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Thanks, yes we are looking to get a survey listing everything required, the house will remain 2 stories when complete. We need to find out if this is financially viable. The vender has the option of selling as 2 flats but would prefer it was converted back to a house, how much they will be...

The house is about 100 years old but converted to 2 flats about 50 years ago.

One was about stamp duty and one about building regs, someone advised to split the questions up

We have talked to building control and they are saying it may need fire proofing, insulation, ventilation etc. It's an old house so maybe that's why? Also I think regs might have just changed too. Thanks for the heads up, did you have to combine services into one too, people saying that is crazy...

Great, yeah thanks planning is the first thing on the list. Did you have issues with building regs, I think they class it as a new dwelling now and want quite a bit doing before they pass it?

I know, seems a bit much but doesn't matter if you are creating more or less dwellings same seems to apply see below Meaning of material change of use 5. For [F1the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to the Act and for] the purposes of these Regulations, there is a material change of...

Hi all, after some advice - as per the title we are looking to buy an 100 yr old house that is currently 2x two bed flats of similar value, it was converted in the 70's from one house and we'd like both buy both flats (for sale from the same owner) and convert back to one house. We absolutely...

Hi all, after some advice - as per the title we are looking to buy a house that is currently 2x two bed flats of similar value it was converted in the 70's from one house and we'd like both buy both flats (for sale buy the same owner) and convert back to one house. The bit that I am trying to...