Straight, practical advice on insurance claims, fire and flood repairs, renovations and looking after your property, from a South London property repairs team.
Walk down Balham High Road or any of the side streets off Nightingale Lane and you'll see dozens of Victorian and Edwardian terraces with the same vulnerable feature: a small tiled or rendered front porch that's taken over a century of London weather on the chin.
After a flood, most people want to know when they can get their home back.
A wet room can make a cramped bathroom feel twice the size, but in a Clapham flat with timber floors and a neighbour underneath, it is not always the right call.
Most loft conversions in England don't need a full planning application, but plenty in South London do, and it's rarely obvious which camp your house falls into.
After the water has gone, the hard part starts.
Almost every brick house in South London has a crack somewhere, and the vast majority are nothing to lose sleep over.
After a fire, the money question comes fast: your kitchen is gutted, the smoke has travelled through the whole house, and someone needs to pay to put it right.
A house fire is bad enough without the confusion of claims, loss adjusters and building work that follows.
If your home in South London has been damaged by a leak, fire or storm, your insurer will often push you towards their own approved contractor.
Most flooded houses in the UK take somewhere between two and six months to fully repair, though a minor escape of water might be sorted in six weeks while a serious river or sewer flood can take a year.
After a house fire, the insurance process can feel more stressful than the damage itself.
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