The CR2 stock around Sanderstead Pond and the Gruffy is inter-war. ONS records 15% flats, 85% houses and 3,008 households in Sanderstead.
10% of households rent privately and 88% own, which is why mirror and artwork hanging demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment, over solid London stock brick — and with 10% of homes here privately rented, it sets the booking date as often as the job does, so the fixing that matters in Sanderstead is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in CR2, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 21% one-person households in Sanderstead, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Sanderstead: hilltop village with a green, a church and wide views over the downs. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Sanderstead is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Wide suburban roads and driveways; only the hill approaches are tight. Nearest station is Sanderstead (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.
