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If the extension has already been built and the neighbours are OK with it I would just keep my head down and see what happens. I certainly wouldn't draw it to the planning department's attention by submitting a retrospective application. If he intends to sell in the medium term I would wait and...

If anything you are improving the means of escape from the existing rear bedroom as the existing escape route has the stairs discharging into the ground floor hallway which is open to the living room. If the building inspector will not budge and you want to be pragmatic it might be worth...

I assume the ground slopes away to the rear so the fire egress windows to floors above 4.5m only applies to the rear elevation? The existing rear bedroom with the bay window is existing and you are not making the means of escape any worse so that should not be affected. With the new master...

The main problem is that the builder is suggesting that he is owed money for additional work and wants a surveyor to undertake a contract valuation to establish the amount owing. Obviously you are not required to pay for defective building work so rather than just undertaking a valuation you...

The CN71C isn't long enough but the CN81C should do it.

Caravans can be a tricky subject in terms of Planning regulations and the rules are very complicated, they have many exemptions that allow them to be used on a residential property above and beyond the usual permitted development rules. However, with these sorts of situations the use must be...

The eucalyptus will take a couple of years to get established but if the soil and position are right it can be an absolute beast. You'll have to make sure you prune it every March to keep the crown at the correct height to screen the view otherwise you'll have a 60ft monster before you know it...

Have you specifically asked them to report on the cracking? Otherwise you will just get a generic tick box suggestion to appoint a structural engineer to investigate. For £500 I doubt the survey will be very thorough or informative.

Quite possibly, it depends how strong the mortar is.

You could argue that the work did not require a building regulations application as replacing/installing a lintel to an existing window opening is only a repair. If you wanted to be really pedantic you could argue that it is a structural alteration as you are not replacing exactly like for like...

Look like shrinkage cracks. Possibly calcium silicate/sand lime bricks or similar.

A 65x100mm concrete lintel should be fine then.

Ordinarily you could just slip in a 65x100mm concrete lintel. But in this case I would check with the structural engineer to make sure they realise the ceiling joists have been removed and there is adequate lateral restraint to the gable wall.

It is more complicated than that. It looks like it is also a bonding timber/wallplate taking the ceiling joists. Are you going to reinstate the ceiling joists? Is that a small gable wall above? How are you going to tie that in and prevent the wall from bulging out? What is supporting the outside...

If you are submitting a planning application then the face of the dormer does not not need to be set back from the roof eaves as Woody said. However if your house has flush eaves then running the face of the dormer straight up from the wall below can look really naff. Installing a false...

This just gets more confusing, without knowing exactly where the boundary is in relation to those walls anything I say is pure speculation. From the photos there are 3 distinct lengths of wall, the red brick wall which appears to be a gable end, the more brown brick section which I assumed was...

Are you asking if the new blockwork wall is a party wall? It looks unlikely. You claim the "loggia" wall was built "across" the boundary which I will take as it is astride the boundary which would indeed make that a party wall. Even though the photo seems to show the loggia wall stepped in from...

If the neighbour owns the part of the courtyard where you want to install the new soil pipe then they probably can stop you. Just because you own the wall does not mean you can attach things to the outside of it if the space outside is owned by a neighbour. As Freddie suggested you need to check...

I'm happy to be proved wrong but I do not think that is correct. Whilst a single storey extension joined to a two storey extension can be a problem a dormer is not an extension - it is a roof enlargement which is a different class and subject to different rules. In my opinion the dormer and...

Why? Are you saying the extension roof volume will be added to the dormer volume? If so how do you know it exceeds the total volume allowance. Also is the new dormer being done under permitted development? I can't find it at the moment but I'm sure I've got something here that says a roof...