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Ok I have this case now, my memory of it was a bit sketchy and not quite how I presented it! http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-5550933/Our-house-burnt-insurer-refused-pay-said-7-bedrooms-not-five.html I am not really clear what to take from the case and can't help wondering if there...

Thanks both, invaluable advice. Woody I did not know that about the structural survey and fire regs. Or the ladder for that matter, I thought there had been some leeway allowed in the past. Clearly mistakenly. Yes very good point re insurance. There was a case this year where a family lost...

I am interested in a house for sale. It is a Victorian semi with gable roof which is laid in concrete tiles. It is being sold as a 2 bed house with loft room and it must be some form of ladder access. In the loft is a fully fitted out bedroom with double bed, wardrobe, TV. No en-suite. No...

Just throwing this one open to people that know the answer - is the advice the OP has received about taking this block out the correct advice? I mean checking a cavity normally entails drilling a small hole and feeding a camera down. Given that a broken seal on the shower tray is a likely...

Very good point Tony. I think you should take that point very seriously OP because a 6m extension is very far from a certain approval if you had to submit full plans.

If you do have any concerns still I suggest you put your address in to the planning section of the council website and triple check the approval is there. You can always ring and speak to your case officer too. If neighbour is very miffed I would make sure you have the Party Wall Agreement in...

Sorry if thats wrong! What I should have said is that newbuilds are mostly 140mm frames now because of insulation requirements.

I can see it might be a bit confusing but all you can do is show them your approval notice and politely tell them to take it up with the council. You said in the other thread you have appointed a joint surveyor to administer your Party Wall Act agreement. You don't want to be demolishing...

I think in England you generally have to have a 140mm frame to meet these U values, so you may be stuck with that sort of dimension anyway.

If you have appointed a joint surveyor you are already in a Party Wall agreement, so there will be no need for the neighbour to sign anything. You have issued the notice, if the neighbour does not sign within 14 days you move to the next stage, appointing a surveyor, which you say you have...

What exactly is SBD??? Is it secured by design????

Don't worry about not having a Party Wall Act agreement if there is none. It was down to your neighbours to issue a notice, basically if they haven't it only improves your position legally. The situation is you have to claim damages from the house owner. If they haven't served a PWA notice and...

But the OP did get some drawings done. I don't think many people doing this for the first time would have appreciated the need for sectional drawings for the fixings. He relied on SE advice that has proved not to be helpful advice. I accept the outcome is part and parcel of project managing...

You should ask the seller if they have a completion certificate to prove it conforms to building regulations. If not then think about a lower offer to account for any work you will have to do.

Despite this setback you will have saved a small fortune from not having gone for a turnkey solution like so many people do. If you look at it in context you are still way ahead. I'm sure you can get things back on track soon and get it all finished off and it will be a great extension. This...

I wasn't expecting a serious answer to my wind up attempt lol. Just would like the OP's take on it. Is he possibly the architect of his own misfortune so to speak or has he made every effort but perhaps didn't appreciate how important these detail drawings are to the building process??? I mean...

The books say go 450mm, I don't know if this is reality or not though! Not what you want to hear I'm sure. Having said that it's only 6 bricks down instead of 4, doesn't sound so bad that way! My book says 28 days for the concrete but it is possible to reduce this by introducing additives. But...

But why didn't the SE say to the client he needed those drawings instead of leaving it all to the builder??? Everything is always someone else's fault in building. No one wants to take ownership. It's a bit like after the customer has a bad meal in a restaurant the chef comes out and blames the...

It is entirely up to YW unfortunately. Perhaps there is an agreement as regards the existing conservatory but possibly there isn't and the conservatory shouldn't be there either. The usual requirement is 3m from the drain but I have seen YW relax it to under 2m. Any closer and the foundations...

The path of least resistance must mean you should go to the pub and think about it there! Perhaps the answer lies in whether this is to be your home for a period of time or not. The guy next door to me has exactly this situation and he went for a 300mm dig down with 100 hardcore, dpm, 100...