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How To Survey Historic Places To The Best Possible Standards

How to survey historic places to the best possible standards. What is the difference between surveying a property that is 20 ...

17^th Jul

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How To Make Old Homes Energy Efficient!

How to make old homes energy efficient! The first thing you need to understand is also the most important and ...

14^th Jul

Buying A Listed Building

According to English Heritage, a Listed building is recognised as being of national importance. Buildings with listed status are recorded ...

4^th Jul

Common Questions We Get Asked

What is a traditional building A traditional building is a type of construction that is based on methods, materials, and ...

24^th Jun

Buying A Home: How To Avoid The Most Common Mistakes

Buying a property is likely to be the biggest investment of your life, and that should be enjoyable, and you ...

19^th Jun

The RICS Homebuyer Report – What Is It And Why Do You Need One?

What is a HomeBuyer Report? A HomeBuyer report, also known as a Home Buyer survey, is carried out by an ...

13^th Jun

How Are Listed Buildings Chosen?

In this blog we will look at how and why buildings are listed. Be in no doubt however that this ...

8^th Jun

Our Building Survey Detected Rising Damp Using A Protimeter And Our Sale Fell Through!

This sentence causes a huge upset with vendors of traditional buildings and should never happen in the first place. We ...

26^th May

A Brief History Of Chimneys, Chimney Stacks And Chimneys Pots

Chimneys have been an important part of buildings for centuries – particularly in colder climates where there is a need to ...

11^th May

Why Do I Need A Building Survey

Why do I need a Building Survey! If you are reading this you are probably in two minds about whether ...

3^rd May

SPAB Completes Over Ten Years Of Research Into The Energy Efficiency Of Old Buildings

Summary Research completed recently by the SPAB has shown most old walls lose less heat than often assumed but, where ...

20^th Apr

What Is A Listed Building Survey?

What is a listed building survey? A listed building survey is a specific type of inspection carried out on buildings ...

4^th Apr