Walk Streatham from Streatham Common and the Rookery outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 66% of the 26,325 households in SW16 live in flats, 34% in houses.
35% of households rent privately and 44% own, which is why gym equipment assembly demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — the reality on the streets around Streatham Common and the Rookery, so the fixing that matters in Streatham is chosen on site — the usual failure here is a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster; locally that also means which crumbles the key and drops the panel — the pattern behind 26,325 households inside the SW16 neighbourhood.
Two streets can behave very differently in Streatham: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Streatham 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, a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts — one reason one fitter for bikes, benches and rowers; two for treadmills, racks and multi-gyms, or wherever the machine must be carried above the ground floor. Fitters travelling in use Streatham (Thameslink, Southern).
