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 surveys we are still operating a 7 day service but only afternoons 12 till 4pm.
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 Pandemic as the cellars are out side the main houses we currently have a 2 week lead in time to start new jobs surveys and estimates are a 2 day lead in time phones are still on from 9am till 5pm 7 days a week 07455777635 to get through direct to me.
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 Number, India Street 3 Number, and a Basement waterproof System at Northumberland Street and another basement in a shop in the High Street of Portobello all these jobs are due to complete i the next 6 weeks.
Thats 24 cellars and 2 Basements we have never been so busy, recently we have found customers are asking m
ore and more for the cellars to be dug out to create extra head height this is done manually by our dig out team, the results are amazing the additional space really makes a difference to the feel of the cellar once complete ( see attache pictures o dig out in progress )
The dig outs are all done manually and are hand bagged and removed to skips the most we have dug down a cellar is 1 metre although most dig outs are around 12 inches which is normally enough to create the required space.
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 the procedure is as follows.
- Put protection on floors and over furniture.
- Remove wall plaster to affected areas normally 1 metre high.
- Drill and install the new Dry Zone Damp Proof course.
- Install the Delta PT Membranes.
- Adhere plasterboard to the membranes.
- Skim coat finish with plaster.
- Remove protection and tidy job.
Once the job is complete you can normally decorate after one weeks drying time, this can only work if membranes are applied do not be fooled by renovation plasters or other so called super plasters/sand and cement these systems are doomed to the dinosaur times and wil
l be cheaper but come back to haunt you.
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 these numbers on the survey report. We have solved these issues on many occasions so if you get a 3 marked on your report under the Damp and Timber Specialist section contact us .
We will send a Qualified Timber Specialist Surveyor to look at the problems highlighted on the report we can assess what needs to be done to cure the defect and issue a certificate confirming the problem has been resolved.
We contact the surveyor to confirm what has been done and forward him copies of the certificates allowing the Surveyor to reduce the 3 on the home report to a 1.
We are happy to carry out surveys in the evenings and weekends to avoid you taking time of work.
As well as our Home Report Repair service we offer a complete all trades service to prepare a property for the Market should Guarantees be required for works undertaken by a company no longer trading then Subject to Survey of the property we can issue a fresh report to cover the treatments and issue a fresh Guarantee.
Each property is different so our fees for this service are variable for more information on this unique service please contact us to discuss.
Here is an example of a Home Report with sections all shown as good and marked as a category 1, if you get a category 3 marked at the Dampness Section contact us we can help.
