Entries by Laurence Vines

Busy Busy year so far

We have continued to work through the lockdown never missing a day we are currently working on 3 Cellars at Drummond Place 1 at Buckingham Terrace and one at Carlton Terrace we have Damp Proofing going on at a property in North Berwick and we are converting a Basement at Thistle Street in Edinburgh for […]

Converting your cellar into an Office

We are aware that more and more people are working from home and we have had a spike in Enquiries of customers wanting to turn there basements or cellars and other spaces into offices for working at home we have taken on additional staff to cope with the demand we have worked right through this […]

Our New Insurance Provider is Peacock

Our new Insurance provider for Insurance Backed Guarantees is Peacock insurance services our Previous provider SBG the lady who ran the Business Retired details can be found here of our new provider  https://www.peacockinsurance.co.uk/insurance-backed-guarantee/

Kingston Recommended by SOL

We are pleased to confirm that Kingston Preservation are recommended to members of SOL  https://scottishlandlords.com/ Surveys to members of SOL Are free of charge and wherever possible will be undertaken within 24 hours of initial enquiry.

Cellar Dig Outs

Our under street cellar renovation teams are very busy at the moment currently we are working on cellars at Regent Terrace 4 number, Manor Place 3 number, Nelson Street 2 number, Ainslie Place 2 number, Northumberland Street 1 Number, St Colmbe Sreet 5 Number, Douglas Crescent 1 number, Moray Place 1 Number, Eaton Terrace 2 […]

Edinburgh Damp Proofing

We get asked a lot at surveys how do we go about doing a damp proof course, this can be hard to explain so i generally keep pictures on my phone of current jobs and show customers pictures of jobs currently live. See attached some pictures of a Damp Proof Course during work in progress […]

Home Report Repaired

We have had many occasions where a client has contacted us to enquire if we can resolve issues on the home report where number 3s and 2s have been put on the report by the Valuation Surveyor. This can not only cause a sale to fall through in some instances Lenders will not lend with […]

August 2018

Very busy August ahead looking to complete the insurance water damage jobs in Gorgie Road and Buckingham Terrace as well as the Basement in Northumberland Street, cellars are going along nicely with the jobs at Moray Place Heriot Row Dublin Street Leith Walk Nelson Street and Glencairn Crescent and Scotland Street all going well. New […]

Cellar Complete

We have completed a cellar restoration at a property in Grosvnor Street in Edinburgh its unusual to see red doors on the cellar for a change the job turned out really well and we completed this job from start to finish within a week the customer was delighted with the finished job so they can […]