The KT3 stock around The Korean high street on Burlington Road is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 30% flats, 70% houses and 6,674 households in New Malden.
Owner-occupation runs at 67% in New Malden, so alongside the 27% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are solid London stock brick in New Malden, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 27% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in New Malden is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in KT3, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 24% one-person households in New Malden, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in New Malden: home to Europe's largest Korean community, with a high street to match. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. New Malden is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways on most streets; the high street has short loading bays — one reason one fitter for a pivot or fixed screen; two for sliding and bi-fold enclosures and any wet-room panel over 190cm, which is awkward to hold plumb alone. Fitters travelling in use New Malden (South Western).
