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Welcome to our blog page, where we share our years of experience as chartered surveyors to provide you with valuable articles, features, and practical tips about homes. Whether you’re a homeowner, buyer, seller, or investor, our blog offers expert insights on everything related to the housing market. From property inspections and valuations to renovation and repair, our blog covers it all, providing you with the information you need to make informed decisions about your home.
Bench Marks
Unveiling the hidden markers that shaped the UK's accurate mapping – now overlooked, yet in plain sight. They are called trackables by the enthusiasts in the Geocaching Society who go hunting [...]
Imperial Lengths and Areas
Although officially only used since 1824, there was 141 years until Great Britain changed to the metric system in 1965. Though, nearly 60 years ago, imperial units still remain in surprisingly [...]
Ancient Marvels: Uncovering the True Identity of a Pudding Stone Beehive Quern
Discover the fascinating history behind a 60-million-year-old artifact, mistaken for Portland cement, and its journey from Roman kitchens to modern-day revelations. Most people think this is stone set into a [...]
Winstanley Christmas Shop and Business Windows Competition 2023
Snow Walker is delighted to be awarded 3rd Prize in the Winstanley Christmas Shop and Business Windows Competition 2023. Click below to see the full story: www.swinitiative.org/xmas-shop-windows-competition
Are you finding condensation a problem?
Water trickling down the inside of the windows? Black spore mould on surfaces? Random damp patches up on the walls? It is often grossly underestimated, but [...]
Witch Marks
Witches aren’t superstitious. Witches are what people are superstitious about. (Terry Pratchett). Heavy timber frame assembly marks which the original builder used to show what went where, are not to [...]
Home Surveys – Should you have a survey on your new home?
“Four out of five homebuyers don’t bother with a survey.” FT Weekend. “20% of people who bought a home without a survey found sufficient defects to make them wish they had [...]
Staddle
A base support about a metre high. Often used as foundation supports to jack a building up above the ground. Thought to originate from steddle (stones) and stathol (for foundation). Often formed in two [...]
The Walden Workhouse called The Spike
Conversion was undertaken by Taywood Homes in 1999 and it is now mainly residential apartments. The building is of mid-19th century origins and Grade II Listed to recognise its architectural and historic importance. This [...]
