Do you remember how a few days ago I was talking about the importance of understanding your building?
Today I share an example to illustrate why you should check your gutters before embarking in planning your refurbishment.
In two projects I have worked on over the past two years , the lack of maintenance or the building gutters (by the building management) resulted in damages to the properties belonging to our clients... and they were gutted.
In one of them, the problem was addressed swiftly and the damage was limited to a stain on the wall.
In the other one, the accumulated damage was such that the three apartments sitting on top of each other were affected.
The middle one had the starting on site delayed because of the drying time and negotiations with the insurer and the lower one, which was the most affected, required the owner to do major repair works to address the water damage. (Just four years after going through a full refurbishment of their home)
These situations can not only escalate exponentially (and put your building insurance and relationships within the block to a test) but they will impact your daily lives .
To the above, I want to add a final though. No matter how much you spend refurbishing your home, experience teaches us that it is the intangible that can have the biggest impact in your enjoyment (draughts, dramatic temperature changes, noise etc). Be mindful .
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