The CR0 stock around Ashburton Park is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 42% flats, 58% houses and 11,026 households in Addiscombe.
Owner-occupation runs at 54% in Addiscombe, so alongside the 33% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and solid London stock brick — and with 30% one-person households in Addiscombe, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Addiscombe is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — a median age of 37 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here.
Two streets can behave very differently in Addiscombe: tree-lined Edwardian streets and a small parade east of central Croydon. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Addiscombe is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, tram-line crossings, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the tram stops — one reason one fitter for most items; two for sliding-door wardrobes, bunk beds and anything that has to be carried up a shared stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Addiscombe (Tramlink).
