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Memorabilia find below carpet

16th May 2018

It is always interesting to find snippets of past lives however a recent survey of a terraced house in Glasgow revealed large-scale posters from 1930's.

Ultra Ballroom competition in aid of Cancer Research UK

16th May 2018

I have somehow found myself in a dance competition to be held at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea this Saturday, 19th May, where my wife and I will be dancing a waltz.

The Parliamentary Review 2018

15th May 2018

Heritage & Design Ltd has been asked to contribute to this years Parliamentary Review to showcase our best practice as a learning tool to the public and private sector.

What makes a home?

3rd May 2018

We all have to have a roof over our heads don't we? Most of us are lucky that we have, but is it a house or a home?

Lender accepted damp-proofer’s £12,500 + vat work wasn’t necessary

24th February 2018

Damp proofing work not necessary!

Property Care Association at their best…

23rd February 2018

An email from a disgruntled householder who asked for an 'independent' survey from a Property Care Association affiliated company that I just had to publish.

LinkedIn Debating….

28th August 2016

I usually ignore most of what the waterproofing idiots on the Building Pathology forum on LinkedIn talk about because all they do is rub each other down like Derby Winners.

Rising Damp?

28th July 2016

Having recently visited many European countries, I saw no evidence of rising damp treatments and, asking, found no issues with dampness period!

Good Drainage

13th June 2016

Very seldom a property which has all the features which would lead me to believe it is going to have 'issues', but the absence of defects.

Rising Damp – a great a UK business plan

27th January 2016

Most of us know that none of the Government departments that have anything to do with old buildings have anything to do with modern chemical injection and waterproofing either.

New stained glass for Boclair House Hotel

10th January 2016

Boclair House, an ex Local Authority office and originally built as the Buchanan Retreat is currently being refurbished by Manor View Hotels to a very high standard.