The SW3 stock around The Royal Hospital Chelsea is Georgian and early Victorian. ONS records 78% flats, 22% houses and 8,944 households in Chelsea.
Private renting sits at 35% and owner-occupation at 38%; the first group books wardrobe assembly at short notice, the second plans it.
Walls are lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — which is what a 78% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Chelsea actually produces, so the fixing that matters in Chelsea is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — and with 45% one-person households in Chelsea, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site.
Two streets can behave very differently in Chelsea: king's Road shops, Cadogan estate squares and the river at Chelsea Embankment. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Chelsea sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
On access, cadogan estate parking rules, King's Road red-route loading and mews arches with height limits — one reason one fitter for a single wardrobe; two for fitted bay systems, sliding-door units and anything carried up a shared stairwell. Fitters travelling in use Sloane Square (Circle, District).
