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Your car must be abnormally low-slung. How does it cope with speed bumps?

That's what I did. The previous owners kept pigeons in the attic, removed when we took possession.

If it works without one then you certainly don't want a macerator.

I believe the procedure is simply to answer the questions only to the extent that you know or have reason to believe, but in each case add "your surveyor will advise". Then it's over to them. But I'm not an expert, just quoting what has been my experience.

I've never understood why anyone would put a washing machine in the kitchen. Scullery or utility room would be traditional, but a bathroom is where most people keep their laundry basket, and hang wet things over the bath, so it seems the obvious place to put a washing machine. A washing machine...

A hole near the top of a beam is less weakening than one near the bottom.

I don't understand why it should be your problem. Just tell the seller you will only proceed when he has obtained suitable easements for the services.

Do they? "Indemnity policies will only cover losses and expenses arising out of enforcement action, not any loss arising because of a defect in the work."

That doesn't actually answer my question. Supposing on inspection the work was found not to meet the regulations in force at the time or to be deficient or faulty, would the indemnity cover the cost of re-doing it? And would that be to the then-current or the modern standard?

Would an indemnity pay for the cost of rectifying the work, should that be necessary, or merely the council costs?

Our house was built in about 1875 and is approached by a drive round to the "back" of the house, which was then the main entrance. In about 1913 the "front" was switched round and a porch constructed round what was originally the back door, this face fronting the road, and an extension built on...

Unlike an exposed hot exhaust pipe which poses no risk from petrol vapour whatsoever.

Invite the residents to contribute to your "No travellers site in our village" fund. Discover shale deposits suitable for fracking. Car boot sales Sell it in very small plots as weekend/camping retreats. Get a forestry grant and plant a managed wood. eg quick-growing willow for biomass fuel.

You say she has a right to use "a strip of our drive". Do you mean she only has a right along a defined width of the drive, or along the whole width? Does the bit she has a right over extend right up to her house, or is there a strip that she does not have a right over?

Just make sure you "repair" it bit by bit. Don't ever take it all down at once.

You do a lot of laughing for someone who claims to be very worried.

I discovered by accident that having a heavier knob on the end of the cord makes it quieter. A lot of the noise is the undamped richochet as the switch clangs over. It's a quieter gentler click with a porcelein loo pull knob instead of the normal lightweight plastic thing. Also if you miss it...

No, he's saying the rule may not be relevant if the development has involved deception.

Fascinating - many thanks for that link. I have a special interest in old electrical fittings. Not mentioned so far are the 10 amp plugs with only 2 large pins - much larger than the 5-amp shaver type, but the spacing not quite the same as the 3-pin socket L and N. No earth, and of course...

I have sometimes seen a live cable nibbled right through to the copper, but never ever a dead rodent next to it. Have they learned how to work on live electrics, or do their comrades take the corpses away for decent burial?