A long story cut short - a bit. My kid brother, a professional builder, converted my mother's house from a chalet bungalow to a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, 3 living rooms plus utility room for him and his family to share the house. My older brother & I came to a decision as to the amount the house was before the conversion and what out inheritance would be. There area where it is house prices haven't changed a lot in the ensuing years. To buy me out, I asked my kid brother to build me a loft extension with bells & whistles included - at £42K I'd expect them. I live in an end of terrace house and the roof would need to be totally remodelled.
When my mother became a bit frailer, it was decided that she would come and live with me. To that end my brother offered to build an extension and install a downstairs bathroom. We argued about layout etc to which we finally came to an agreement. Plans were drawn up and submitted for building regs (passed).
The week after I got the party wall agreement signed, my mother suddenly passed away (still very sore from that), which has thrown everything into the air again. Now I'm in 2 minds. With all this talk from the government about relaxing the extension laws, I was thinking maybe a bigger ground floor extension would be better than a loft extension, the back room would be split to contain a downstairs bathroom, giving us a lot of choices of how we live - I have 3 sons, 21, 17 & 11 and my eldest wants to move out when he gets a job after uni.
Question is, if the building regs were relaxed (or if we got planning permission) and the back room split, would it be worth £42K? I don't want to sting my brother, not do I want to lose out. My brother is a perfectionist and is almost Victorian in building regs. Free slave labour from eldest 2 sons is expected as well as me helping when I can - I work full time.
When my mother became a bit frailer, it was decided that she would come and live with me. To that end my brother offered to build an extension and install a downstairs bathroom. We argued about layout etc to which we finally came to an agreement. Plans were drawn up and submitted for building regs (passed).
The week after I got the party wall agreement signed, my mother suddenly passed away (still very sore from that), which has thrown everything into the air again. Now I'm in 2 minds. With all this talk from the government about relaxing the extension laws, I was thinking maybe a bigger ground floor extension would be better than a loft extension, the back room would be split to contain a downstairs bathroom, giving us a lot of choices of how we live - I have 3 sons, 21, 17 & 11 and my eldest wants to move out when he gets a job after uni.
Question is, if the building regs were relaxed (or if we got planning permission) and the back room split, would it be worth £42K? I don't want to sting my brother, not do I want to lose out. My brother is a perfectionist and is almost Victorian in building regs. Free slave labour from eldest 2 sons is expected as well as me helping when I can - I work full time.
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