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35 Vine Court Road · 65 pages · 2 min

No subsidence — good news for a Victorian on clay. The boiler's fine (replaced 2016). Here's what actually needs your attention.

Do these — don't wait
Flat roof on rear extension — needs replacing
GRP covering is splitting. Leakage likely. Budget £15k–30k — combine with scaffold campaign.
Urgent
Plan a scaffolding campaign — do everything at once
Ridge tiles, chimney repointing, front gable, lead hips. All need scaffold. Group them or pay three times.
Plan now
EICR — there's a 1960s consumer unit still live
Top floor bathroom. Book before you move anything in.
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+8 more findings · 3 things you can stop worrying about
How Howard works

Your home is complicated.
Howard keeps track of all of it.

Most people have no single place where their home's history lives — what was done, what's overdue, what's actually urgent. Howard builds that record and stays on top of it.

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Howard reads everything you give him
Survey, EPC, gas cert, building regs, photos of your boiler. He extracts everything useful — model numbers, service history, defect flags — and builds your home's record from it.
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He tells you what actually matters — and what doesn't
A Level 3 survey has 60+ observations. Most are normal for the age of the property. Howard separates the ones you need to act on from the ones the surveyor had to mention but you can ignore.
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Then he stays on it — you don't have to remember anything
Boiler service due. Guttering before winter. That survey flag you haven't sorted yet. Howard surfaces the right thing at the right time — and makes it easy to act on it.
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He connects you with the right people to get it fixed
Howard works with trusted, vetted tradespeople. When something needs doing, he briefs the job from everything he knows about your home — no forms, no repeating yourself. Just sorted.
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↗ “What does Category 2 mean on my home survey?”
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Is damp on my ceiling serious?
It depends on what’s directly above that room. Below a bathroom, flat roof, or external wall — treat it as urgent. Water ingress gets worse quickly and the repair cost scales with how long it’s left. If it’s an interior room with good ventilation and no water source above, it’s more likely condensation — real but less urgent. Tell me which room and I can give you a precise read on whether to act now or watch it.
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Desbruslais Chartered Surveyors · Level 3 · April 2025
35 Vine Court Road, Sevenoaks
What actually needs doing
Urgent
Flat roof — replace now. GRP splitting and lifting. Leakage likely. Bundle with scaffold campaign.
Urgent
Scaffold campaign — plan immediately. Ridge tiles, front gable, chimney repointing, lead hips. Group them — one bill, not three.
Soon
EICR — there's a live 1960s consumer unit. Top floor bathroom. Book before you move anything in.
Soon
Clear the gulleys — three are blocked. Probably causing the damp in the sitting room. £200 fix before it becomes a £3k wall problem.
What you can stop worrying about
Fine
No subsidence. Surveyor explicitly relieved. Victorian on clay — this was the question.
Fine
Boiler is good. Replaced 2016, annually serviced. Howard will remind you when it's next due.
Fine
The cracks inside are normal shrinkage. Not structural. Fill during next redecoration.
The ongoing relationship

Howard stays. Your home gets a record.

Whether he started by answering a question or reading your survey, Howard doesn’t disappear. He builds your home’s memory and gets smarter with every job done, document added, and question answered.

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Your home's full record
Every document, every job, every system — in one place. When you need to sell, remortgage, or just wonder when the boiler was last serviced, Howard knows.
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Proactive reminders
Howard surfaces things before they become emergencies. Boiler service due. Gutters before autumn. That survey flag you still haven’t sorted.
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Just ask Howard
“Is this damp serious?” “What should I sort before winter?” “Is my boiler overdue?” Howard gives you a straight answer — based on what he actually knows about your home.
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Get jobs sorted
When something needs doing, Howard finds the right person. Pre-filled job brief, no blank forms. You’ve already told him everything he needs to know.
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