Walk Mitcham from Mitcham Common and the Cricket Green outwards and the mainly Victorian pattern is obvious: 46% of the 10,087 households in CR4 live in flats, 54% in houses.
Private renting sits at 28% and owner-occupation at 47%; the first group books movers near you at short notice, the second plans it.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs in CR4, with solid brick on the party and external walls — the reality on the streets around Mitcham Common and the Cricket Green behind the plaster in CR4. 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, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster — with 25% 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 Mitcham: one of the largest commons in London, a cricket green and Wandle-valley industry. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Mitcham is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
On access, tram-line crossings, wide suburban roads and driveways on most streets — one reason 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. Fitters travelling in use Mitcham (Tramlink).