Walk St John's Wood from Lord's Cricket Ground and Abbey Road studios outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 90% of the 6,641 households in NW8 live in flats, 10% in houses.
Private renting sits at 49% and owner-occupation at 33%; the first group books shed clearance and removal at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms — a median age of 38 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in St John's Wood is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in NW8, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — measured on the walk in from St John's Wood (Jubilee) rather than assumed from a map.
Two streets can behave very differently in St John's Wood: detached villas, embassies and cricket — the quietest of the central postcodes. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. St John's Wood sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: driveways in the villa streets; gated developments need advance access codes and lift booking. St John's Wood (Jubilee) 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.