Building maintenance contractors | Scotland & UK
Dependable building maintenance
Proactive maintenance and prompt, reliable repairs to protect historic properties. We’re the emergency contractors trusted by property managers and housing associations to deliver planned maintenance or emergency building repairs and storm damage repairs.
We know prevention is better than cure. With 30+ years’ experience, we develop realistic and tailored maintenance programmes to suit each property’s needs. Offering routine inspections and preventative or protective treatments for building fabric and unique features, we safeguard exceptional buildings, ensuring they can stand the test of time. And if weather damage or deterioration does occur, we offer reactive maintenance services too, completing repairs quickly, and providing any documentation required for insurance. Our contracts also offer 24-hour response times.
Service features
- Preventing problems through proactive maintenance
- Responding quickly with reactive maintenance and repairs
- Ensuring comprehensive reporting and documentation
Building maintenance services
Building maintenance and repairs for:
- Residential – tenement buildings, apartments, housing association properties
- Public & Civic buildings – historic properties and places of worship
- Historic properties – listed buildings and 100+ year-old buildings
Covering the Central Belt of Scotland:
- Glasgow City
- North Lanarkshire
- South Lanarkhire
- East Dunbartonshire
- West Dunbartonshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Renfrewshire
- Inverclyde
- Edinburgh
- Falkirk
Planned maintenance
Planned maintenance programmes for historic and modern properties
Our planned maintenance programmes offer peace of mind for all building types, from 100+-year-old properties to modern-day buildings. Combining scheduled inspections with preventative or protective treatments, we support budget planning and cost control around the upkeep of buildings.
We work to prevent problems arising, to ensure safety, protect residents from disruption and extend building lifespans. Our team also provide comprehensive, essential documentation to support insurance or compliance requirements.
- Roofing and waterproofing – Completing annual roof inspections and maintenance, reactive visits following any inclement weather, and regular gutter cleaning and repairs.
- Structural Maintenance – Thorough building fabric surveys and moisture mapping for masonry, timber and concrete elements, and emergency structural stabilisation if critical issues arise.
- Mechanical and electrical - Planned servicing and compliance testing for HVAC systems, lighting and lifts, and emergency breakdown response.
- Building envelope - Completing regular window and door maintenance, including weather seal replacement to enhance performance, and annual facade cleaning, including spot repairs and protective treatments.
- Outdoor spaces - Offering inspections and maintenance works for drainage, entryways, pathways and boundaries, focussing on safety and functionality of stonework steps, lead or cast-iron features rainwater management or lead or cast-iron railings or lighting. Delivered alongside our colleagues from M Squared’s expert grounds maintenance team.
Reactive maintenance
Emergency repairs in the event of damage, failures, or safety issues
Our reliable, expert team can be on-hand for urgent and emergency works. We deliver repairs to overcome weather-related damage, urgent structural failures, building service failures, or security and safety issues like break-ins, theft, or vandalism.
Reactive maintenance and repairs for:
24-hour response for leaks, storm damage, and failed weatherproofing or water management systems. Maintaining traditional features and integrating modern solutions for immediate protection.
Conducting urgent surveys and implementing temporary stabilisation for compromised or failed masonry, timber and concrete to ensure building safety.
24-hour response for critical faults or failures in heating, ventilation, plumbing, mechanical or electrical systems, to restore essential building services quickly and minimise disruption for residents.
Completing thorough storm damage assessments, repairing immediate issues from weather-related damage to roofs, building envelope or structural elements, and recommending long-term protective solutions.
Installing protective boarding and weatherproofing to secure damaged windows or doors.
Responding quickly to flooding, storm damage or failed services; extracting or diverting water, drying affected areas and conducting emergency repairs to prevent structural damage.
24-hour response to replace or repair damaged windows and recommending realistic remediation plans and timelines where heritage glass or traditional glazing techniques have been compromised.
Our maintenance and repairs services also offer:
- Insurance-approved contractor status & Insurance liaison
- Emergency equipment and materials stockholding
- Condition surveys for insurers
Geographic areas we cover for this service – Scotland.
Our professional building maintenance process
Our promise
- Rapid response - We can deploy teams within 24 hours, should storm damage repairs or emergency stabilisation be required (dependent on geography).
- In-house specialists – All our team are directly employed, bringing years of skills and experience to works, and assuring clients of the people and processes being followed on site.
- Restoration specialists – We deliver all aspects of specialist renovation and restoration works, including stonemasonry, lead and cast-iron work, slate roofing, façade cleaning, and repointing with traditional mortars.
- Dependability – We’re dependable and detail-oriented, combining traditional craftmanship with modern project management to delivers works on time and on budget.
- Compliance – We understand the importance of regulations or legal protections, ensuring all our works comply with the relevant regulations and conservation guidelines.