The EC3 stock around The Royal Exchange is period conversion. ONS records 98% flats, 2% houses and 4,914 households in Bank and Cornhill.
48% of households rent privately and 37% own, which is why european removals demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Expect dot-and-dab plasterboard over blockwork in EC3, with metal stud partitions between rooms — where 37% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year behind the plaster in EC3. That is why fixings are picked in the room rather than off a van shelf, and why in EC3, short screws that grip only the board and slowly lever it off the dabs — and with 51% one-person households in Bank and Cornhill, 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 Bank and Cornhill: the historic financial heart — Royal Exchange, Mansion House and the alleyways behind Leadenhall. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Bank and Cornhill sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate.
Bank junction is closed to most traffic on weekdays — early-morning or weekend access only. Nearest station is Bank (Central, Northern, Waterloo & City, DLR), and two crew travel with the load for a dedicated van; part loads are consolidated at our depot and delivered by the driver running that route.