Walk Woolwich from The Royal Arsenal and Woolwich Ferry outwards and the post-war pattern is obvious: 63% of the 13,241 households in SE18 live in flats, 37% in houses.
25% of households rent privately and 28% own, which is why mirror and artwork hanging demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Woolwich substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in Woolwich, often with surface conduit — where 28% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in SE18, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — and with 31% one-person households in Woolwich, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the mistake that costs a SE18 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Woolwich: the Arsenal's converted barracks, a market town centre and the ferry across the river. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Woolwich 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: royal Arsenal estate permits, town-centre one-way loading and booked lifts in the towers. Woolwich (Elizabeth line, DLR) is the nearest station, and one fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell.
