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Hello We have a wall in our kitchen that we want to remove. We want to run the new kitchen along the wall where it is. It is part of a doorway and we have had an engineer confirm it is load bearing. This is a bungalow with no upstairs and It's only two feet wide. We are living in Eire now...

Hello, we had a neighbour put up two sets of stables against our six foot fence. They are massive, probably another six foot above the top of the fence. They are RIGHT against the fence and have no gutters, so the rain pours onto the fence and then into our garden. We asked the planners if...

Hello all, could someone please tell me if I need an architect or someone (hopefully a cheaper someone) else? We are looking at buying a house that is a bit of a wreck, it needs pretty much everything doing. I'd like to alter the downstairs as there is a small utility and a bathroom there...

Hello, I have a question about a bit of land next door to me. It was originally part of my property but a small bit was bought by a neighbour before we moved in. It comprises of a couple of old farm barns and a square of grass about 80 feet by 80 feet. I know it is not a dwelling and the...

DSCF6387 by Spamchops posted 2 Jul 2017 at 9:29 AM Hello all, I know there are lots of posts about opening up fireplaces, but I would like to know if a: It is going to be fairly straightforwards to remove this parkray burner out, and b: if the fireplace integrity will be unaffected? I'd like...

Hello, after our application for outline planning was refused, we were advised that it costs nothing to appeal. Is there a method for appealing? Can we just write a letter with bullet points that argue against the councils reasons for refusing? Should we pay someone to do it for us if that...

hello, we are making a base for a wooden building in the garden. At present we are filling the space up with all the hardcore we can find. I have a quote for readymix and its 400 quid for 3.6m3 but do they assume you are putting hardcore in or not? it I put loads in will I have paid for too much...

Not exactly planning but.. I have just been sent a letter from the agent of the house we are buying, telling me that they have decided to change what they are selling us - removing a barn and a small paddock and what appears to be our driveway and selling it to a neighbour instead. We have just...

Hello We have bought a bungalow with a garage that has been built onto the side of it. I don't yet know if it was built with the bung as it has a flat roof unlike the rest of the structure. It is not big enough for a car, but would be good for a storage space but we'd like to remove the door...

Hi all, I make and restore rocking horses but I like building all sorts of stuff in wood, we made chicken houses, our own stables, a gypsy caravan chicken house on wheels, all kinds of rabbit hutch variations, sheds and kennels. My big love is the rocking horses though, but I am without a...

I've seen sheds that are shingled and they look great but buying cedar ones is expensive. Has anyone made their own? Not neccesarily out of wood, you could cut up all sorts of things if you could be bothered... looking for a nicer way of roofing outbuildings inexpensively than felt or...

Hi all, We are buying a pair of semi detached houses (will convert to one eventually) and a two acre paddock. We are small holders and will be keeping some sheep, goats, pigs and poultry. The paddock goes around the sides and back of the properties gardens. We want to have some outbuildings...

Hello I've a question about surveys for buying houses. We have a bungalow and recently sold it (in about a week!) When they had the survey they used one of the homebuyer people, I don't know the correct title, but he was not a qualified surveyor. Basically he told our buyers not to buy the...