Walk Lee from The Manor House and its gardens outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 39% of the 6,151 households in SE12 live in flats, 60% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 60% in Lee, so alongside the 22% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Lee substrates run to solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — 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 in SE12, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — with 18% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a SE12 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Lee: manor House library, Lee Green's shops and streets of interwar houses. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Lee is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, driveways on many streets; Lee High Road is a red route with short bays — one reason one fitter for doors and panels; two where a wall tunnel is core-drilled and the debris has to be carried out of a flat. Fitters travelling in use Lee (Southeastern).
