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Stephen Boniface - Stephen Boniface specialises in building conservation providing multi-disciplinary consulting services. He is Chairman of the Building Surveying Faculty and member of the Residential faculty. He serves on the RICS Building Conservation Forum Board and is the 'Agony Uncle' on the Period Property UK website (www.periodproperty.co.uk).

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February 2010
How do I stop brown staining on wallpaper in small room over porch?	Victoria Clayton (Northamptonshire)
How do I remove bedroom ceilings in thatched cottage?	Julie Jones (Cambridgeshire)
Somebody lives under my house	Michael Eames (Surrey)
Do we really need a DPC in our 200 year-old cottage?	Becci Kearle (Essex)
Survey calls for additional survey to look at ‘unstable walls’	Lisa Costa (Greater London)
I’ve been asked for a ‘design statement’ covering a central heating installation in my listed cottage	Daniel Reilly (Hampshire)
Mystery leak causes havoc	Suzette Booth (Kent)
Insurance claim leads to builder suggesting further damp proofing measures	Hilary Twigg (East Sussex)
Water entering through basement foundation bricks causes flooding	Al Lamb (Lancashire)
‘Noddy’ guide required to help maintain timber-framed home	Nigel Miller (Gloucestershire)