Pete recently did an interview on BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours - which investigated a case history of failed cavity wall insulation.
The company is owned and managed by Pete. He's responsible for overall management and paper pushing! He has considerable experience in the business world. After University In the early 1980's, he ran a farm contracting and building company, but sold this when he moved to Australia. 4 years running gold mines followed, before setting up a mining software development company. This became one of the largest mining and farm software companies globally. He sold this to return to England in 1999, to restore period properties. In his spare time Peter maintains links with the mining industry and collects mineral and gem specimens. He has an ageing thoroughbred mare who used to do a bit of eventing and lives out her retirement in his fields.
All the team are conservation trained. The team is growing rapidly - and we are just being joined by Trevor Guyler, who has a very long story of working with the National Trust, and covers Derbyshire, Leicestershire, West Midlands, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire.
The team take in in turns to work in London - where we regularly undertake damp surveys, and building surveys.