In Ladbroke Grove (W10) the split is 86% flats to 14% houses over 2,309 households, and the stock is mainly Victorian.
Because 11% of Ladbroke Grove is privately rented and 73% socially rented, a lot of W10 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Ladbroke Grove substrates run to often with surface conduit — and precast concrete panels and dense blockwork, with 73% 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 Ladbroke Grove stock goes, where 16% owner-occupation means the same home is booked again rather than a new tenant each year is the mistake that costs a W10 customer twice.
Ladbroke Grove sits inside the Congestion Charge zone as well as ULEZ, so both are itemised on the quote rather than absorbed into an hourly rate. What shapes the job more is the neighbourhood itself — the Westway, Golborne Road's market and the streets around Grenfell's memorial — which is why a W10 quote is not a Kensington and Chelsea average.
Tower blocks with single goods lifts requiring booking, plus narrow market-street loading. Nearest station is Ladbroke Grove (Circle, Hammersmith & City), 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.