In West Ham and Plaistow (E13) the split is 55% flats to 45% houses over 3,460 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
The social-housing-led mix here (29% owned, 30% privately rented) means a E13 diary swings between short-notice tenancy deadlines and appointments set a fortnight out.
West Ham and Plaistow substrates run to precast concrete panels and dense blockwork in West Ham and Plaistow, often with surface conduit, with 40% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first. Nothing is drilled until the wall has been sounded, because drilling blind into a panel with reinforcement or a buried cable behind it, as the West Ham and Plaistow stock goes, which is what a 55% flat share across the ONS neighbourhood covering West Ham and Plaistow actually produces is the mistake that costs a E13 customer twice.
West Ham and Plaistow is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — terraced streets and the memory of the Boleyn Ground, with fast links in every direction — which is why a E13 quote is not a Newham average.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: narrow terraced streets with permit bays; the A13 approach is a red route. West Ham (Jubilee, District, DLR, c2c) is the nearest station, 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.