Fully revised and updated in a new illustrated full colour format, packed with insider tips and knowledge covering everything from boilers and builders to condensation, central heating, dry rot, damp-proofing, plumbing and woodworm, complete with inspirational and practical photographs and using Telegraph readers` stories as case studies, it is a practical, accessible, easy-to-use godsend to the many who can`t or don`t want to do their own maintenance, but who want to know how to maintain their homes properly by employing the right professionals at the right time.
Jeff Howell is a former bricklayer, construction lecturer and surveyor. He has written a weekly national press building column since 1997 - initially for the Independent on Sunday, and since April 1999 for the Sunday Telegraph. He lives in east London and Suffolk.