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I think you have either to do it very cannily, in one of the barns, a little bit at a time, and spread it over 25 years so no one could ever notice anything had changed. Or apply officially and risk being discovered and turned down. Two golden rules: Don't actually hide anything, because they...

It sounds as if he is trying to wind you up, and you are letting him succeed. You have established your rights - just ignore him and carry on.

This anecdote might amuse: I once bought an old bakelite box from a junk shop with a hand winder on it, and a length of plaited braid wire. On an impulse I tested it in the shop by putting the wires on my tongue and turning the handle. It worked :) It was for calling the operator in the days...

So if you have a basement and convert it into a separate granny annexe then you have changed your house into a flat? Buckingham Palace is a flat because it doubtless has self-contained servants' quarters ?

Have you ever read or watched "The Wooden Horse" about escaping from a POW camp by digging a concealed tunnel? Their main problem was disposing of the spoil without being detected. They filled long narrow canvas bags and dangled them down the inside of their trouser legs, then strolled casually...

Local press? If you get a reporter on the case - "my garden's sliding onto the railway line while the bureaucrats twiddle their thumbs" might jog someone?

"I live in a rural location with only one neighbour"

Our electricity meter at work was in a box under the pavement in the street. The local council created a large pedestrianised area under smart new polished marble paving having concreted over the box. They refused to dig it up again so the supplier had to put in a new meter inside, having...

I don't think anyone has mentioned breathability in an old house. Does it have a damp course? If you seal the floor and concrete it over you drive any moisture up the walls. The wooden floor could breathe, concrete doesn't. You need lime mortar I think.

Thanks. It's been off for several days.

Does anyone here know what has happened to the gardenlaw forum? The website appears to be closed, and there is no message of explanation.

With respect, it isn't. Moving a socket can surely mean moving the position of a socket, even if using new components? Like "moving house" ? :)

I've been a bit misleading. When I said "new" socket I meant it was unused, from my stock of stuff aquired over some years. So I suppose a better description is "New old stock", which from what you are saying means very old, as no one can remember when BA went out and metric came in. It didn't...

I've just fitted a new plastic box in a plasterboard lined wall, moving the socket from it's old nearby position in a rusted metal box on a solid wall. Ready to screw the new socket onto the box I have discovered that the thread sizes are different. Comparing the threads carefully with others...

The fundamental question has not been answered - have contracts been exchanged or not? If yes, then as explained by others, OP is probably stuck with what she saw. If no, then does she still want the house? Yes, but only if the seller gets the neighbour to remove the conservatory first...

"We are in the process of buying" - what does that mean? Either you have exchanged contracts and so are committed to buying it, or you haven't in which case you could walk away.

On a point of information, "verbal" means using words. It can be written or spoken. The word for non-written communication using speech is "oral". Non-verbal communication might include a thumbs up or down, or raised fist, or perhaps just someone's stance.

You may find this useful: http://planninglawblog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/curtilage-confusion.html

Try the gardenlaw forum. There are experts there on boundaries, easements, etc.

Get a car that can cope with the kerb and just drive over it.