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well he will have more ideas than me then. No point me going to get drawings if I don't even have an idea of how it is going to look

yes, but a builder could come and look at the house and know what was possible before I do anything, like which walls are load bearing etc. I have to start with someone. :-)

Sadly the advert does not have floorplans, or in fact even pics of the inside, we took our own. I suppose because the place is in such a state. There is someone living in it, but I'm not sure how as their boiler has blown up. It certainly needs attention, the lintel over the stairs is so low...

Thank you. I'd post pics but it looks complicated.... :-)

Hello all, could someone please tell me if I need an architect or someone (hopefully a cheaper someone) else? We are looking at buying a house that is a bit of a wreck, it needs pretty much everything doing. I'd like to alter the downstairs as there is a small utility and a bathroom there...

ok, even though it no longer has a house to go with it? I suppose it's the most likely thing but under pd you can't have more than 2.5 meters within 2m of the boundary? This thing is shoved right against our six foot fence....

Hello, I have a question about a bit of land next door to me. It was originally part of my property but a small bit was bought by a neighbour before we moved in. It comprises of a couple of old farm barns and a square of grass about 80 feet by 80 feet. I know it is not a dwelling and the...

er, we didn't do anything except remove the bricks. It must have been done when the oil fired central heating went in, by I am sure, a suitable qualified person. This was all done before we ever came near the place and the boiler works lovely on the oil.

we are so far out of town that there is NO gas supply here anywhere. We are not even on mains drainage. :-) The airing cupboard is next to the fireplace and there was a stone surround between it and the fire. We removed it and there are no remaining pipes, the boiler is run by oil these days.

nope, its a wood or coal burner, we do both. It used to have a back boiler but that had gone before we got here, so its just the fire now.

DSCF6387 by Spamchops posted 2 Jul 2017 at 9:29 AM Hello all, I know there are lots of posts about opening up fireplaces, but I would like to know if a: It is going to be fairly straightforwards to remove this parkray burner out, and b: if the fireplace integrity will be unaffected? I'd like...

the horrible fireplace.....

well, we plan to appeal whatever, just need to know if there is a way to best set out our side of things.

they say contrary to guidance in section six of something. However there are already houses in the vicinity of the plot, including council houses, there is a bungalow right next door, so something must have changed in their policies.

I can cut and paste it from the email.... not sure how they got away with building eight council houses next door then. In planning policy terms the site is situated in the open countryside where, under the provisions of Policies SG4 and HS7 of the South Holland Local Plan 2006, applications...

Hello, after our application for outline planning was refused, we were advised that it costs nothing to appeal. Is there a method for appealing? Can we just write a letter with bullet points that argue against the councils reasons for refusing? Should we pay someone to do it for us if that...

hello, we are making a base for a wooden building in the garden. At present we are filling the space up with all the hardcore we can find. I have a quote for readymix and its 400 quid for 3.6m3 but do they assume you are putting hardcore in or not? it I put loads in will I have paid for too much...

We spoke to our solicitor. She wasn't that helpful and said that they can basically do as they please until contracts are exchanged. Looks like we are back at square one, gutted. :cry:

Not exactly planning but.. I have just been sent a letter from the agent of the house we are buying, telling me that they have decided to change what they are selling us - removing a barn and a small paddock and what appears to be our driveway and selling it to a neighbour instead. We have just...