Trades in Guildford.

In Guildford the streetscape means village and market-town homes, from the cottages off the cobbled High Street to the family homes of Stoughton and Merrow. Bigger plots and older fabric mean the work here splits between inside and out — heating systems fighting hard water, long hedge runs, private drainage and frontages that take a full autumn of leaves. We cover the lot at the same rates we charge everywhere else.

There's also plenty of extended family houses and terraces here. Busy family homes generate work in every trade at once: heating stretched by the extension, a garden that grows faster than the weekends allow, and a to-do list that never quite empties. One local firm covering plumbing through to gardening keeps the whole lot under control.

A wide mix of period cottages, modern homes and flats means varied heating and plumbing setups, all of which we know well. One local firm covers all seven trades in Guildford — plumbing, heating, electrical, drainage, gardening, carpentry and external cleaning — with card payment on completion, no call-out fee and a 12-month guarantee on the workmanship.