This is the first part of any repairs you may have to pay under your insurance policy.

• Covenants and Private rights
• Listed buildings
• Conservation areas
• Rights of way
• Ancient monuments
• Licensed sites
• Protected species
• The Party Wall etc. Act 1996

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/responsibilities/beforeyoustart/otherpermissions

Your insurance policy will detail this but your insurers and we will advise you of how much and whether an excess payment will need to be collected from you before the repairs start.

Yes, if the work requires a specific accreditation then the work will be carried out by accredited and appropriately qualified personnel. Read more

Yes, but only if they are required and if they are then we will have a long standing relationship with them.

• Covenants and Private rights

• Listed buildings
• Conservation areas • Rights of way • Ancient monuments • Licensed sites • Protected species • The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/responsibilities/beforeyoustart/otherpermissions

The 2000 Building Regulations became effective on 1 January 2001 and they specify the function that the building or element must perform to. They however do not specify how any work should be carried out. The regulations are supported by a series of Approved Documents which offer guidance on ways of satisfying the mandatory functional requirements and you get download copies from:
http://www.allerdale.gov.uk/planning-and-buildings/building-control/building-regulations.aspx or
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/buildingregulations/approveddocuments/parta/