Search results for query: buying a piece of land

Hi, I'm in the process of buying a house, and have spoken to the next door neighbour about buying a piece of land to use as a drive. He's willing to sell, but there are two problems: The first is that there is a telegraph pole on the public highway that would restrict access to the land...

Hi all, I’m looking to add a new circuit for a new landing light. I’ve ran a cable from the ceiling position of the light to an intermediate switch for an existing three way switch circuit. If I buy a 2 gang intermediate switch, can I run my new circuit from here? Hoping I can. Schoolboy error...

The planning issue is a red herring. They might or might not have acquired immunity from planning. The crucial thing really is whether they might be able to acquire ownership via adverse posession? Is the piece(s) of land suffiently large that it would clearly show on the land registry title...

I will tell you the story from the beginning...are you sitting comfortably..... then I will begin: Our houses were built in 1959 and there was a field behind it. Around this the council wanted to use it for various things but the householders contested and 5 of the 6 residents clubbed together...

Get a professional in to measure up and estimate.......... waste from the landing cut outs are used for the stairs..... a good estimator will work out a "cutting plan" that leaves hardly any waste - apart from normal trimmings

Hey there, I'm looking at buying a new house, circa 1900. Visually it looks in great condition externally, internally is another story and I'm a little concerned about the first floor. There's a buckle on the landing, perhaps only about 20mm, but you can feel it and a slight slant on the...

I live in the South East where sadly, the house prices are unrealistic compared to salary rates. I could either buy a run down place and have it done up, or I could consider the government backed "self-build". Provided I could find some land in my local area, would this prove more beneficial...

I would say go for it... I had some land abroad and wanted to build a summer house there, spent 2 whole summers just doing nothing but building it myself with a little bit of hired help here and there for tasks I couldn't do alone+ had made the base for it /sorted out the papers the summer...

Fair(er) trade is definitely a major one. Months ago I was in the supermarket, trying to decide which coffee to buy. They had Columbian, Kenyan, Costa Rican, Ethiopian... Ethiopian? I stood there for a good five minutes, totting up whether or not I should buy the Ethiopian coffee. After all...

As part of a potential longer term idea to buy land and build my own property, I wonder just how much it could cost to demolish and remove a current building, say an old house or bungalow ? To the uninitiated it seems terribly easy. Secure services away from the works and knock the damn thing...

We are in a position at the moment where a builder is trying to buy some land off my FIL to build a 3 bed bungalow. FIL agreed in principle the amount of land so builder could see if he could get PP. He submitted application and, by this time we had got involved because poor old fella is a bit...

Hi all, I know this is a how long is a piece of string question but Im looking at a house to buy which currently has no garage but has the perfect land to the side to do it. Funds are tight so I would like to get a rough ballpark idea of cost of doing this. House is this: Would be looking...

I'm looking at banging off the plaster on my landing and stairs (and then plaster boarding, sealing, filling, painting etc). The high point is quite high, so will need to use a ladder. I have a smallish 2 piece combination ladder, and I was thinking of making some kind of L shape platform that...

Sounds dodgy to me the amount of work involved in modifying trusses to complete loft conversions is usually not worth it, I have done a couple of truss roof conversions and luckily both have been detached properties and we have stripped and re-cut the roofs, modifying trusses is a complicated...

There are several methods but the basic model for a multiple plot site is 'residual to land value'. Simply put that's the gross development value (10 houses at £250k each = £2.5 million) minus the development costs. If the costs are fully calculated for build, infrastructure, fees, services...

hi everyone, We need to move our hall switch about 1m towards the door. This switch also controls the landing light too. Now looking at the cables i have the following Cable 1 Red, Black (got red tape on it), Earth Cable 2 Red, Red, Black (again red tape) Now one of the red cables...

We've got quite a lot of furniture bought a few years ago from Oak Furniture Land. Most of it is still in good nick but the pieces that were in the kids rooms have aged badly due to them not using coasters for drinks etc. There are no rings but the finish has started to 'peel' revealing the wood...

Hi. We sold our house last year and are living with my parents with our young daughter (4 months now!). We've viewed 50 houses now as didn't really know where we wanted to live and nothing very good has been on the market long, due to our budget and limited family homes in my daughter's...

Similarly, if you buy, tax, and insure a minimoto or similar for your kid, and take it on a piece of common land for them to toodle around on, the council put up signs stating that you can be fined (£1000,iirc), or the bike be seized and crushed. How many caravans or BMWs, Mercs, brand-new crew...