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Independent Damp Survey Solihull
Richard Bull MISSE, ACIEH provides honest, evidence-based damp surveys across Solihull and the entire B postcode area. Professional thermal imaging carried on every survey, used as needed. No sales pressure — ever.
Solihull is one of the most prosperous boroughs in the West Midlands, with a housing stock that ranges from Edwardian and interwar detached properties in the town centre and Olton to large post-war estates in Chelmsley Wood and Castle Bromwich, and extensive modern development in the south of the borough. The borough falls within the entire B postcode area, which is fully within our catchment.
Why Solihull Properties Need Independent Damp Surveys
Solihull’s higher-value property market makes the stakes of a misdiagnosed damp survey particularly significant. A £4,000 chemical injection programme recommended on the basis of a free survey — when condensation or a simple external repair was the real issue — is a meaningful sum. Independent diagnosis protects buyers and homeowners from that outcome.
Edwardian & Interwar Detached
Solihull town centre, Olton, Knowle
Large detached and semi-detached properties with suspended timber floors, complex bay window cavity details, original drainage systems, and period construction that requires breathable repair.
Post-War Estates
Chelmsley Wood, Castle Bromwich, Marston Green
Cavity wall construction, flat-roof garages and extensions, concrete slab DPMs, and condensation from modern airtight retrofitting without adequate ventilation.
Modern & New-Build
Dickens Heath, Tidbury Green, Blythe Valley
New-build construction moisture in early occupation years, incomplete cavity trays, and condensation from under-used MVHR systems.
Rural & Village Stock
Hampton-in-Arden, Meriden, Barston
Traditional construction in the Green Belt villages surrounding Solihull, requiring breathable lime-based repair rather than modern impermeable treatments.
How We Work Differently
Richard Bull is fully independent across the entire B postcode area. No treatments are sold, no commission is earned, and every recommendation is based solely on what the evidence shows. For Solihull’s higher-value property market, that independence is particularly important.
Professional thermal imaging is carried on every survey and used as needed. A detailed written report follows every visit, produced to the standard required by solicitors, mortgage lenders and insurers.
What’s Included in Your Solihull Damp Survey
Walls, floors, ceilings, roof spaces, subfloors & external elevations
Carried on every survey, used as needed to reveal hidden moisture & cold bridging
Readings recorded & mapped across all affected areas
Rising damp, penetrating damp, condensation or leak — evidence-based
Findings, photos, cause analysis & staged remedial guidance
We don’t sell treatments — the survey fee is our only income
Areas Covered Around Solihull
Solihull town centre · Olton · Knowle · Dorridge · Chelmsley Wood · Castle Bromwich · Marston Green · Hampton-in-Arden · Meriden · Dickens Heath · Tidbury Green — and the entire B postcode area.
Qualifications & Accreditations
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Get an honest, independent assessment from a qualified specialist — no sales pitch, no pressure, just a clear answer you can act on.