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Strangely enough, I think there must be people who have done this, but not necessarily spoken about it online (or in a searchable way)...
I have a Utility cupboard that contains the electric (brown) and gas (blue) meters, as per the below plan. It is accessible via a full length door with a gas cupboard key. The jut of the building is single storey, so no load is being born by the internal walls of the cupboard.
The hallway itself is quite constricted due to this cupboard, and there is a radiator on the east wall at the foot of the stairs, meaning there is very little room to keep a pushchair, footwear, vac and so on.
Ideally, I'd like to make it internal and remove at least the wall adjacent to the door - possibly both, depending on the costs associated with relocating the electric meter over to the other wall.
A neighboring house has (in the past) removed theirs and turned it into a toilet, based on the planning portal searches, so I assume it is unlikely to be a problem.
Does anyone have any experience of this kind of work? I've asked the local authority if it requires anything 'official' in terms of planning, but I am at this stage only anticipating bricking up the exterior access and appropriately insulating the exterior walls.
I have a Utility cupboard that contains the electric (brown) and gas (blue) meters, as per the below plan. It is accessible via a full length door with a gas cupboard key. The jut of the building is single storey, so no load is being born by the internal walls of the cupboard.
The hallway itself is quite constricted due to this cupboard, and there is a radiator on the east wall at the foot of the stairs, meaning there is very little room to keep a pushchair, footwear, vac and so on.
Ideally, I'd like to make it internal and remove at least the wall adjacent to the door - possibly both, depending on the costs associated with relocating the electric meter over to the other wall.
A neighboring house has (in the past) removed theirs and turned it into a toilet, based on the planning portal searches, so I assume it is unlikely to be a problem.
Does anyone have any experience of this kind of work? I've asked the local authority if it requires anything 'official' in terms of planning, but I am at this stage only anticipating bricking up the exterior access and appropriately insulating the exterior walls.