Walk Bethnal Green from Columbia Road Flower Market outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 88% of the 13,403 households in E2 live in flats, 12% in houses.
Private renting sits at 34% and owner-occupation at 23%; the first group books blinds and curtain fitting at short notice, the second plans it.
Bethnal Green substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Bethnal Green, often with surface conduit — where 23% 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 in E2, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — which is why London Borough of Tower Hamlets kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a E2 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Bethnal Green: columbia Road's flower market, the museum of childhood and dense terraces and estates. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Bethnal Green 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: sunday market closures, LTN filters and tower blocks with a single small lift. Bethnal Green (Central, Overground) is the nearest station, and one fitter for standard windows; two for bent bay tracks or full-height stairwell blinds.
