Census 2021 puts Friern Barnet and New Southgate at 4,005 households with a median age of 40. The mainly Victorian stock is owner-occupier-led, which is why 53% houses and 47% flats need different handling in N11.
Private renting sits at 30% and owner-occupation at 60%; the first group books blinds and curtain fitting at short notice, the second plans it.
Friern Barnet and New Southgate substrates run to with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs — where 60% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in Friern Barnet and New Southgate, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and gated estate access codes at princess park manor; driveways elsewhere is the mistake that costs a N11 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Friern Barnet and New Southgate: quiet residential grid around the former Colney Hatch asylum, now Princess Park Manor. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Friern Barnet and New Southgate is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, gated estate access codes at Princess Park Manor; driveways elsewhere — one reason one fitter for standard windows; two for bent bay tracks or full-height stairwell blinds. Fitters travelling in use New Southgate (Great Northern).