Bathroom worktop fitting in West Ealing is not one job repeated, because the kitchens here are not one kind of kitchen. Heavy on two-flat conversions: the ground floor gets the rear-return kitchen, the upper flat gets a galley in what was a bedroom. Runs of 2.2m to 3m with the sink under an existing window. You do not have to work out which of those you have. We will look at it with you when we come to West Ealing.
There is usually a step down into the back addition, so the kitchen floor and the hall floor are not the same level and neither of them is flat. Bathrooms in buildings like this are reached up a flight and worked in a room two people can barely stand in, and the visit is planned around both. One visit, sitting between two plumbing visits.
The chimney breast is usually still standing with the opening blocked up, and the alcoves either side of it are rarely the same width as each other. Original boards over shallow joists give under load, so the unit is fixed back to the wall as well as standing on the floor before any stone goes on it. A bathroom over a kitchen has its waste run already decided.
The housing behind these kitchens is Victorian terrace, Edwardian terrace, two-flat conversion and Elizabeth line new-build. The floor datum is the thing that changes most between them.
Figures cover the statistical area (MSOA) that contains West Ealing| Figure | West Ealing | Against London | What it means for the job |
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| homes built before 1919 | 54% | pre-1919 share higher than 82% of the 723 areas we cover | |
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| homes built 1919 to 1939 | 4% | inter-war share lower than 83% of the 723 areas we cover | The plans vary house by house. |
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| flats and maisonettes | 68% | flat share higher than 63% of the 723 areas we cover | |
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Sources: VOA Council Tax Stock of Properties 2025 and ONS Census 2021 for MSOA E02000265. Open Government Licence v3.0.