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  • Something I find curious -

    Where I live there is a thumping great garden estate conservation area full of victorian / Edwardian places. And then there are the regular streets like mine, all Edwardian.

    Yet - if I hit up the garden estate society and ask who the 'go-to' people are for period work (like not fucking up your gaff with concrete), there just doesn't seem to be anyone they can put forward.

    You would have thought it would be quite easy to become the 'go-to' person / company for repairs and maintenance for areas like ours, where it's important (and borderline mandated in the estate) to use the right stuff in the right places.

  • Because most people just get it done with modern materials as they either don't know or don't care that it might cause problems 5-10years or more down the line, when they probably expect to have moved by then.
    Also it's often invisible work, hidden by paint etc... So can't show off to their neighbours about using lime render/plaster etc Vs planting some nice shrubs or painting the front door in F and B.....

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