Walk Highgate from Highgate Cemetery outwards and the Georgian and early Victorian pattern is obvious: 65% of the 5,593 households in N6 live in flats, 35% in houses.
Owner-occupation runs at 51% in Highgate, so alongside the 37% rental churn there is steady planned work — refurbishments, downsizes and probate clearances booked weeks ahead.
Expect lath and plaster over timber studs; locally that also means with solid brick on the party and external walls — measured on the walk in from Highgate (Northern) rather than assumed from a map behind the plaster in N6. 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 — and with 34% one-person households in Highgate, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site is the fault we are called back to undo.
Anyone who knows Highgate knows the pattern near Highgate Cemetery: hilltop village of Georgian houses, the cemetery and Waterlow Park. We plan the N6 visit around it. Highgate is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Steep, narrow lanes where a Luton is the practical limit, plus listed-building constraints. Nearest station is Highgate (Northern), 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.