The E14 stock around Island Gardens and the Greenwich foot tunnel is post-war. ONS records 84% flats, 16% houses and 12,491 households in Isle of Dogs.
Private renting sits at 45% and owner-occupation at 27%; the first group books mirror and artwork hanging at short notice, the second plans it.
Isle of Dogs substrates run to dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork; locally that also means with metal stud partitions between rooms — the reality on the streets around Island Gardens and the Greenwich foot tunnel. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because in E14, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — which is why London Borough of Tower Hamlets kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded is the mistake that costs a E14 customer twice.
Two streets can behave very differently in Isle of Dogs: dock basins ringed by apartment blocks, with Island Gardens facing Greenwich. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Isle of Dogs sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Single access roads onto the island, dock-side loading bays and lift booking in every block. Nearest station is Crossharbour (DLR), and one fitter for pictures and mirrors up to about 25kg; two for overmantels, full-length glass and anything carried up a communal stairwell.
