Property Repairs in Merton, London

Merton is part of our regular South West London coverage, so once we've surveyed the property we can usually confirm a start date quickly. Send the address and scope and we'll arrange the next step.

Yes. Merton falls within the area Lian Construction serves from our Kingston upon Thames base, alongside the rest of Greater London.

We price what we can see and assess at survey stage, and flag clearly where the true extent of an issue, such as how far damp has tracked behind a wall, might only become apparent once we start opening it up. If more is found once work begins, we stop, explain what we've found with photos, and agree a price for the additional work before continuing, rather than proceeding on the original figure and adjusting the invoice at the end without warning. This is particularly common with damp repairs, where the visible staining might only represent a fraction of how far moisture has actually tracked behind the surface, so we build a sensible checking point into jobs like this rather than assuming the first impression is the full picture. It's a similar story with timber decay behind old skirting or floorboards, where the surface can look sound while the wood underneath has softened, and we'd rather flag that possibility upfront than let it come as a surprise once the job is underway. Where timber decay is found, we'll also check whether it's simple wet rot from ongoing moisture, which usually stops once the source is fixed and the area dries out, or something that needs a wider look, since the two are treated quite differently.

Yes, this is a common request from both buyers and sellers. We can work through a survey report item by item, pricing each defect individually, so you know what each repair costs rather than paying for a vague lump sum. Turnaround before completion is often tight, so it's worth getting in touch as soon as the report is available rather than waiting until close to exchange, particularly if any item might need a specialist such as a structural engineer or damp surveyor involved before we can start. Where the report flags several minor items across the property, it's often more efficient and no more expensive to group them into a single visit than to treat each line of the report as a separate call-out. Buyers sometimes use survey findings to renegotiate price rather than insist on repairs before completion, in which case getting a firm, itemised quote from us gives you a genuine figure to work from in that conversation rather than a rough estimate from the survey document itself, which surveyors often deliberately price on the cautious side.

Yes. We repair water-damaged plasterboard, ceilings, walls and finishes after the source of damp or leakage has been resolved, replacing anything that's too saturated or weakened to save rather than skimming over it.

Yes. We can help with focused repair jobs as well as larger refurbishment and reinstatement projects, and we won't push a small job into a bigger scope than it needs.