The SE6 stock around The Catford Cat is mainly Victorian. ONS records 62% flats, 38% houses and 6,981 households in Catford.
Private renting sits at 33% and owner-occupation at 42%; the first group books all hanging and mounting services at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in SE6, with metal stud partitions between rooms — a median age of 35 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in Catford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in SE6, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 33% one-person households in Catford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Catford: the fibreglass cat, the Broadway theatre and the Rushey Green shops. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Catford 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: south Circular red route, shopping-centre service yards and permit bays behind. Catford (Southeastern) is the nearest station, and one fitter for a typical multi-item visit; two where anything crosses 30kg or has to be carried up a shared stairwell.