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Thanks for your help. After mentioning this solution the plasterer said "well I suppose we could do it that way" so result. Thanks.

I'm just in the middle of a major renovation of a house that was built in 1927. My builder called me today to say that there was a problem with the plaster and that we would either need to overboard all the walls or strip the plaster of and start again. The problem seems to be hairline cracks...

Renovation of 20 house.

I agree. I reckon there will be increases but not a doubling

There's a simple rule of thumb when it comes to making money from extending that all those property show on channel 4 try too drum into wanna be developers. If you buy the worst house in the best area, development will always make money. You try to make a middle class house in a working class...

Just do what you did there but write something like 'I wonder if it will affect loft conversions' instead of 'how do you delete an incorrectly posted post ??'

Couldn't the homeowner just apply for a lawful development certificate during the year?

Hi I was here about 6 months ago to ask some advice I had on a condition that the council had put on my planning permission to build an extension to the rear of my semi detached house. I applied with my neighbour as we would like to build a extension right across the back of our two...

The condition has been put in place because we got an extra 500mm to make 4m depth. Local planning policy is 3.5m on Semis but 4m on detached (2 semis being detached). The extra 500mm is thought to cause a possible adverse effect on the neighbouring property (hence standard policy being...

Okay. The planning condition was as a single building operation which the planning officer said would require all the external works to be completed for it to be compliant with this. Might go down the route of trying to get the condition revised to something a little bit more neighbour...

My neighbour and I were recently granted permission on a joint application for a single story rear extension on both our semi detached properties. One of the conditions was that the build should happen as a single building operation (i.e. both extensions should be built simultaneously) so as to...

Yeah, that's just the sort of look that I'm after. So what's the cost difference between something like this and a normal felt roof?

Ahh okay, I didn't realise there was such a wide choice. TBH I don't really know at this stage, something that looks good from the first floor windows but that wont break the bank I suppose. Perhaps you are able to make a suggestion? I forgot to mention in my original post that the roof...

I'm currently getting some quotes together for an extension we're going to have built a bit later this year. I had noticed on all the quotes that builders were planning on doing a felt roof, unsurprising as this keeps costs down, but not the nicest material for a flat roof if you ask me. I'm...