Webinar: Talking Tenements in Edinburgh by Under One Roof Scotland

About this Webinar

John Gilbert, co-author of Under One Roof Scotland (www.underoneroof.scot) is in conversation with Jo Parry-Geddes, a conservation architect with Mill Architects and David Gibbon, a conservation accredited building surveyor with GLM Surveyors. They'll be talking about how the architectural fashions of the past have led to some of today's maintenance problems and how Irn Bru led to smaller rooms for one owner. They'll also be talking to Andrew Seatter of Sash and Case Scotland and comparing timber and uPVC windows. They will be joined by Annie Flint, the tenement management expert from Under One Roof for a live Q&A.

If you have any problems you would like the team to address, you can send questions and images in advance to info@underoneroof.scot or submit your question during the webinar.

The webinar will be recorded and made available after the broadcast to all those who have registered.

Ann Flint

Author and producer of Under One Roof Scotland

Annie Flint became interested in tenement management when she had some "interesting" experiences during communal block repairs. She subsequently wrote "The Tenement Handbook" with her co-author John Gilbert. After many further adventures in all things tenemental, and when the Tenement Handbook became sadly dated, Annie and John set up the website www.underoneroof.scot that took the Handbook online. Under One Roof has been widely praised, even being mentioned favourably in the Scottish Parliament.
John Gilbert

Conservation Architect and co-author of Under One Roof Scotland

John is a leading authority on sustainable design in Scotland with over 44 years’ experience as a practicing architect with extensive experience in housing and community issues.
He pioneered working with communities with Assist Architects and with co-author, Annie Flint, wrote The Tenement Handbook. Since starting John Gilbert Architects in 1992, John has been a noted innovator in low cost, low carbon housing. John continues to encourage tenement owners to learn how important maintenance is and in his retirement, continues to illustrate and help with the website www.underoneroof.scot
Jo Parry Geddes

Conservation Architect, Mill Architects

Jo has worked as a Conservation Accredited Architect for the last 12 years. She was awarded her Advanced Accreditation a couple of years ago. Her key area of expertise has been overseeing and managing the restoration and conversation work of many traditional and historic properties. Her passion is to continue her work on tenement properties, she has carried out over 50 significant fabric repair projects (many of which have received grant funding) and has assisted many home owners to carry out mutual repairs starting them on the process and guiding them through. As a member of the Edinburgh Traditional Building Forum and Tenement Action Group she has instigated and hosted a number of property repair events throughout Scotland, now hosting a regular event at the EPSC. The events aim to assist and provide property owners with the vital tools required to move a repair project forward. Jo works for Mill Architects, who are a diverse practice working within many sectors of Architecture. Jo leads the Conservation team.
David Gibbon

Accredited Conservation Surveyor - GLM Surveyors

David Gibbon is a Chartered Building Surveyor, Accredited in Conservation by RICS. Start-ing his building surveying career in 1972, he established the first firm of Chartered Building Surveyors in Edinburgh in 1985 as part of a national practice. The office subsequently be-came GLM in 1996 and is a mixed practice of building surveyors and architects specialising in the alteration, conversion, upgrading, repair and surveying of existing buildings, historic, traditional and modern, across (mainly) Scotland, including tenements.

He has been part of a campaign to improve the legal and administrative framework for the repair and maintenance of the common parts of tenement property in Scotland.
Andrew Seatter

Sash and Case Scotland