Drain smells and home drainage systems: why your home smells of sewage and how to claim if it is a new build

Drain smells and home drainage systems: why your home smells of sewage and how to claim if it is a new build

A sewage smell at home is one of the most unpleasant problems a property can have. It causes real concern because it is seen as something difficult to fix. That is not quite the case, but when it appears in the bathroom, in the kitchen or next to the washing machine,...
Structural Damage and Building Pathologies: What They Are, Examples and How to Claim Against the Building Contractor or Developer

Structural Damage and Building Pathologies: What They Are, Examples and How to Claim Against the Building Contractor or Developer

A crack that widens every winter, a door that suddenly no longer closes, a floor slab that sags or a garage with spalling concrete and exposed reinforcement. Behind many of these symptoms lie structural damage and building pathologies: defects that originate in the...
Claiming for Cracks in Your Home: These Are Your Options

Claiming for Cracks in Your Home: These Are Your Options

A crack in the living-room wall, a diagonal hairline crack next to a door that no longer closes properly, or a façade that is starting to open up. Sound familiar? In many homes they are part of the building and, naturally, the first reaction is usually concern,...
Is it worth taking action over latent defects?

Is it worth taking action over latent defects?

This scenario is more common than we think: we move into a new home that has cost us many years of savings and, within a few months, the first cracks in a partition wall appear, a damp patch shows up on the bedroom ceiling or the living room floor starts to lift. In...
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