Author: Earl Kendrick Group

At Earl Kendrick (West), we are seeing an increased interest in historic buildings to understand their energy use and how it can be improved.

Building Centre hosts Retrofit 23 exhibition, showcasing the need for tangible action to UK housing stock WEDNESDAY 3 MAY 2023, London, UK Residential households account for just over a quarter of total emissions in the UK.1 On May 10th, the Building Centre is launching a new thought-provoking exhibition, Retrofit 23,to…

Phillipa Burgin MRICS is Associate Director at Earl Kendrick London and their lead on all matters ‘retrofit’.

EK McQuade will be able to offer a full range of natural light services in addition to dealing with Party Wall matters. 

Property managers pressured to keep service charges down, even as the costs of maintaining their buildings are exponentially increasing.

As the days become longer and the sun shines brighter, this spring may be the time that you realise how dark, dated or tired your internal common areas have become.

By Chris Stansell MRICS MAPM, Managing Director, Earl Kendrick London In our many roles as project and building consultants for residential property managers, one thing our surveyors have all noticed is a lack of focus on longer-term, proactive maintenance, particularly at height. In the public sector and amongst housing associations…

Thermal Imaging has many applications in the property sector, including heat loss, moisture detection and electrical inspection. It provides a quick, non-intrusive solution for problems that involve heat generation and transfer.

When carried out successfully, retrofit works can result in a reduction in energy usage and therefore energy bills.

Wanting to lower costs, one area to cut back on is the cost of reinstatement cost assessments – hence rise in popularity of ‘desktop’ RCAs.