For a Carrickfergus property within a grouped terrace, identify your own gutters and any shared rear structures before requesting a total. Add close-ups of older windows and say who can arrange access where the work crosses shared space.
Start with the service you need below, then choose the property type or measured area that fits the job. These benchmarks help you budget; the photographs, materials and access at your own home determine the full quote.
Shiels Houses’ shared rear sections
The Northern Ireland Buildings Database describes the Shiels Houses on Larne Road in Carrickfergus as a nineteenth-century almshouse group with rendered walls, slate roofs, timber sash windows and shared rear returns. This is one documented local example. Use the features that match your own home when preparing the enquiry.
For your quoteShow the corresponding features on your own property, including any alterations.
apps.communities-ni.gov.uk · Shiels Houses’ shared rear sections ↗
Choose between your home and shared parts
A flat-window visit, a shared gutter clearance and a whole-building clean need different briefs. State your floor and the surfaces involved. If the work includes communal parts, identify who is organising it and how the provider can access the building before requesting a total.
For your quoteSay which parts are private, which are shared and who arranges access.
Give the rear the same attention as the front
For a mid-terrace, explain whether equipment reaches the garden through a passage, an agreed shared route or the house. For an end terrace, identify any side windows or wall area to include. Draw the boundary of your gutter runs so each quote covers your part of the row.
For your quoteShow the route to the rear and identify front, back and any side work.
