Recent content by Elwood_Blues

Thought that might be the case. House is over 100 yrs old, loft conversion about 30 years old. Structural engineer says it most likely wouldn't comply (even to old standards). Sorry, haven't really got time to do sketches atm. Ground floor is completely open plan, external door to front and...

Three storey house, top floor is in the loft. Both sets of staircases are fully open (one directly above the other). No fire doors anywhere in the building. A tiny landing (3' x 3') at the top of the 2nd floor stairs, with two loft rooms coming off it (both with doors, but not fire rated ones)...

Worst case scenario, if something you did the calcs for falls down, then you need (want) the insurance/legal cover to be able to defend you in the mess that unfolds. You might have done a perfectly good job of the calculations, the fault could be a construction mistake/not following your specs...

Shower is 9.5kw, on it's own circuit from the CCU with a 40A mcb. Wiring looks like 6mm t&e. ETA Just measured the voltage drop at a socket as 11v when the shower is running.

I've just come to that realisation myself, having not really considered it properly before. We've been using those loft rooms as bedrooms for my young kids since they were born, while we sleep in the first floor bedroom below. It may be less of an issue for adults to consider their escape in a...

My terraced house supply is wired like this as well. Overhead cable comes to mine, then piggyback cable goes off through my house to supply next door. Suspect the cable might be a bit undersized - my lights dim slightly when I turn on my electric shower. Next door has just been renovated and...

Yeah, I wasn't even thinking of asking for that much off. I haven't thought about an amount at all, just the thought of even asking for as discount at this stage make me feel like a bit of a b*****d, even though there appears to be a valid reason.

Thanks, but are you sure on that? I thought the lender would need to know about a change in price at the very least? I've spoken to several estate agents about it (some of them valued the property recently to help us agree on the price), they all agreed that it would have some effect on value...

I'm currently the tenant living in the property, and I like the place and would rather buy it than move. I don't want to haggle/alter the price (would cause a load of issue with mortgage and legal process I suspect), I just need to be sure I'm not buying a lemon that I won't be able to sell on...

My solicitor says that they don't get involved with/aren't qualified to comment on structural 'issues' and that I should rely on my surveyor's opinion (the one who didn't notice/identify that lack of conformity that others have by a quick glance) to satisfy myself that the building is...

Got a mortgage approval from a mainstream lender, they commissioned a valuation survey which came back ok (but he obviously wasn't looking at structural stuff in detail). They are unaware of the lack of building regs approvals, and I'm getting mixed reports about whether it was necessary for...

Yes, there are two rooms in the loft. Floor joists (both first floor and loft conversion) undersized/overspaced. First floor joists aren't original, were replaced around the same time, when I believe a supporting internal wall was removed and a beam replaced them. Structural engineer couldn't...

Recently found out that the house I'm about to exchange on has no building regs approvals for a loft conversion and rear extension. Surveyor (full structural) didn't pick up on it, but said in his disclaimers that it's my responsibility to check for it. So I did, and it hasn't got it. Local...