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Maintenance

Private Property Maintenance

Planned and reactive maintenance for private houses across London and Hertfordshire. The same team that builds — which means the people attending know how the systems in your house were installed, because they installed them.

Scope

What we look after

  • Annual boiler service and gas safety inspection
  • Heating system checks, balancing, inhibitor top-up and pressure
  • Electrical condition reporting (EICR) and remedial work
  • Roof, gutter and rainwater goods inspection and clearance
  • External decoration, repointing and fabric repair
  • Basement pump servicing, sump inspection and drainage checks
  • Window and door adjustment, ironmongery and draught-proofing
  • Plumbing repairs, leaks, pressure and water treatment
  • General joinery, plastering and making good
  • Small works — the jobs that accumulate and never quite get booked
Planned

A schedule beats a call-out

Most of the expensive failures in a house give notice. A gutter that has been overflowing for two winters becomes a damp wall. A basement pump that has never been serviced fails on the night it's needed. A boiler that has not been looked at since installation loses efficiency long before it stops working.

We put properties on a planned schedule — typically an annual visit covering the gas, the electrical condition, the roof and rainwater goods, and the water systems, with a written report of what was checked, what was done, and what will need attention in the next twelve to twenty-four months.

That report is the useful part. It lets you budget for the roof in two years' time rather than discover it during a storm.

Why us

The advantage of having built it

On a house we've refurbished, we hold the drawings, the circuit schedules, the manifold layouts and the photographs taken before anything was closed up. When something needs attention, we know where the pipe runs and which circuit serves what without opening a wall to find out.

We also take on maintenance for properties we didn't build. It starts with a survey and a condition report, so we're working from knowledge rather than guesswork, and so you get an honest picture of the house before you commit to anything ongoing.

Good to Know

Property Maintenance — common questions

No. We take on maintenance for properties we didn't build — it just starts with a proper survey and condition report so we understand the house first. Clients whose refurbishment we carried out do get faster response, simply because we already hold the information.

A planned annual visit typically covers the gas appliances and safety inspection, an electrical condition check, roof and rainwater goods, water systems and pressure, and any basement or pump equipment. You get a written report listing what was checked, what was fixed on the day, and what needs budgeting for.

For properties on a maintenance agreement, we hold response times as part of the agreement and prioritise accordingly. We are not a 24-hour emergency call-out service for the general public — our response commitments are to clients we look after.

For clients on a maintenance agreement, yes, including for properties that are empty or used part of the year. It's a common arrangement for second homes and properties between lettings.

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