The N6 stock around Highgate Cemetery is Georgian and early Victorian. ONS records 65% flats, 35% houses and 5,593 households in Highgate.
Owner-occupation runs at 51% in Highgate, so alongside the 37% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — the pattern behind 5,593 households inside the N6 neighbourhood, so the fixing that matters in Highgate is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in N6, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and steep, narrow lanes where a luton is the practical limit, plus listed-building constraints.
Two streets can behave very differently in Highgate: hilltop village of Georgian houses, the cemetery and Waterlow Park. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Highgate is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, steep, narrow lanes where a Luton is the practical limit, plus listed-building constraints — 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 Highgate (Northern).
