If there is one thing the house-buying public are neurotic about it is dampness. Rising, penetrating, falling, any old damp. If the surveyor's report just mentions the word the buyer rushes for the ...

IT’S a funny old time of the year, this. After all the rain of early summer we are now in a dry spell. We’ve had the odd shower but nothing really to test our homes. Indeed, I have two clients’ ...

After the Housing Ombudsman told A2Dominion to review its repairs processes, the housing association turned around tenant satisfaction ratings in a matter of months. Grainne Cuffe spent a morning with ...

With 30% more property on the market now than at the same time last year, sellers get just 93% of their asking price. In such a buyer's market, a survey can be the clincher for any deal. Most experts ...

SURVEYORS are failing to spot problems such as damp, roof damage, leaks and dry rot when they examine properties for homebuyers, it was claimed today. Consumer magazine Which? said a survey of 80 ...

Immy Gardam, 27, bought her home in Hackney nearly four years ago when she was 23 but says she was young and naive MOVING into your first home is supposed to mark the end of a stressful process but ...