A Borough Centre of Rented Flats
The town centre sits in the Fairfield ward, which had 7,377 households in the 2021 Census. 71% of them live in purpose-built flats and 58% rent privately, far more than anywhere else in Croydon, so most of our work here is one flat to another at the end of a tenancy.
Recent Land Registry sales show where people are moving: Saffron Central Square, the Pearson Building on Station Road, Leon House on the High Street and Centrillion Point on Masons Avenue, many of them office buildings converted to flats. Saffron Square on Wellesley Road rises to 43 storeys. Our flat removals are planned around the lift booking and the loading point for blocks like these.
Parking in the Central Permit Zone
The Central Permit Zone covers Wellesley Road, George Street, North End, the High Street, Park Lane and the Old Town. Single yellow lines and bay charges apply from 8am to midnight every day, so a van cannot simply wait at the kerb.
- A yellow line between two parking spaces is a loading gap, where we can load and unload but not park.
- For a longer job, a bay suspension from Croydon Council costs a resident £46 to apply plus £46 a day in central bays, with 10 working days' notice.
- North End has been closed to traffic since 1989, so shop-front flats are loaded from the side streets.
East Croydon, West Croydon and the Trams
East Croydon station is step-free but has no car park, and West Croydon has only two accessible spaces. The tram loop runs through George Street, Church Street, Centrale and Wellesley Road, which is why we choose the van's stopping point before the day rather than on it.
In July 2026 the Whitgift Foundation sold the Whitgift Centre freehold to Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which plans shops, public space and new homes around North End. As those schemes go ahead, ask the building's managing agent about access before you book. For a single piece rather than a full move, our single item collections cover the stores and flats in the centre.