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I had a 15 min talk with a structural engineer and asked a few questions. One of them was if I could just knock the outer leaf of the external wall and raise a block and brick one against the old inner leaf of the external wall. He said if the inner leaf of the external wall it’s made of...

ye house was mortgageable with a standard lender. Guess it depends what matters to people. I wouldn’t mind to go over 20k or 30k of what the house is worth if the house fills in all my must haves and I love it. In the end I don’t have intentions of going nowhere. I have seen houses more...

If I were to do that why not just keep my own? It has roughly 230sqm2 . If my house was built in here, I assume a new one could too? But it’s not really an option since I’ve bought my house for a cheap price. I believe with such work done and dusted, the price of what I paid for the house plus...

Alright, think i understood it. Basically the first bit i need to take out of my way and be done with its the paperwork bit. After all its done and approved, then i can start search for a builder with the appropriate drawings and see what they say. does planning permission has expiry date if...

So you are saying that if i dont touch the party wall, just a possible new foundations or external walls i wont need party wall agreement?

I wont be touching the party wall for now. Just the 3 externals and internal ones. If the current foundation its still good, and the new walls will be raised on the same place the old ones were, whats is a realistic ball park figure for such job? I am insisting on a price because the 2 quotes...

Good evening everybody. I own a john laing easiform property. I have already done some tweaks to the house such as new windows all over and added 400mm Knauf insulation to the loft. Now it come the big project that i want to do. I am planning on knocking down both external and internal walls...