Walk Stepney from St Dunstan's Church, Stepney outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 78% of the 6,862 households in E1 live in flats, 22% in houses.
Private renting sits at 26% and owner-occupation at 23%; the first group books wardrobe assembly at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect often with surface conduit, over precast concrete panels and dense blockwork — which is why London Borough of Tower Hamlets kerb rules get settled before the van is loaded behind the plaster in E1. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it on these streets — and with 29% one-person households in Stepney, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Two streets can behave very differently in Stepney: green squares, Victorian terraces and the Ocean estate east of Whitechapel. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Stepney sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Narrow terraced streets, estate parking permits and stair-only access in low-rise blocks. Nearest station is Stepney Green (District, Hammersmith & City), and one fitter for a single wardrobe; two for fitted bay systems, sliding-door units and anything carried up a shared stairwell.
