The TW9 stock around Kew Gardens is mainly Edwardian. ONS records 41% flats, 59% houses and 4,163 households in Kew.
30% of households rent privately and 64% own, which is why mirror and artwork hanging demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are solid London stock brick; locally that also means some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 30% one-person households in Kew, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Kew is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in TW9, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — measured on the walk in from Kew Gardens (District, Overground) rather than assumed from a map.
Two streets can behave very differently in Kew: the botanic gardens, the green and Edwardian family streets around them. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Kew is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Narrow streets with permit bays, level crossings and conservation-area frontages. Nearest station is Kew Gardens (District, Overground), and one fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell.
