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Ugh, those are the kind of surprises are part of the sheer joy of property ownership

Finding decent tradespeople is half the battle. Whenever I see a builders van parked outside a house which is having work done (especially vans with no decals on them - good builders don't need to advertise) I see if I can get their phone number. I'm slowly building quite a collection

I've got a solid plumber / gas engineer, a sparky and a general builder guy who's my roofer.

Worth their weight in gold.

dinny_g wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 3:32 pm I've got a solid gas engineer

dinny_g wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 3:32 pm I've got a solid plumber / gas engineer, a sparky and a general builder guy who's my roofer.

Worth their weight in gold.

Solid, liquid or gaseous gold?

I guess the solid plumber does the soil pipes and you have a liquid plumber as well?

Three different roofers, three different suggestions for how much needs doing, and two quotes so far.

At least they all agree that the issue is with the ridge tiles.

An opportunity to zhuzh the roof up call this guy in!!

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/NqnX7GmonPQ

Maybe have a lions head or a large winged creature ?

Dave!

The flashing on the bay window is nicely done, not to that level, but definitely good enough. Just the chimney bit that looks poor.

To have a house that would warrant what he does would be pretty nice. Some houses in London look incredible.

Dave!