Conversations about home energy have changed. Not long ago, “improving the house” meant a new kitchen. Now, many homeowners also…
Plenty of home jobs are well within the reach of a patient householder with a few decent tools. Others carry…
Walk into a tool shop and you can spend a month’s grocery budget before you reach the till. The trick…
Two tradespeople look at the same job. One writes down a single figure for the lot. The other tells you…
The conversation you have before you hire a builder is the cheapest bit of project management you will ever do.…
A tradesperson turning up to a cluttered hallway, a locked side gate and a dog that has not been told…
Damp seldom announces itself with a flood. It starts as a faint musty smell in a bedroom, a patch of…
Three quotes for the same job, three very different totals. It happens all the time, and the lowest figure is…
Houses rarely fail all at once. A cracked roof tile, a blocked gutter or a boiler that was never serviced…
Anyone who has waited in for a plumber who never arrived, or paid a deposit for a job that stalled…