There is a clear split in Crumlin between the older stone and rendered property in and around the village centre and the substantial post-war and later housing estates that have been added on the edges. The older stock tends to have deep cast sills and solid walls that need a breathable approach, while the estate housing has the standard concrete sills now reaching the age where the surface starts letting go.
Older rural property here often needs stone and masonry repair alongside anything else, and matching existing materials and mortar sensibly matters more than it does on modern construction.
Estate property here tends to generate well-defined improvement jobs, driveways and hardstanding, garage bases, boundary walls and general repairs, where access is straightforward and scope is easy to pin down.
Bungalow sites here usually have room to work and good plant access, which keeps groundworks straightforward. The common jobs are hardstanding, bases and external works.
Agricultural work here typically means bases, hardstanding and yard areas that have to take heavy loads and regular washdown, which is a different specification to domestic work.
Crumlin Glen and the older property around it sits in a genuinely damp, sheltered, tree-shaded pocket, and north-facing surfaces there hold moss and algae far more stubbornly than the open ground a mile away.
