Guides

A guide for UK homeowners on checking a plumber's registration, insurance, and verified job history before booking them for work on your home.

How to check a UK electrician's registration, qualifications, and verified job history before they carry out work on your home.

How to check a UK roofer's membership, insurance, and verified job history before they start work at height on your home.

How to check a UK plasterer's membership, insurance, and verified job history, and what to agree before work starts to avoid disputes.

How to check a UK carpenter's membership, quality of work, and verified job history before booking bespoke joinery or fitting work.

How to judge a UK painter and decorator's preparation work, portfolio, and verified job history before booking them for your home.

How to check a UK tiler's membership and verified job history, and why waterproofing matters before booking work in a bathroom or wet room.

How to check a UK landscaper's membership and verified job history, and what to agree in writing before garden or driveway work starts.

How to check a UK heating engineer's Gas Safe, OFTEC, or F-Gas registration and verified job history before booking boiler or heat pump work.

How to check a UK builder's membership, insurance, and verified job history before booking an extension, renovation, or structural work.

A simple guide to checking a damp specialist's membership, getting the right survey, and building a verified job history before you agree to treatment.

How to check a kitchen fitter's membership, which parts of the job need a separately qualified trade, and their verified job history before you commit.

How to check a bathroom fitter's membership, understand the safety rules around water and electrics, and build a verified job history before work starts.

Why MCS certification matters for a heat pump or solar panel installer, what it unlocks, and what to check before you commit.

A practical checklist for UK homeowners: how to check a tradesperson's registration, insurance, and verified job history before you hire them.

Star ratings are easy to produce and easy to fake. Here is why a review tied to a confirmed, real job is a far more reliable signal for UK homeowners.

Practical questions every UK homeowner should ask before a tradesperson begins work, covering cost, timeline, permits, and what happens if something goes wrong.

A practical checklist for UK buyers on what to check about a property's condition, certificates, and maintenance history before making an offer.

Why a maintenance history backed by the tradespeople who did the work is a stronger signal than a seller's own account when buying a UK home.

Warning signs of a poorly maintained UK property, and how to check its verified history before you make an offer.

Simple signs of damp and mould to check for before you buy a UK home, why it is getting more attention right now, and what to do if you find it.

What to check before buying a pre-1919 UK house, from solid walls and lime mortar to slate roofs, lead pipes and suspended timber floors.

What to check before buying a 1930s UK house, from wall tie corrosion and bay windows to original steel windows, pebbledash and asbestos.

What to check before buying a UK house built between 1945 and the 1960s, including non-traditional construction, PRC homes and mortgage issues.

What to check before buying a 1960s or 1970s UK house, from asbestos and flat roofs to large windows, early insulation and dated electrics.

What to check when buying a new-build home in the UK, from the structural warranty and snagging to the New Homes Ombudsman and estate charges.

Which planning, building control, party wall and structural documents to ask for when buying a UK house with an extension or loft conversion.

How UK buyers and solicitors use a property's maintenance history during a sale, and why a verified record beats a seller's own account.

How keeping a verified maintenance history before you list your home can reduce delays during the UK conveyancing process.

A plain-English guide to the UK government's 2026 home buying and selling reform, digital property logbooks, and why the source of your home's records matters.

A section-by-section guide to the TA6 Property Information Form, what each part asks, and the records that help you answer it accurately.

A checklist of the documents a UK seller is usually asked for, from proof of ID and the TA6 form to certificates, guarantees and planning paperwork.

What a FENSA certificate is, how to get a replacement copy, and what to do if your windows were never registered with FENSA or a similar scheme.

What to do when an extension, loft conversion or other work has no building regulations completion certificate, and the options when selling.

Which electrical certificates a buyer will ask for, how to get copies from the electrician or their scheme, and what to do if none was issued.

How to get a replacement Building Regulations compliance certificate for a gas boiler, find the Benchmark checklist, and protect your boiler warranty.

How to find out whether your cavity wall insulation has a CIGA guarantee, why buyers ask for it, and what to do if there is none.

How to trace a lost damp-proofing or woodworm treatment guarantee, whether it passes to a buyer, and what to do if the company has closed.

What building regulations indemnity insurance covers, when it is used in a UK house sale, what it does not cover, and when to avoid relying on it.

How UK estate agents can use a verified maintenance history at instruction stage to answer material information and TA6 questions early, and keep sales moving.

How UK estate agents can request access to a property's verified history on Propvio and share it with prospective buyers.

A checklist for UK estate agents on reviewing a property's certificates and maintenance history before taking on a listing.

What the UK government's 2026 home buying and selling reform means for estate agents, and how a property's record of confirmed work can support a smoother sale.

What material information UK estate agents should include in property listings, the three parts of the guidance, and where work history fits in.

What a Gas Safety Certificate (CP12) covers, why it is renewed yearly, and how to check the engineer who issued it is genuinely Gas Safe registered.

Practical guidance for UK homeowners on how long to keep invoices, guarantees, and certificates for work carried out on their home.

What an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) covers, how often it needs renewing, and how to check the electrician who issued it is registered.

What an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) shows, when you legally need one, and how long it stays valid.

A simple, factual answer to whether gas boilers are being banned in the UK, what is actually changing, and what it means for your own home.

What a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate confirms, who issues one, and why missing paperwork for past building work can cause problems when you sell.

What planning permission covers, how it differs from Building Regulations, and what happens if past work on your home never had it.

What a tradesperson's warranty actually promises, its biggest limitation, and what to check before relying on one.

How an insurance-backed guarantee differs from a standard warranty, why solicitors often ask for one specifically, and what to check on the certificate.

A practical home maintenance checklist for UK homeowners: what to check monthly, every season and every few years, from boilers to gutters.

A checklist of the safety certificates and documents private landlords in England must have, with how often each one needs renewing.

What UK landlords must do for the annual gas safety check: what it covers, when to give tenants a copy, record keeping and getting access.

The minimum EPC rating for rented homes in England and Wales, how exemptions work, the penalties, and proposed changes to the standard.

Where landlords in England must fit smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, the checks required at the start of a tenancy, and repair duties.

Why a dated record of repairs protects landlords in deposit disputes, complaints about damp and mould, and when selling a rented property.

How a tagged, confirmed job becomes a verified review on Propvio, and why this builds trust faster than a generic review request.

Why UK homeowners increasingly look for tradespeople with a strong number of confirmed jobs, not just a high star rating, and how to build this up.

How UK tradespeople can build a complete, verified Propvio profile, including accreditation, confirmed jobs, and an embeddable badge for their own website.

What UK engineers need to become Gas Safe registered: qualifications, ACS assessments, registering a business, and how registration is checked.

How UK electricians join a competent person scheme such as NICEIC or NAPIT, what the assessment involves, and why it matters for Part P work.

What UK installers need for MCS certification for heat pumps, solar panels or batteries, and why customers need an MCS-certified installer.

What TrustMark registration involves for UK tradespeople, how to join through a scheme operator, and when it is required for funded work.