01 The riverside stock is older than it looks
Georgian and Victorian villas along the Thames, much of it in a conservation area and some of it listed. Lime plaster marks where modern plaster would shrug, original boards scuff, and a Georgian frame will not forgive a corner taken at speed.
02 There is nowhere to park
TW1’s older streets are permit-controlled with nothing spare, the carriageways are narrow, and off-street standing is uncommon. The loading point is established at survey, not found on the morning.
03 Mansion blocks have procedures, not problems
A porter to tell, a goods lift to book, permitted hours to observe, and sometimes required floor covering in the communal areas. None of it is hard; all of it has to be arranged.
04 A home fixture rearranges the day
On a match day the roads around the stadium and the routes in from the stations change character for most of the day, and nearby parking disappears. We check the fixture list against your date, every time.
05 Whitton is the straightforward half
Interwar and postwar semis with driveways, wide roads and turning space. Predictable work — with volumes that climb once the loft and garage are counted, and they always are.
06 Eel Pie Island is its own job
Everything crosses on foot over the footbridge, which changes the crew size, the timings and the shape of the whole day. Entirely doable, and not something anyone should quote without seeing.