Walk Colindale from The former Hendon Aerodrome and Colindale Gardens outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 80% of the 7,659 households in NW9 live in flats, 20% in houses.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 32%; the first group books TV mounting at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are precast concrete panels and dense blockwork; locally that also means often with surface conduit — where 32% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year, so the fixing that matters in Colindale is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in NW9, drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it — with 33% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in Colindale: the fastest-growing new-build district in north London, around the old aerodrome. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Colindale is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Every new block requires booked goods lifts and loading bays; estate roads are gated. Nearest station is Colindale (Northern), and one fitter up to 43 inches, two for anything larger or where the screen has to go up a stairwell.
