17 clearances have landed in Lewisham's own postcodes — SE23 at Forest Hill and SE16 towards Rotherhithe.
Hills, terraces and conversions
Lewisham is steeper than people expect. Forest Hill, Honor Oak and Sydenham are built on slopes, and a house with the front door at street level often has three floors below the back. That decides the day: the van stands on one level and the crew work on another.
Most of the stock is Victorian terrace, a great deal of it converted into flats, plus postwar estates around the centre. Parking is controlled across most of the borough.
What the work is
A mix of end-of-tenancy, sales and probate. A good share of instructions come through agents holding keys, with nobody attending, and photographs of every room go over at the end.