Census 2021 puts Raynes Park at 3,570 households with a median age of 36.5. The mainly Edwardian stock is renter-heavy, which is why 49% houses and 51% flats need different handling in SW20.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 51%; the first group books shed clearance and removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Raynes Park substrates run to lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — the reality on the streets around Cottenham Park. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and driveways on most roads; the level crossing and station parade congest at peak is the mistake that costs a SW20 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Raynes Park: a quiet family suburb of interwar semis with Cottenham Park nearby. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Raynes Park is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: driveways on most roads; the level crossing and station parade congest at peak. Raynes Park (South Western) is the nearest station, and 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.