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Many thanks to all/JohnD, can't thank you enough. Forget to mention, it was the seller who sold the land with planning and nothing is on the plans with concerns to the measurements in front of the house to the boundary wall.

The neighbour who sold me the land owns the drive but it's been agreed as communal and used by all who live on it for many years before I purchased the land. I have plans of the land I bought but as said, no measurements are shown to the front of the house, just a boundary line showing a wall...

I purchased some land with a drive leading up to my purchased plot. Leading up the drive on each side is a couple of houses that use a communal drive. The problem I now have is that I want to build a wall in front of my house but the neighbour says I can't because the area in front of mine and...

Can anyone tell me the average cost to MOT a 7.5 tonne truck (Basically a box van) used for personal use? Been quoted £400 which seems a bit steep? is that about right? Thanks

Apologies if this is on the wrong thread but would really appreciate any help and advice on the following: As I understand it, within 5 years domestic gas boilers will no longer be allowed to be installed within new builds? Air source, district heating and ground source will be the only...

Hi all hope your all keeping well. I have a patio in the back garden approx 2 feet away from the damp course of my house; installed approx 12 ich above the damp course. This seemingly complies with regs. How close can i fit flags close to the wall above the damp course?

so much for environmental friendly cars; god help us all when electric cars take hold. Bring on Brexit and dump imports of ****e French junk cars.

Hi John, this is the confusion, its the 1.2l petrol engine, the repairs mechanic says its a metal timing chain but the dealer says its belt? If it is a fibre belt then how can this wear our a metal cog attached to the crankshaft? really confusing. If it is a fibre belt it seems damage must...

Having real problems with this car since purchased from a Peugeot dealer 4 years ago and now out of warranty. The car was bought with 5000 on the clock and now 4 yers later has only done 26000. The car suddenly lost power and recovered by a garage who after inspection told me it seems the...

If you are sizing radiators for the hall and landing, should you also be using the stair area volume rather than just hall and landing area volume to calculate radiator sizes. for both hall and landing areas? Thanks in advance.

Apologies for the late reply, the rads are tiny all over the house apart from one fitted in a bedroom that is smaller than other rooms ? The rads do get hot but due to being small do not get the rooms hot. The rad in the hall where the room stat is located again is tiny and does not heat up the...

Hi all, In new builds do radiators need to be designed to meet the requirements of the room size and kw output needs? Reason being, in a friends new build the radiators are tiny and blatantly undersized; probably half the size need and rooms do not get warm due to this issue. The builder is...

Hi all, sorry for not responding sooner but been away, the electrical cert was checked by a qualified electrician and deemed not fit for purpose due to blatant basic errors. The issuing electrical cert company excepted the cert was wrong and a new one is alleged to have been issued to the...

A friend of mine is buying a new build property from a developer on a small plot of 10 houses. From start to finish problems were been found that contradicted what was being advertised within the sale documents. The majority of the problems were resolved and building control signed off the...

Bought a car from a garage and on checking milage by previous MOT's it seems the car milage has been clocked. The garage says they have always serviced and MOT'd the car and entered milage wrongly twice on 2 previous MOT's. The Car was MOT'd again 12 months later, just before I bought it and...

We have just completed a Barn conversion of 2 properties, the building inspector wants documentation to process completion. He wants copies of approx. water usage that must be entered online? An EPC (Thought this was for new builds only and not a conversion?) What other documentation would be...

Woody; access can be withdrawn at any point once the build is complete, access cannot be gained to carry out any rendering to my mates gable end wall. Access by using the newly built felt roof to complete repairs to guttering can be expensive due to needed scaffolding or risk damaging the felt...

All the properties in the row where built the same with the guttering hanging over the neighbours alleged land by at least 1 foot. The neighbour intends to build a flat roof under the gutter as close as possible to my friends gable end wall (within inches). Problem is, how would my friends...

Well that's so disruptive and unfair that a neighbour can build passed a rear window and take away country views and take away value from a house. In doing so, enhancing value to there house and de-valuing my mates house, but thanks for your input

Existing and new; district heating re-pipe into all properties and old 2inch asbestos cement pipework housing redundant tv cable situated nearby.