1 London Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, SK9 7JU info@kiif.co.uk01625 830714 HomeAboutServicesBuilding ContractorsOne contract for the whole buildNew BuildBespoke homes and developmentsRenovationWhole-house renovation programmesRefurbishment & RestorationPeriod buildings brought up to dateLandscapingExternal works and hard landscapingPlasteringSkimming, rendering and lime workJoineryStructural carpentry and fitted joineryRoofingNew roofs, re-roofing and repairsGroundworksFoundations, drainage and site works View all services Areas We CoverCounties & Regions - Alderley EdgeOur home village: office and yard on London Road. - CheshireCounty-wide building work from our Alderley Edge base. - ManchesterPeriod refurbishment and commercial fit-out in South Manchester. - LancashireNew builds and conversions north of the Cheshire border. - YorkshireStone-built property and rural schemes across the county. - MerseysideCommercial conversions and coastal refurbishment work. Towns - WilmslowTwo miles from base: extensions, refurbishment and conversions. - KnutsfordTown centre period property and rural barn conversions. - MacclesfieldStone terraces, hillside sites and retaining structures. - PrestburyHigh-specification homes delivered discreetly. - StockportResidential, commercial and industrial work across the borough. - BramhallSuburban extensions and remodelling on close-packed plots. View all areas we cover Our WorkReviewsContact01625 830714Request an Estimate - Home - Services - Property MaintenanceMaintenance & reactive works # Property Maintenance AndReactive Repairs AcrossCheshire Most large repair bills began as a small defect that nobody dealt with. We carry out roofing, guttering and brickwork repairs through to plumbing, carpentry and general maintenance for long-standing clients, fixing the cause while it is still cheap, with tradespeople who are on our own books. Request an Estimate01625 830714 Family-run in Alderley Edge with more than 40 years in construction. A large part of our work comes from clients we maintain year after year. 40+ years Maintaining residential, commercial and industrial property across the North West. Directly employed Joiners, bricklayers, plasterers and groundworkers on our own books. In-house support Administration, estimating and customer service handled by our own office team. Family-run Keep It In Family, David Cain leads delivery, Victoria Kennedy handles client liaison. The service ## Planned and reactive maintenance for buildings you intend to keep Maintenance is the least glamorous and most economically sensible building work there is. A slipped slate replaced this month is a modest job; the same slate left for two winters becomes wet timber, stained plaster, redecoration and sometimes a rewire of an affected circuit. The building fabric always gives notice before it fails, the cost is decided by whether anyone acts on it. KIIF provides ongoing maintenance for long-standing clients, covering roofing, guttering and brickwork repairs through to plumbing, carpentry and general property maintenance. Because we are a building contractor rather than a handyman service, we can diagnose whether something is a repair or a symptom of a structural or drainage problem, and carry out either. The work divides into two: reactive repairs, where something has failed and needs attention now, and planned maintenance, where inspections identify what should be done this year to avoid a larger bill next year. Most clients who start with the first end up on the second, because the annual cost is lower and far more predictable. We maintain buildings we have built, buildings we have refurbished, and buildings we have never previously touched. For property owners with several buildings, or businesses whose premises cannot afford disruption, having one contractor who already knows the fabric removes the whole diagnosis stage from every future call. ### Who this is for - Homeowners with a leak, a failed gutter, cracked brickwork or a repair that keeps returning - Owners of period and larger properties needing regular fabric attention - Clients whose new build, extension or refurbishment we completed and who want it maintained - Landlords and managing agents needing reliable reactive repairs - Commercial and industrial owners needing planned maintenance around trading hours What poor delivery costs ## How small defects turn into large bills Every one of these starts as a job of modest cost and ends, if ignored, as building work. The escalation is predictable, which is what makes deferring it so expensive. ### Blocked or failed guttering Water running down a wall saturates masonry, then internal plaster, and over a couple of winters affects timber embedded in that wall. Clearing a gutter costs a fraction of replacing joist ends and redecorating. ### One slipped slate or tile A single displaced unit lets water onto battens, felt and rafters. Left through two wet seasons, it becomes a section of roof structure and a ceiling rather than a single fixing. ### Failed pointing and defective flashings Open joints and split lead give water a direct route into the wall. Frost then expands trapped moisture and spalls the brick face, turning a pointing repair into masonry replacement. ### Slow leaks behind finishes A weeping joint under a floor or in a wall causes rot, damaged ceilings and sometimes electrical damage long before it is visible. Insurers also take a harder view of damage that developed gradually. ### Rot in windows and external joinery Failed paint lets water into a sill, and rot spreads through the frame. Repaired early it is a splice and redecoration; left, it is a replacement window and often the surrounding masonry. ### Cracks and movement dismissed as settlement Not every crack is serious, but blocked drains, tree roots and failed lintels all present as cracks. Diagnosing which is which early is what prevents a structural repair. Our process ## A fixed sequence, so you always know what happens next - Step 1 ### Report and triage You tell us what has happened or what you have noticed. We establish whether it is urgent, active water ingress, anything unsafe, or whether it can be scheduled with other work. - Step 2 ### Inspection and diagnosis We inspect the defect and its cause, not just its symptom. A damp patch is traced back to the roof, gutter, flashing, drain or ground level that is actually producing it. - Step 3 ### Scope and cost agreed You get a clear explanation of what needs doing now, what can wait, and what it costs, with any temporary measure needed to stop damage in the meantime. - Step 4 ### Repair carried out Our own trades carry out the repair with matched materials, protecting finishes and access routes and clearing up properly afterwards. - Step 5 ### Verification We check the repair performs, water tested where relevant, gutters and downpipes run, drains flowed, services checked, rather than assuming it is fixed because it looks fixed. - Step 6 ### Planned maintenance schedule Where you want it, we set out what should be inspected and attended to annually, so next year's work is planned and budgeted rather than reactive. What you get ## The practical difference a directly employed team makes ### Repairs that hold Fixing the cause rather than the symptom means the same wall is not being redecorated every eighteen months. ### Contractor-level diagnosis We can tell whether a crack, damp patch or leak is cosmetic or structural, and carry out either the small repair or the substantial work that follows. ### Substantially lower whole-life cost Clearing gutters, refixing tiles, repointing and redecorating joinery on schedule prevents nearly all of the fabric repairs that follow neglect. ### Safe access, done properly Roof, gutter and high-level work carried out with correct access and safe working practices instead of a ladder and optimism. ### One contractor who knows the building After the first visit we know your fabric, services and history, which shortens diagnosis on every call afterwards. ### Predictable budgets Planned maintenance turns unpredictable emergency spending into a scheduled annual figure you can plan around. Detail ## Maintenance trades, materials and schedules Maintenance covers a wide span of trades and building elements. This is the work we carry out and how planned and reactive maintenance differ in practice. ### Roofing, leadwork and rainwater goods Roof and rainwater maintenance is the highest-value maintenance there is, because it protects everything below. We replace slipped and broken slates and tiles with matched units, repair and replace ridge and hip tiles and their bedding, repair and renew leadwork at valleys, abutments, parapets and around chimneys, and repair chimney brickwork and flaunching. Rainwater goods work covers clearing gutters, hoppers and gullies, repairing or replacing failed cast iron, aluminium and uPVC gutters and downpipes, correcting falls where water is standing in a run, and refixing brackets that have pulled away from fascias. Flat roofs are inspected for splits, ponding, failed upstands and blocked outlets, and repaired or recovered as required. - Slate, tile, ridge and hip repairs - Leadwork, flashing and valley repair - Chimney repointing, flaunching and repair - Gutter and downpipe clearing, repair and replacement - Flat roof repair, upstands and outlets - Fascia, soffit and bargeboard repair ### Brickwork, masonry and external fabric External fabric maintenance includes repointing failed joints in appropriate mortar, replacing spalled and frost-damaged brick, repairing and rebuilding boundary and garden walls, resetting loose copings and cills, replacing failed lintels, and repairing cracked render. On older buildings, mortar choice is the decisive factor, a hard cement mix on soft brick accelerates the damage it was meant to stop. We also repair and redecorate external joinery, windows, doors, fascias and gates, splicing rotted sections rather than replacing whole units where the timber allows, and re-protecting them so the repair lasts. - Repointing in matched, appropriate mortar - Brick and stone replacement and rebuilding - Boundary and garden wall repair - Lintel, cill and coping replacement - Render crack repair and patching - External joinery repair and redecoration ### Internal repairs, plumbing and carpentry Internally, our trades carry out plumbing repairs and replacements, leak tracing and pipework renewal, tap, cistern and sanitaryware replacement, plaster repair and making good after leaks, tiling repairs, and carpentry from doors that no longer close to floor and staircase repairs, fitted joinery and skirting and architrave replacement. Where a repair reveals something larger, rotten joist ends, a failed lintel, a drain with no fall, we can carry out the structural or groundworks element ourselves rather than handing the problem back to you to find another contractor. - Plumbing repairs, leak tracing and pipework renewal - Sanitaryware, tap and cistern replacement - Plaster repair and making good - Carpentry, door and joinery repair - Floor and staircase repair - Tiling and decoration repairs ### Planned maintenance versus reactive repairs Reactive work is triggered by a failure and priced on the day. Planned maintenance is scheduled: an annual inspection of roof, rainwater goods, external joinery, pointing, drainage and external levels, with a list of what to attend to now and what to watch. The second approach costs less annually and removes almost all emergency spending. For most buildings a sensible cycle is gutters and roof checked each autumn, external joinery redecorated on a multi-year cycle, pointing and masonry reviewed periodically, and drains and gullies flowed annually, with more frequent attention where there are mature trees nearby. ### Domestic, commercial and multi-property maintenance Domestic maintenance is about minimal disruption, clear explanations and clean working in an occupied home. Commercial and industrial maintenance is about continuity: work timed around trading hours, safe segregation from staff and the public, and prioritisation by operational impact rather than by visibility. For owners of several properties, or agents managing a portfolio, having one contractor who has already recorded the fabric and history of each building removes duplicated inspection on every subsequent call. KIIF works across residential, commercial and industrial property, so a mixed portfolio can be handled under one relationship. Questions clients ask ## Before you commit to the work How much do maintenance repairs cost?Small repairs such as a slipped tile, a gutter clearance or a leaking joint are modest and can often be quoted once we have inspected. Larger work, a section of roof, repointing an elevation, replacing lintels, is priced properly after diagnosis. What we will not do is quote a repair without establishing what is causing it, because that is how the same defect gets paid for twice. How quickly can you attend?We triage by urgency: active water ingress or anything unsafe is treated as priority, and non-urgent work is scheduled at a time that suits you, often alongside other items so you are not paying for repeated visits. Call 01625 830714 and we will tell you honestly when we can be there rather than promising a slot we cannot hold. Do you offer emergency call-out?Where there is active water ingress or an unsafe condition, we prioritise attendance and will carry out temporary measures to stop damage before the permanent repair is scheduled. Please phone rather than email for anything urgent so it can be triaged immediately. Do you take on small jobs?Yes, that is what maintenance is. A large part of our workload is ongoing maintenance for long-standing clients, and small work is precisely what stops it becoming large work. Grouping several items into one visit is usually the most economical way to do it. Do you work on buildings you did not build?Yes. We maintain buildings we constructed or refurbished and plenty we have never previously touched. On a first visit we inspect the fabric properly so that future calls start from knowledge rather than from scratch. Can you set up a planned maintenance schedule?Yes. We can inspect annually and provide a schedule covering roof, rainwater goods, external joinery, pointing, drainage and external levels, separating what should be done now from what to monitor, so budgets are planned rather than reactive. How long do maintenance repairs last?That depends on the element: leadwork and repointing carried out correctly last for decades, external joinery redecoration runs to a multi-year cycle, and gutter clearing is annual, particularly near mature trees. Repairs fail early when the underlying cause was not addressed, which is why we diagnose first. Can you find a leak that nobody else has traced?Usually yes, because we work outwards from the fabric rather than only at the damp patch. Roof coverings, flashings, gutter falls, pointing, window details, external ground levels and drainage are all checked, since the water frequently enters some distance from where it shows. Do you maintain commercial premises?Yes. We work across residential, commercial and industrial property, with work programmed around trading hours and prioritised by operational impact, and safe segregation from staff and the public throughout. Which areas do you cover for maintenance?We are based at 1 London Road, Alderley Edge and cover Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Merseyside, including Wilmslow, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Prestbury, Stockport and Bramhall. Related work ## Often delivered alongside this ### Refurbishment & Restoration Where maintenance reveals that the fabric needs a full programme of repair. View service ### External Works & Landscaping Drainage, levels and hard surface repairs that stop water reaching the building. View service ### Extensions & Remodelling When the building needs to change rather than simply be kept in order. View service We deliver this service across Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Bramhall and the wider North West. See recent projects, read about the family behind KIIF or return to the homepage. ## Deal with it while it isstill a small repair Tell us what you have noticed, a stain, a leak, a crack, a gutter that overflows. We will inspect it, tell you what is actually causing it, and price the repair before it becomes building work. 01625 830714Request an Estimate - Family-run, over 40 years in construction - Directly employed joiners, bricklayers and groundworkers - In-house estimating and procurement - Site visit with the team who will build it ### Tell us about your project Send the details and we will arrange a site visit at a time that suits you. Keep It In Family. 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