If you’ve noticed unsightly brown or yellow staining on a chimney breast, your first instinct might be to assume you have an active damp problem, perhaps a leaking roof or defective flashing.
While that can sometimes be the case, there’s another, often overlooked culprit: salt contamination within the plaster.
For many property owners across Sussex, particularly those in flats and converted buildings, leasehold ownership is a familiar structure.
However, as leases shorten and property values come under pressure, more leaseholders are exploring their options, most commonly lease extensions and collective enfranchisement.
Party Wall advice for homeowners planning extensions, loft conversions, and structural works
The New Year often brings fresh ideas, new plans, and long-awaited projects finally moving off the wish list. For many homeowners, that means extending, renovating, or improving their property to better suit modern living. More
Exploring the shifting pressures, needs and expectations within block management
Across the South East, the landscape of block management is shifting. Leaseholders are exercising their Right to Manage more frequently, managers are inheriting increasingly complex buildings, and major works programmes are becoming more demanding both technically and in terms of communication.
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