As I was preparing to depart sunny Newcastle-under-Lyme for sunny Leamington Spa (that’s sarcasm folks), my neighbour mentioned that he was getting a mate of his to do his guttering, and asked if I was interested. I said, sure, and asked the gent in question for a quote. £500 all in says he – including the removal of all the junk.

In the end, it was £550, but that was new everything front and back, as well as some replacement tiles for ones that were broken (and I knew they were broken), and re-fitting some tiles that had slipped and were letting water in through the roof (which I didn’t know). Not complaining about that price at all, and the work looks fantastic.