Author: Mike Lilford

  • A BLOCK OF TIMBER AND A NAIL DOES THE JOB!

    November 30, 2023
    A lack of ventilation within roof spaces where impervious sarking felts have been used has always been a surveyor's pet…
  • THE WAR EFFORT DIDN’T GET THESE!

    November 30, 2023
    Trouble shooting some damp defects I came across these at the rear of a property in Vernon Place Canterbury!  What…
  • WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST?

    November 30, 2023
    Predicting costs of maintenance on a property can be difficult at best, woefully wrong at worst – especially when a…
  • WHAT WOULD YOU CLASS AS VERMIN??

    November 30, 2023
    Gnawed vent ducts and adjoining electrical cables to a 12 year old flat in Broadstairs, Kent could have had us…
  • REDUNDANT SPACE NOW GENERATING AN INCOME

    November 30, 2023
    Resi over Retail! We have recently brought back into use a redundant two storey maisonette in the middle of Deal.…
  • DISTRAUGHT SOILS! Tree Removal

    November 30, 2023
    Trees and their proximity can have a drastic effect on a building depending on the type, and size of tree!…
  • AN OPPORTUNE DAY TO TEST WINDOW PERFORMANCE!!

    November 30, 2023
    We were in Cliftonville just before Christmas in what must have been force 6 or 7 gales to look at…
  • Mighty Mouse

    November 30, 2023
    Vermin gnawing through cables, timber, and plasterboard is a common problem with older properties, wherever they are located – rural…
  • Kent College – Wesley Extension

    October 21, 2023
    Project involved creation from scratch of a 24 bed girls dormitory including ensuites during the schools’ 2014 summer break using…
  • Preston Street, Faversham

    October 21, 2023
    Commercial Building Survey Commission was to carry out a Building Survey of a retail unit in Preston St for a…