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Thank you so much. It was a brilliant read, much appreciated.

Thank you, very true. I hear that over the years the clay gets too saturated and garden is too small to dig a new one.

Very good points, thank you so much!! Will wait and see how it goes.

Thank you so much. Yes I was mentioning to my wife about the plunger outside the house - and you mentioned as well lol. The estate agents claim there is a higher offer but I don’t believe it’s a simple job fitting a new soak away.

Thank you!! Makes a lot of sense as no manhole covers in sight except one for the toilet

Hello great minds, We are looking at buying a property and it’s on a hilly clay. Looking at historic pictures it looks like about 5 years ago the rain water pipe has been diverted into the soil pipe and the one at front of house is discharging directly onto the driveway after it’s been diverted...

Thank you! The new timber propping looks like to support roof where a chimney stack was removed. So if I understood correctly, these steels will be in the loft space and not below existing ceiling?

Thank you!

Thank you! From top of ceiling joists to ridge board and by counting the bricks. Detached Stairs will be in the middle, 2 rooms to either side, one small in front of landing.

Thank you ! Yes toilet ensuit towards sloping end with toilet under velux. Stairs smack in the middle running front to back, so two large rooms, left to right and possibly a single directly in dormer off the landing. One big room with ensuite the other with Jack and Jill. Drew some 2 d...

Thank you, do you need 3 beams ? One on ridge?

Dear All, Wanted to pick your brains. Planning on purchasing this bungalow to convert the loft to fit every one. Loft height is about 2.6m guess (32 red brick courses and 1 concrete block course high) 12m gable to gable and front to back 8m. Thinking of doing a rear dormer say 10 to 11 m wide so...

Is adding an extra storey or two to a residential detached house permitted development? If so why aren’t people going about doing so. Can I add 2 floors of 3.5m each to the first floor of my detached house without any planning permission. Keeping roof the same. Thank you

Good point will check the neighbours

Does this mean I can go back off the kitchen width at 4m depth and off the side of the kitchen behind the lounge till it meets the main side wall ( all single story?)

Yes, the neighbours on one side is their garages and the other is their side wall with no windows so not sure how that applies here I am thinking of putting an offer on it and property is in an area where you cannot change the brick work. So trying to figure the worst case scenario

thank you! I sort of feared exactly what you mentioned. Currently the house is rather tight and difficult to extend. Can that L bit infill be a side extension or is that not permitted?

Dear All, I was thinking of extending this rear wards 2 storey or single storey but don't think it's straight forwards. Boundary to the right is on the line and the left is 1m, detached property. Garden is over 100ft. Would appreciate your thoughts and any sketches on the attached. Many Thanks!

Thanks a lot! Is there any preference to the better type of CWI? Any recommendations for tradesmen in the Hillingdon area?

Our house is a detached 1960s chalet style house (similar to a dormer bungalow) the cavity wall is not closed and has no insulation. I have access to the cavity in most places. Should I just chuck some loose eps beads off eBay? Couple of issues, Air bricks into cavity and then into suspended...