Tips, guides, and updates from the team — read what's new before you book your next service.
Cracks in a Villa Boundary Wall: Paint Over, Watch or Call an Engineer — A crack that stops in the render and one that runs through the blocks look alike from the lawn. Its route over the coping, its shape, its width and whether it grows separate a repaint job from a wall that needs a crew or an engineer.
Which Smart Lock Fits Your Front Door, and Who Should Fit It — Some smart locks clip over the cylinder you already have; others replace the lock case inside the door. Thickness, backset and stile width, and in a tower the door's fire rating, settle which kind fits and whether it is a screwdriver job.
Pest Control Before Moving In: When to Book It and What Has to Wait — An empty flat shows what a furnished one hides: droppings in cabinet hinges, egg cases in the fridge space, dead insects by a dry drain. Whether to treat, with what, and in what order around the clean all follow from those finds.
Custom Furniture Is Installed and the Balance Is Due: What to Check First — A made-to-measure wardrobe, TV unit or bed can be checked on delivery day with a tape, a phone torch and a level app. What to test, what each test misses, the snag line to send, and when to hold part of the balance back.