Guides

These guides exist because most of the people Martin works with have the same questions, and the answers are hard to find written down plainly. Adult children trying to make a parent's home safer without taking over. Homeowners looking at a gutter full of moss and wondering whether it can wait another month. People who have never had to think about grab rails or keysafes before, and now suddenly do.

Nothing here is a sales pitch. Each article is written to stand on its own, so a reader can come away knowing more than they did when they arrived, whether or not they ever pick up the phone. The focus is on Cirencester and the surrounding Cotswold villages, because that is where the work happens and where the quirks of old stone houses, narrow lanes, and an ageing population actually matter.

The guides are updated as things change. Prices in 2026 are not the prices from three years ago. Building Regulations change. Products come and go. Where a figure is quoted, it reflects what is reasonable at the time of writing. Where an opinion is given, it is based on jobs Martin has actually done, not on what sounds good on a website.