Walk Isle of Dogs from Island Gardens and the Greenwich foot tunnel outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 84% of the 12,491 households in E14 live in flats, 16% in houses.
45% of households rent privately and 27% own, which is why cat flap fitting demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Isle of Dogs substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in Isle of Dogs, with metal stud partitions between rooms — which is what a 84% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Isle of Dogs actually produces. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E14, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 33% one-person households in Isle of Dogs, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a E14 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Isle of Dogs: dock basins ringed by apartment blocks, with Island Gardens facing Greenwich. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Isle of Dogs sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, single access roads onto the island, dock-side loading bays and lift booking in every block — 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 Crossharbour (DLR).
