Building Maintenance & Defects
When a defect appears, the right response depends on what’s actually causing it. We diagnose damp, cracking, water ingress, and structural movement; oversee remediation contracts; and produce planned-maintenance schedules so the next problem is the one you saw coming.
When something goes wrong with a building, the temptation is to fix the symptom. The damp gets painted over, the crack gets filled — and a year later it’s back, usually worse. The real cost of a wrong diagnosis is doing the work twice.
We start with cause, not cure. Building pathology identifies what’s actually driving the damp, cracking, water ingress, or movement, so remediation is specified against the real problem rather than the visible one. From there it’s about doing the work properly and planning the next one: contract administration keeps a project honest and on-spec, while planned maintenance schedules turn unexpected failures into budgeted, scheduled ones.
There’s a compliance dimension too. Under MEES, a building below the minimum EPC standard can’t legally be let — we bring properties up to a lettable standard and keep them there.
Find the service that fits your situation.
- You’ve got damp, cracking, movement or water ingress and need to know why Building Pathology & Defect Analysis
- You want to budget for maintenance instead of reacting to failures Planned Maintenance Schedules
- Your property’s EPC is below the minimum lettable standard MEES Compliance & EPC Improvement
- You’re commissioning works and need independent oversight Contract Administration
Find the real cause, then fix it properly.
Building Pathology & Defect Analysis
Diagnosis and remediation of building defects.
Planned Maintenance Schedules
Forward-looking maintenance budgeting (5, 10, 20-year horizons).
MEES Compliance & EPC Improvement
Bringing properties to the legally lettable standard.
Contract Administration
Independent oversight when works are commissioned.
Not sure which service fits?
Initial conversations are free. Five minutes with a chartered surveyor usually clarifies whether you need us — and which service fits.