Walk Streatham from Streatham Common and the Rookery outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 66% of the 26,325 households in SW16 live in flats, 34% in houses.
35% of households rent privately and 44% own, which is why wardrobe assembly demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect with solid brick on the party and external walls — and lath and plaster over timber studs — which is what a 66% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Streatham actually produces behind the plaster in SW16. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why which crumbles the key and drops the panel — and a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 21% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Streatham: a two-mile high road, the common and the ice rink, with Edwardian streets either side. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Streatham 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, a23 red route, side streets with permit bays and mansion blocks with small lifts — 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 Streatham (Thameslink, Southern).
