Recent content by AlDayrell

Ha, a relative gave us a smudge stick to use over the house for this very reason. Our comeuppance for allowing it to sit on a shelf and collect dust ;) Smudging shall be first thing on the agenda tomorrow! Followed by Feng Shui.

Not the first quote but we chose him based on a friend's recommendation. He had an assistant for about 3 hours one day. Scaffolding went up late July and we were assured work would be completed by 2nd week of August... bit frustrating that it's carried on so long. We do seem to have had a run of...

The estimate said "repair to internal damaged ceiling inc plaster" as well as repair to roof. It sounds a bit vague but we had discussed removing all of the rotten wood prior to work commencing. It's involved scaffolding up to (or just higher than) third floor level for external works: replacing...

Thanks Ken and Doggit. I really appreciate your responses. We thought the same regarding the rotted wood that was left in place. Will question the roofer when/if he returns tomorrow. Given the quote we accepted, we had anticipated that he'd be doing more substantial work for the interior repair...

Hello, We had long standing water ingress from a slipped roof tile on a three story Victorian house. Eventually the lath and plaster was damaged and caved in- which was the first we knew of the problem! We've had it repaired but I'm concerned the work may be more cosmetic than structurally...