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Guide categories
How to tell what you're dealing with, what's worth trying yourself and when to call someone in, taken from the NHS, the official guidance and the trade bodies rather than from sales copy.
Each guide links to what the job costs, and ends with a way to get quotes from local professionals.
The guides.
The rules, problems and choices behind repairs & home services jobs.
Bed bugs
What they look like, the signs to check for, and what actually gets rid of them.
What the jobs cost.
Prices, what moves them and who to hire, in our cost guides.
Handyman£25 to £50Per hour, outside London
Locksmith£100 to £150Change a uPVC door lock
Damp proofing£1,000 to £2,000Injected DPC along one wall, with replastering
Blocked drain£80 to £150A typical drain unblock
House removals£790 to £950Three-bed house, local move
Pest control£120 to £240Rats or mice, two visits