by Ben Muir | Oct 10, 2026
The property An estate of around nineteen detached bungalows near Ryde on the Isle of Wight, built around 2000 on a former woodland site and held on lifetime leases. The bungalows stand on pile and beam foundations, and one on the estate had already been demolished...
by Ben Muir | Oct 6, 2026
The problem Damp in a residential block in south London, reported to the managing agent. Damp is often misdiagnosed, because damp is not a defect at all: it is a symptom, and the same stain on a wall can be caused by condensation, penetrating moisture, rising...
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...
