Recent content by Theston.E.Fox

. Both the loft conversion company and architect have insurance so I assume they are financially covered. I also agree that this work will not get an LDC and I think they knew that so misled me into hoping they would just get away with it. But the onus is on me as the home owner and if I go...

That's why there are regulations that need to be adhered to

That's why there are regulations that need to be adhered to

They said they deem it to be de minimis, but I'm pretty sure it's up to the local planning authority to determine what is de minimis. Plus if it was deemed de minimis then this should be reasonable to be granted an LDC. But I'm pretty sure from a layman's perspective that this work isn't going...

So the latest is the builder and architect now agree it's not permitted development but say it's so inconsequential the council wouldn't enforce it to be changed and I should pay them. I've replied to them to say if they can get a certificate of lawfulness then I'll pay, just because a council...

It is detached and funnily enough the neighbour noticed straight away, they didn't say anything negative about it, but as soon as it was done they said "oh I see they put your roof up a bit"

The Ridge beam has got to be about 20cm-25cm wide and probably the same height (I've attached the best photo I can find) The span is about 7.8metres onto the brick work. The floor joists are hung off the floor steels and are just above the original ceiling joists. They told me the first floor...

That was exactly my point, if we try and sell at any point and someone (by chance or by diligence) notices the raised ridge then we're in for a rough ride and if we sell in like 2 years time for example, then this builder will be long gone and claiming it's nothing to do with him, which is why I...

The really annoying thing about all of it, is they installed it too high because they installed huge 9x3 floor joists which brought the floor up massively. The loft was about 2.79m (truss style) originally, and now the final height is about 2.05m including increase in ridge height.

Yeah for a company that claims to have decades of experience in loft conversions you would think they would have learned the regulations along the way. I've literally only looked at the regs once (the other day) and it seems clear as day to me you can't increase the ridge height. They must...

The engineer is the same guy who was the architect and the same guy who did the building regs checks. He's a 3rd party one man band that the loft company used. It was that guy who said they can raise the ridge height as long as it's under 150mm under permitted development. So the loft company...

Well ultimately I guess the loft conversion company owes the duty to me to ensure the loft is converted within permitted development as they said it would be. If they sought advice from a 3rd party, then that's up to them to deal with I would assume

I do actually have a formal contract which is a building agreement from The Guild of Master Craftsmen which outlines the work. Which they are in breach of by carrying out work that needs planning permission when they stated the whole thing was under permitted development. The loft conversion...

Yeah if I had been made aware of the issue, then I probably would have stayed on the safe side and said ok fair enough lets put in for planning permission. But the fact was they told me it was permitted development and they would square it with the council, they didn't, they clearly lied to me...

I understand that really the only way forward with this is correct planning permission to be obtained. I know I'm under the legal obligation as the home owner to submit this application. But I paid for a professional company to carry out the work and to handle all this red tape, they clearly...