Walk New Cross from Goldsmiths, University of London outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 73% of the 11,771 households in SE14 live in flats, 27% in houses.
Private renting sits at 34% and owner-occupation at 30%; the first group books gym equipment assembly at short notice, the second plans it.
New Cross substrates run to often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — and with 34% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE14, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 36% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the mistake that costs a SE14 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in New Cross: goldsmiths' campus, the Venue and student-heavy Victorian streets. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. New Cross is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: september student turnover, New Cross Road red route and narrow permit-only streets. New Cross (Overground, Southeastern) is the nearest station, and 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.
