I live in a large 3 bedroom extended house, and somewhat it is under utilised, and recently my cousin sister was having a bad time at her job, so having had a son 4 years ago, she has been working 3 days a week, and her fellow lost his job and they can no longer afford to bring up a child and pay the mortgage for their 1 bed house, so I suggested to them to rent out their house to pay for the mortgage and move in with me, doing my bit to help family in days of need, until her fellow gets another steady job and also they can save a few bob, as I won't be charging them any rent except they chip in towards the utility bills. They could stay for a couple of years or until they are financially stable again to move back into their one bedroom house or upgrade it to two bedroom house as their son would have grown older and will require a separate bedroom. and they can live in my house for as long as my own circumstances don't change.
So I have 3 rooms upstairs, of which they can occupy I master bedroom for themselves and one room for their 4 year old boy, or use it as a living room, and the 3rd room could be converted into a simple practical kitchen, nothing fancy, and a small dining table and chairs. and of course upstairs bathroom will need a new electric shower as my single combi boiler downstairs won't be able to cope with both our hot water needs, i.e.s taking a shower at the same time and run two kitchen sinks with hot water, so I may even need to install a separate hot water heater for upstairs kitchen, all this being as planned as a temporary arrangement.
I could move all my stuff downstairs, where I have 3 receptions, so i could use one as my bedroom and leave one as a reception and 1 reception I use as my dining room, I already have a big extended kitchen downstairs, and luckily we have two separate bathrooms on each floor, CH will be supplied of my boiler from downstairs but I can install a zonal valve and a a separate thermostat for them to control upstairs part independently and so on.
So my question is can I erect a temporary timber framed dry wall, to section off along the staircase, thus cover the handrail and spindles with plaster boards, all the way from the ceiling to the floor, and at the bottom of the staircase 3 or 4 feet further I can fit a main door for them leading them into the common hallway, which will then lead them to the common main front door,
I could then section downstairs with my own main door again leading into common hallway, which again will lead me to common external front door.
Both our main doors will open into a common hall which leads to the main front door.
Will I need to apply for a planning permission or should I just go ahead and hope for the best? Remember I am not really converting this house into 2 separate flats but just keeping our privacy and security, so we don't accuse each other of having our things missing etc. and breath over each other's shoulder, and occasionally they could come down to use garden through my portion.
I think we could all do this kind of thing, parents helping their kids to get on living with them but with their own space and privacy in this day and age of uncertainty and expense and house prices beyond reach of the ordinary folks.
So I have 3 rooms upstairs, of which they can occupy I master bedroom for themselves and one room for their 4 year old boy, or use it as a living room, and the 3rd room could be converted into a simple practical kitchen, nothing fancy, and a small dining table and chairs. and of course upstairs bathroom will need a new electric shower as my single combi boiler downstairs won't be able to cope with both our hot water needs, i.e.s taking a shower at the same time and run two kitchen sinks with hot water, so I may even need to install a separate hot water heater for upstairs kitchen, all this being as planned as a temporary arrangement.
I could move all my stuff downstairs, where I have 3 receptions, so i could use one as my bedroom and leave one as a reception and 1 reception I use as my dining room, I already have a big extended kitchen downstairs, and luckily we have two separate bathrooms on each floor, CH will be supplied of my boiler from downstairs but I can install a zonal valve and a a separate thermostat for them to control upstairs part independently and so on.
So my question is can I erect a temporary timber framed dry wall, to section off along the staircase, thus cover the handrail and spindles with plaster boards, all the way from the ceiling to the floor, and at the bottom of the staircase 3 or 4 feet further I can fit a main door for them leading them into the common hallway, which will then lead them to the common main front door,
I could then section downstairs with my own main door again leading into common hallway, which again will lead me to common external front door.
Both our main doors will open into a common hall which leads to the main front door.
Will I need to apply for a planning permission or should I just go ahead and hope for the best? Remember I am not really converting this house into 2 separate flats but just keeping our privacy and security, so we don't accuse each other of having our things missing etc. and breath over each other's shoulder, and occasionally they could come down to use garden through my portion.
I think we could all do this kind of thing, parents helping their kids to get on living with them but with their own space and privacy in this day and age of uncertainty and expense and house prices beyond reach of the ordinary folks.