The RM1 stock around Romford Market is mainly Victorian. ONS records 32% flats, 68% houses and 18,759 households in Romford.
Owner-occupation runs at 66% in Romford, so alongside the 23% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Walls are solid London stock brick in Romford, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — which is what a 32% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Romford actually produces, so the fixing that matters in Romford is chosen on site — the usual failure here is in RM1, fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body — and with 28% one-person households in Romford, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Romford: market town turned regional centre — the market, the Brewery and a growing skyline. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Romford is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, ring-road one-way system, market-day closures and booked lifts in the new blocks — one reason one fitter up to 43 inches, two for anything larger or where the screen has to go up a stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Romford (Elizabeth line).
