When you get in contact with us, you know you’re dealing with the best. We are proud to soon to be entering our 10th year as a family-run business supporting Cheshire based clients. Our expert, extensive, experience helps us to offer you the honest advice that you deserve.
Our expertise. We have over 20 years’ experience in the damp proofing and associated specialist plastering techniques. You can rest assured that you will find the expertise you need when you speak to Atlantis Property Preservation. (more…)
In this episode of The A-Z of Damp from Atlantis Property Preservation, F is for…… Freya the Female Surveyor.
Having a female surveyor gives us a different appeal. We hope that you have got the strong impression from looking at our website and any direct dealings that you have had with us that Jamie Watkins is truly passionate about supplying honest, pragmatic and professional advice to homeowners across Cheshire. Atlantis Property Preservation has grown year on year and in July 2016 we decided to expand our ability to survey more local properties.
Of course, it was clear that it wouldn’t be easy to find an additional surveyor who would share Jamie’s passion and be prepared to inherently live Atlantis Property Preservation’s brand values! Then it came to us. Who better to help expand the Company business than Jamie’s wife – Freya!
Freya has been involved in the business right from the start. She helps to balance the books; advising on H&S and HR issues; managing our website and social media presence and we decided to invest in her development to put her through her CSBD (certified Surveyor of Dampness in Buildings) Qualifications to join the Atlantis Property Preservation team as a part time surveyor.
Jamie’s mission has always been to provide honest advice to all his customers and do everything in his power to give them a 5-star experience when dealing with him and his trusted team. With this in mind, he has been busy training Freya up to this standard. Freya now holds the CSDB qualification from the PCA.
So far Freya has assisted in identifying problems with many different causes including:
We feel that having a female surveyor on the team will be a unique difference for Atlantis Property Preservation we know that no other Damp Proofing company in Cheshire can offer you this option. You may be a single lady who feels more comfortable dealing directly with another female. Whatever you need, we endeavour to help. We see the addition of ‘Freya the Female Surveyor’ as just another string to our bow to provide you an excellent customer experience from the first phone call or email right through to the completed solution.
We’ll keep you posted as to how Freya progresses with her qualification. She has successfully passed her Health and Safety/ Legal Module and Damp Proofing exam and is now a Certificated Surveyor of Dampness in Buildings (CSDB).
In the meantime, with over 20 years’ experience in the damp proofing and associated specialist plastering techniques, you can rest assured that you will find the expertise you need when you speak to Atlantis Property Preservation.
If you would like to have a chat with a family run business that we feel confident that you’ll like and trust, then simply contact us at Atlantis Property Preservation for our expert opinion to ensure accurate diagnosis and solutions to your property problem.
Jamie has years of experience and established the company in 2009. On leaving school he worked in a local building yard in Frodsham, Cheshire. This gave him a solid foundation in building knowledge and customer service skills, and he loved his time here. He then decided to join the family plastering business. As a third generation plasterer, he learnt all the skills needed for all plastering work from his brother, dad and grandad.
Whilst honing his plastering skills at the family business, one of the key customer was a damp proof course specialist. This gave Jamie the opportunity to begin to learn the additional skills needed to complete damp related remedial works.
Jamie understood the importance of using the right replastering and began to develop his understanding of diagnosing different types of dampness in buildings. Jamie also recognised that timber infestations and rots often go hand in hand with each other. This is because rot and infestations need moisture to thrive. Due to this, he decided to complete the 2 year qualification with the PCA to give him a more detailed knowledge of both damp and timber issues in buildings.
In 2009 he decided to set up on his own, and Atlantis was born. Since then, through hard work and determination, We have grown year on year. Jamie completed specific surveying qualifications for remedial treatments (CSRT), and became a member of the Property Care Association. This membership has been invaluable as annual audits ensure Atlantis approach remains best practice. Jamie’s wife, Freya also completed her CSBD (Certified Surveyor of Dampness in Buildings).
An interest in condensation solutions soon followed, and the confidence to advise on individual solution to condensation developed. In particular the amazing effects of PIV in properties with severe condensation issues was remarkable.
This knowledge, couple with decades of hands on experience gives you the confidence to trust our advice and expert opinion.