Area Guide For SW16 1EL

When it comes to housing in the SW16 1EL area, the number of houses Owned (no mortgage) are 93, while those Owned (with mortgage) are 112. There are around 116 Shared ownership properties, 16 Local Authority rented, 50 Housing Association rented and around 164 are Private rented.

According to our area research, you can expect to find around 142 Senior management/Professionals in the area and about 132 Junior managment/Professionals. Moreover, 93 people are Small business/Self-employed, while 71 are employed in Routine occupation and 81 are engaged in Semi-routine occupations. The number of Unemployed people on the other hand is only 93.

In SW16 1EL area, Couple with children amount to 92 while Couple without children amount to 106. The neighbourhood also has around 101 Single parent families.

Our area research further shows that the most popular activity for residents is cinema, with 117 votes. Around 91 people are DIY enthusiasts, 99 people are interested in eating out, 99 like exercise, 118 are into football and 93 are fond of gardening. 99 people also like music while 94 are into traveling.

The Independent is the most subscribed (160) newspaper in the area, followed by The Guardian (158), The Times (118), Daily Mail (97), Daily Telegraph (97), The Sun (86), Daily Express (83) and Daily Mirror (78).

Some of the nearest services available in SW16 1EL are Central Carpets & Flooring Ltd (Carpet Fitter), The a & M Partnership (Interior Designers), Appliance Base Ltd (Appliance Retailer), Lifestyle Interiors by a S Q (Kitchen Designers & Installers), Anglian Home Improvements (Double Glazing Installer), P Y Sound & Electrical Installations (Electronic Shop), South West Property Services (Painters & Decorators), Mark Alhadeff (Builder), T M Ryan & Sons (Roofing Contractors), Alpha1 Heating (Boiler Repair & Servicer), Anywhere Goes (Removals & Storage Services), S G P Contracts Ltd (Builder), Beaumont Beds Ltd (Furniture Stores), Ecoheat Plumbing (Plumbers), P H Design (Builder), The D I Y Shop (DIY Shop), Jworkman (Gas Engineers), Wooden Floor Specialists Ltd (Flooring Services), Briggs & Forrester (Builder), Laztek Builders (Builder), John Baxter Associates Ltd (Architect), B W Interiors (Interior Designers), Your Handyman on Call 247 (Property Maintenance Services), Sheba Alarms (Security systems), aquaheat.org.uk (Plumbers), Award Plumbing Services (Plumbers), Nethaway Bros (Builder), Krailler Ltd (Carpenters & Joiners), Carpetright (Carpet Fitter) and Andrew Lea Gerrard (Architect).

SW16 1EL has access to various means of transportation including tube, bus and ferry ports. Nearest tube stations include Balham. There is also easy access to airports like London City Airport, London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport then there are ferry ports that can be used to get by e.g. St George Wharf Pier, Wandsworth Riverside Quarter Pier, Chelsea Harbour Pier.

Close access to schools is most important factor in decision making for parents when buying any property. SW16 1EL has many primary, secondary and private schools to choose from including primary schools like Broomwood Hall (Garrads Road), Telferscot Primary School, St Bede's Roman Catholic Infants School. Some of the secondary schools include City Heights E-ACT Academy, Dunraven School, La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School. Then there are others like Al-Risalah, Streatham and Clapham High School, Elm Court School.