Walk Kenley from Kenley Aerodrome and Common outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 21% of the 5,051 households in CR8 live in flats, 79% in houses.
12% of households rent privately and 76% own, which is why mirror and artwork hanging demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 21% one-person households in Kenley, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site behind the plaster in CR8. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in CR8, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and very steep private drives, narrow lanes and limited turning space is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Kenley: airfield common, wooded valleys and large houses on steep plots. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Kenley is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Very steep private drives, narrow lanes and limited turning space. Nearest station is Kenley (Southern), and one fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell.
