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Hi all,
Wondering if any of you can help me. Last summer my girlfriend posted on here about our garage being near to collapse, which we had to demolish in the end.
We live in a split level flat above a shop and were told we needed planning permission to rebuild the old garage. This seems ludicrous as I am simply replacing what was there, but never mind.
In any case, I got some builders to come and quote for the rebuild. At each first meeting they were all reliable, but as soon as I mentioned having to get planning permission, I never heard back from any of them. Problem is, I need their help (with dimension, materials etc) in order to get planning permission. There is no point in me submitting plans to the council if no builder is prepared to take on the work.
Also, I need clearance from my freeholder before I build, so I have these obstacles and I'm not sure what order they need to be dealt with:
- freeholder clearance.
- planning permission clearance.
- a reliable builder.
Someone please tell me why this is so proving to be so difficult?
Thanks.
Steve
Wondering if any of you can help me. Last summer my girlfriend posted on here about our garage being near to collapse, which we had to demolish in the end.
We live in a split level flat above a shop and were told we needed planning permission to rebuild the old garage. This seems ludicrous as I am simply replacing what was there, but never mind.
In any case, I got some builders to come and quote for the rebuild. At each first meeting they were all reliable, but as soon as I mentioned having to get planning permission, I never heard back from any of them. Problem is, I need their help (with dimension, materials etc) in order to get planning permission. There is no point in me submitting plans to the council if no builder is prepared to take on the work.
Also, I need clearance from my freeholder before I build, so I have these obstacles and I'm not sure what order they need to be dealt with:
- freeholder clearance.
- planning permission clearance.
- a reliable builder.
Someone please tell me why this is so proving to be so difficult?
Thanks.
Steve