All Posts in Category: Truro Office

Spot the Fire Door

Posted on October 02, 2017 News, Plymouth Office, Truro Office

This week you are almost certain to have been in a building, either your home, office or maybe a shop, while being silently protected. Probably without noticing, the fire doors standing guard over your safety. Fire doors form an important part of the fire safety precautions built into many buildings, which along with alarms, lights, […] Read more

The Poldark Effect

Posted on July 12, 2017 News, Truro Office

While some of us in the office have been a little distracted by Ross Poldark’s talent for shirtless scything the popular TV drama has also centered on a story around Cornwall’s mining heritage. For many centuries metalliferous mining was a widespread industry in the southwest that has left a legacy of hidden shafts and workings […] Read more

Mundic: Will Your Building Stand Up To The Test?

Posted on May 22, 2017 Truro Office

Mundic is the term commonly used to describe the failure of concrete blocks resulting from the decomposition of aggregate mineral constituents within the blockwork. This causes deterioration to the block’s structure and consequently the structural integrity of a building. If confirmed, this will result in a property being deemed unmortgageable with a material impact on […] Read more

What’s That Coming Over The Hill Is It A Monster? Or, What Are The Implications Of The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards?

Posted on May 16, 2017 News, Truro Office

There may be lots of things coming over the metaphorical future hill in the next few months from Brexit to an election, but to use the words of the band The Automatic “what’s that coming over the hill is it a monster?” The first part of the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards established in the Energy […] Read more

Lambing shed to house?

Posted on February 13, 2017 News, Plymouth Office, Truro Office

Most of my colleagues arrive at work, sit down at their desks and get ready to start their day. My day starts a few hours earlier by pulling on a pair of wellington boots and at this time of year donning a headtorch and waterproofs before venturing outside to tend to our livestock. By the […] Read more

Business Rates Update

Posted on November 29, 2016 News, Plymouth Office, Truro Office

2017 Revaluation The Draft 2017 Rating List updating all Rateable Values (RVs) went live at the end of September 2016 and will come into effect as of 1 April 2017. These values have been based upon the deemed prevailing rental values as at April 2015. From initial research for the South West, RVs across all […] Read more

Advice from Granny about your building maintenance

Posted on October 05, 2016 News, Plymouth Office, Truro Office

Your wise Granny may have once said a “stitch in time saves nine”. Your wider read Granny could even have quoted the words of Mark Twain where he wrote “Eat the frog”, encouraging you to get on with items that you don’t really want to do. Twain went on to recommend eating the frog in […] Read more

WYSIWYG – Commercial Property

Posted on April 20, 2016 News, Plymouth Office, Truro Office

Those who are used to using computers will have come across the acronym WYSIWYG (/WIZ-ee-wig) or ‘what you see is what you get.’ The image you have on the screen will, in theory, be what comes out of your printer; what you see is what you get. I’ve been recently reminded that, with the change […] Read more

The Energy Act 2011

Posted on November 11, 2015 Truro Office

The Energy Act 2011 contains a clause with potentially severe repercussions for about 20% of all commercial property in the UK. Under the Act, it will become unlawful from April 2018 to let premises that fail to meet the minimum energy efficiency standards – an EPC rating of F or G, until certain energy efficiency […] Read more

WeAreCornwall

Posted on September 14, 2015 Truro Office

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