Understand Your Property's Plumbing

It is the base price for an ordinary home within our base scope: the structured room-by-room inspection, the emergency shut-off pack, the water-wastage check, a prioritised action plan linked to the evidence, a written condition report without photographs, a separate room-by-room photo pack, and your Property Plumbing Passport with portal access. No VAT is added on top and there are no discounts.

One ordinary self-contained home with one kitchen, up to two bathroom or WC rooms combined, up to one utility or laundry area and up to two base hours on site. There is no limit on bedrooms. Additional rooms or standalone fittings are itemised before booking; their quoted price includes the associated inspection and reporting and is not charged again as extra time. HMOs, multiple units, annexes, shared or complex systems and uncertain scope or access require individual review and a written quotation.

Yes. Sellers use it before going to market or while a sale progresses, buyers use it before committing, and homeowners, landlords, agents and property managers use it for ongoing ownership and maintenance. It is not a rental-only or between-tenancies-only service. It does not guarantee or assure any sale outcome.

Before booking we confirm who is commissioning the inspection, that access is authorised by the owner or their agent, what the report is for and who it is intended to be shared with. Sharing and reliance are agreed in writing. The Property Plumbing Passport belongs to the commissioning client and is not automatically transferred to a buyer or agent.

We record exactly that. We never force an old, seized or deteriorated valve, and we do not label a control we cannot positively identify as safe and accessible. Anything inaccessible is reported as not inspected, with a recommended next step — it is never recorded as a pass.

The written report is designed to be read and shared quickly. Photographs are supplied in a separate pack grouped by room, with references back to the individual items in the report, so the evidence stays linked without making the report unwieldy.

It keeps the inspection findings, shut-off information and dated history for the home in one place, with authorised access through the portal. It belongs to the commissioning client and is not automatically passed to a buyer, agent or anyone else — sharing is arranged separately.

Repairs and remedial works are quoted separately and only start once you have authorised them in writing. Larger, invasive or specialist works may be carried out by vetted trade partners, with Montgomery & Sons remaining your point of contact.

Thermal imaging is not part of the standard inspection. We take targeted moisture observations where they are appropriate to the equipment we carry and our competence, and we never diagnose a cause from a reading alone.

This is a visual, non-invasive inspection of accessible plumbing. Concealed pipework, and anything behind furniture, finishes, walls, floors, ceilings or fixed structures, is not inspected. It cannot identify every fault or leak. It is not a full building survey, a structural or RICS survey, a valuation, a statutory certificate, a guarantee against concealed defects or any assurance about a sale outcome. Further specialist investigation may be recommended where findings suggest it.