When I think of the words Property Maintenance, it’s hard to get past one point. . . .  gutters.  I had major problems with two houses in the past;  the Continue reading

After I’d been in my large 4 bed detached for several years, I became aware of a serious damp problem under in the porch over my front door.  It’s a Continue reading

I was walking around the town nearest where I live – it’s very much set in the victorian / edwardian style when it comes to housing stock.  There are some Continue reading

When you run any kind of business, be it supplying goods from a warehouse, to services by you and your staff, there comes a time when a building has to Continue reading

There are few things that keep me awake at night – I enjoy the sleep of the just.  Head hits pillow and I’m off with the fairies until dawn.   Oe Continue reading

When I was a very humble civil servant, one of the tasks I looked after briefly was that of Buildings Officer.   I couldn’t get to grips with this at all Continue reading

You just cannot imagine the difference in the houses between our little country and the estates in Texas.  I have relatives who live there and their small family house is Continue reading

When we were growing up we had no notion of what was a good design for a house and what might not be – our own family home was always Continue reading

I have been volunteering for some weeks now at a small and imperfectly formed country house.  It had got into a bit of disrepair over the last few years of Continue reading

This has been a particularly long and very hard winter – for little ole britain that is.  I appreciate that in relation to many other parts of the globe, this Continue reading