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We are having a rear extension built to our 1930s semi-detached house. Differences in wall construction and boundary lines mean than the new wall doesn't align exactly with the existing dining room wall. There is a pillar supporting a RSJ between the two lengths of wall and the new wall one side...

Unfortunately, the 3 layers of felt option is part of the overall price. Rather the tectofin is an addon. I know that they bring in a separate contractor for it, but there is no 'refund'. Sounds like the felt option is fine provided it is laid right. Thanks for all the advice!

Thanks - the quote I think is based on a smaller extension than we've ended up building - but assuming linear scaling with roof size it would be just over £3000. 3 ply felt seems pretty generic, we've not discussed other alternatives. Would you avoid 3 ply felt in favour of something else. We...

We are having a rear extension done on our Victorian semi, and also having the wall between kitchen and dining room removed To create a large open plan room. Outside..In the new part will.be a concrete poured floor. Inside we have wood boards over joists. We are having water underfloor heating...

Hello My builder is offering me an upgrade (presumably) from a 3 ply felt covering for a 6.5x5.5m flat roof to a single ply membrane called tectofin. It will about an extra 3k. When questioned he didnt seem particularly clear what the advantage was. Ive als not foind much discussoon of the...

We are about to have a rear extension added to our semi-detached. We will be knocking down the wall between the current kitchen and dining room, relocating the kitchen etc, etc. We'll end up with a big room covering the space of the kitchen/dining room and a full width extension to the rear. We...

I'm currently leaning towards knocking it down, putting in a PD application on the chance it gets through. If not - appeal. Otherwise I'm tempted to do a variant of C - say with an 80cm-1m border around the shed. Presumably we could build it with a slightly smaller border and enforcement action...

Sorry for taking so long to post this, here's the photo of the rear, really looking forward to hearing any suggestions .IMG_20180514_202327 by Cej238 posted 14 May 2018 at 8:28 PMIMG_20180514_202336 by Cej238 posted 14 May 2018 at 8:28 PM

Unfortunately, we were advised poorly when when did our first PD application. Had we known then what we knew now (or even if our old architect did!), things would likely be different. Tony, could you please explain what you mean by: "maybe stick the council out - they may be wary of attempting...

Thank-you for your reply. Yes, really really ridiculous! While I have assumed our coal shed is most likely "original" - I don't really know either way. Several of our neighbors, including our attached neighbor don't have one and show no signs of having ever had one. Our PD refusal was over...

Hello, We want to do a 6m, full width rear extension under permitted development. Unfortunately, we have an attached coal shed, approx 1m x 1m attached to the rear corner of our house. This means that an initial "larger home extension" PD application has been refused as our proposal would have...

Yes you’re probably right. In which case the largest extension we’d probably get through is 3.5 meters do you think?

Haha exactly. Hence we are quite wary now, we need an architect or planning consultant to make sure it doesn’t happen again...

thanks everyone. Appreciate any advice! I’m wondering if we try permitted dev again but this time with drawings that don’t include the boiler room? Might get lucky! I’ve not done a full planning application before but would happily go that route if it’s likely to go through. With a different...

Hi everyone, Hoping you can advise us! Last year we applied for permitted development for a 6 meter single story rear extension that was refused - no neighbours opposed the build. The reason for the refusal: Wouldn’t fall within the parameters of schedule 2, part 1, class a. “The proposed...