Walk Liverpool Street from Broadgate Circle outwards and the period conversion pattern is obvious: 98% of the 4,914 households in EC2 live in flats, 2% in houses.
Private renting sits at 48% and owner-occupation at 37%; the first group books movers near you at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in EC2, with metal stud partitions between rooms — which is what a 98% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering Liverpool Street actually produces behind the plaster in EC2. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs on these streets — with 15% 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 Liverpool Street: commuter gateway with Broadgate offices on one side and Spitalfields market on the other. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Liverpool Street sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Broadgate estate has its own access rules and booked bays; surrounding streets are red-route controlled. Nearest station is Liverpool Street (Central, Circle, Elizabeth line, National Rail), and two movers as standard, three where a Victorian stair turn, a heavy item or a tight completion-day schedule makes the extra pair of hands worth the hourly cost.