by Ben Muir | Oct 6, 2026
The property A period house in north west London requiring internal and external structural repairs and redecoration, occupied by a private owner throughout. The brief The owner needed the repairs properly specified, competitively priced and professionally supervised,...
by Ben Muir | Oct 6, 2026
The property A converted residential block of three self-contained flats over four storeys and a basement, of traditional London stock brick with stone dressings, built around 1912, within a conservation area. The brief The building owner needed to deal with a backlog...
by Ben Muir | Aug 3, 2026
The loss Cracking to two neighbouring houses in south west London, on London Clay, with mature trees close by: the classic ingredients of a subsidence claim. Subsidence is the peril where the diagnosis is the claim, because until the cause is proven, nobody can say...
by Ben Muir | Jan 3, 2025
The relationship Neighbouring rural holdings on one lane in Essex, three clients and four instructions across the years. The first owner built a new cottage in place of a stable block and moved into it; the new owner of the original house then asked for further...
