Most homeowners who come to us at Fixiz have already done their homework. They have spoken to their local planning authority, submitted their drawings, and received their planning permission — and they feel confident the hard part is behind them.…
If you are converting your loft in a terraced or semi-detached London home, there is a good chance the party wall surveyor cost loft conversion UK question will land on your desk within weeks of your first structural drawing —…
Your rental property has just come back with an EICR C3 code consumer unit landlord compliance UK headache — and the electrician is already quoting £800 for a full RCBO board upgrade. Before you sign anything, understand what those codes…
You have just received a damp specialist’s report recommending chemical DPC injection worth it rising damp myth UK homeowners should scrutinise — and you are not alone if something about that advice feels off. A damp company visits, points a…
You have drawn up plans, consulted an architect, and budgeted carefully — then your neighbour announces they intend to object. The anxiety is understandable, but in our experience working on extensions across London — from terraced houses in Hackney to…
You noticed the scaffolding go up next door, heard the drilling, and now there is a fresh crack running down your bedroom wall. You ask your neighbour whether they served a Party Wall Notice. They say they didn’t need to.…
If you have been collecting quotes for a consumer unit upgrade hidden extras remedial faults testing UK homeowners regularly overlook, you have probably noticed a wide spread of prices with very little explanation. What most quotes fail to tell you…
You signed off on a bathroom renovation quote, handed over the deposit, and watched the tiles arrive. Then the calls started. “We’ve opened up the wall and there’s damage.” “The moisture board we need isn’t in the quote.” “We’ll need…
If you have ever pulled a fitted wardrobe away from an outside wall and found a black, fuzzy patch of mould staring back at you, you are not alone. Mould behind fitted wardrobe external wall problems are one of the…