Pine boards, probably original to the 1910s house, in the sitting room. Every winter once the heating goes on the gaps open up to maybe 5mm in places and I can see down between them. In summer they close back to almost…
1920s house, lath and plaster ceiling in the front bedroom. Three separate hairline cracks running roughly parallel, each about a metre long. I've filled them with flexible filler and repainted twice over two years and…
Solid brick 1905 house. There's a patch about 60cm across on an internal wall, on the side that backs onto the kitchen, that darkens from November and is completely gone by April. No visible plumbing on that wall. Wall…
Original 1890s sash, both cords intact and running smoothly, glass sound, frame solid. Problem is it rattles in any real wind and there's a noticeable cold stream along the meeting rail in the middle. I don't want to…
Two bedroom upstairs flat in a 1930s conversion. Rubber sheathed wiring on the lighting circuits which an electrician says is original and perished at the ends. Sockets were redone at some point in what looks like the…