The EC3 stock around The Gherkin at 30 St Mary Axe is post-war. ONS records 98% flats, 2% houses and 4,914 households in Aldgate.
Private renting sits at 48% and owner-occupation at 37%; the first group books mirror and artwork hanging at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in EC3, with metal stud partitions between rooms — which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Aldgate actually produces, so the fixing that matters in Aldgate is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in EC3, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 51% one-person households in Aldgate, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Aldgate: eastern edge of the Square Mile where office towers meet Whitechapel's high street. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Aldgate sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Aldgate gyratory red routes, tower-block concierge sign-in and lift booking. Nearest station is Aldgate (Circle, Metropolitan), and one fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell.
