home owner and prospective purchase tuition

Your historic home, is a major asset, it is not just your heritage asset but a national heritage asset too. Correct care and repair, is essential if you want to maintain your homes true value. We can provide training to help you to undertake the minor tasks you need in oder to keep the fabric of your historic home in good condition, maintain its external and internal appearance and ensure the optimal financial return from both the building and any outlay you make on it.

From day to day maintenance to simple repairs, we can help you to understand the conservation needs of your house and the appropriate methods and materials required, in order to produce the best results. We can help you to understand how to find specialist craftsmen who fully understand period homes so as to avoid the costly mistakes of incorrectly carried out work and the use of modern unsuitable materials, when caring out major works.

If you want to be able to view your home with knowledgable eyes, especially when dealing with tradesmen. To be able to take pride in its historical appearance, or if you want to get hands on and learn some of the processes involved in building conservation. A training session or program of lessons with HBB&R can help you to fully appreciate your historic home and give you the confidence, to successfully undertake the basic care and repair of the building.

For the lady of the house, you might feel more comfortable receiving tuition from a woman. We can provide the reassurance, both of a female presence and female tuition.

If you are looking to purchase an historic home, HBC&R can help you to do so confidently and knowledgeably, and avoid the pitfalls of buying a home in a poor state of repair that is not reflected in the price. Likewise, we can help current owners who are selling, to present their homes in the best possible state of repair, to avoid the necessity to lower the asking price.

Most importantly, correct repair and care maintains the structural integrity of your home its historic beauty and ultimately its true heritage and market value.

Contact us today on Telephone 07748758569 or Email rolandlocke@hbcandr.com

Timber

The care and repair of the timber frame, of your historic home is an area of conservation that is much more complex. It can be taught but requires considerably more time, dedication and will depend upon a home owners overall level of competency, from the beginning.

We can train you to spot areas where timely intervention is required, in order to prevent the requirement of major professional involvement later on.

Prices:

One training person and necessary tools for a 6 hour [hands on day] is £400.00 plus materials plus VAT.

Panel infill

Depending upon the date of construction and what resources were available locally, the panels of historic buildings, were traditionally made up of a variety of materials. Such as wattle and daub, lath and daub or lath and plaster. Bricks, stone, cob or flint.

However, in more recant times. panel infill may have been changed to incorporate modern materials, in particular impervious renders, mortars and paints. Or have been wholly replaced, with straw board and render, clinker block and render or modern hard bricks with cement pointing.

We can help you to understand the composition of your homes panels and determine the best course of general maintenance.

We can train you to deal with minor problems and to understand when to seek appropriate professional intervention.

Prices:

One training person and necessary tools for a 6 hour [hands on day] is £300.00 plus materials plus VAT

Understanding the condition of your home or potential new home

Perhaps you would like to gain knowledge and confidence to fully understand the condition of your home and the interventions required for its repair or upkeep?

We can train you!

PRICES:

One training person plus tools for a 6 hour day £250.00 plus VAT

re-pointing

Historically, all pointing was done in feeble lime. This was both breathable and allowed for moisture transpiration, which prevented spalling of bricks or stone and decaying of structural timbers.

The modern use of impervious mortars and the addition of silicone sealants and plastic paints, need not become a major problem.

We can train you to spot potential problems in a timely manner, to rectify the simple ones and to be able to know when you need appropriate, professional help.

Prices:

One training person and necessary tools for a 6 hour [hands on day] is £300.00 plus materials plus VAT