and two in fresh air — and with 35% one-person households in Sidcup, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a DA15 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Sidcup: a busy high street, Lamorbey Park and the Rose Bruford campus. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Sidcup is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways throughout; the high street is a red route with short bays — one reason two crew and a Luton on a standard timber shed; three crew where the shed is a workshop size, the base is concrete or the only route out is through the house. Fitters travelling in use Sidcup (Southeastern).
