In Neasden (NW10) the split is 51% flats to 49% houses over 3,586 households, and the stock is inter-war.
Because 47% of Neasden is privately rented and 19% socially rented, a lot of NW10 work is agreed with a landlord or managing agent rather than the person opening the door.
Walls are with solid brick on the party and external walls, over lath and plaster over timber studs, and with 28% one-person households in Neasden, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Neasden is chosen on site — the usual failure here is which crumbles the key and drops the panel, over a plasterboard plug spun into lime plaster, the reality on the streets around BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir.
Neasden 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 — the Hindu temple, the North Circular and industrial estates beside 1930s housing — which is why a NW10 quote is not a Brent average.
North Circular access is difficult; side streets are wide with driveways. Nearest station is Neasden (Jubilee), and one driver as standard on all three van sizes, with a second loader added by the hour where stairs, a lift booking or heavy furniture make a solo load impractical.