Census 2021 puts Romford at 18,759 households with a median age of 37.6. The mainly Victorian stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 68% houses and 32% flats need different handling in RM1.
23% of households rent privately and 66% own, which is why shed clearance and removal demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are solid London stock brick in Romford, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — where 66% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Romford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in RM1, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 28% one-person households in Romford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Romford: market town turned regional centre — the market, the Brewery and a growing skyline. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Romford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, ring-road one-way system, market-day closures and booked lifts in the new blocks — 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 Romford (Elizabeth line).
