Walk Sutton from Sutton High Street and Manor Park outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 59% of the 22,476 households in SM1 live in flats, 41% in houses.
32% of households rent privately and 55% own, which is why gym equipment assembly demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Sutton substrates run to with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — the reality on the streets around Sutton High Street and Manor Park. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster in SM1, which crumbles the key and drops the panel — which is why London Borough of Sutton kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a SM1 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Sutton: a long pedestrianised high street with the Trinity Square district behind. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Sutton is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Pedestrianised high street with timed vehicle access; driveways on the residential roads. Nearest station is Sutton (Southern, Thameslink), 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.