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We've just bought somewhere and our Conveyancer didn't ask at all about BC certs on a house that has had 4 extensions

Thank you for taking the time to make such a detailed response. Ive now got more direction with the planning. My trouble is it isn't really possible to plan the house from scratch and rip out and start again as the house is a work in progress and we just don't have the budget to do...

Currently in the process of trying to get my head round how best to wire up my house and could do with a little advice. Due to the house having been extended then extended some more and finally extended again the electrics are a bit of a mess! Old Ringmain arrangement was. 1- Upstairs Ring...

Haha. Fair enough. Worth an ask though now the rules have been changed to 6m over the old 3m outwards to the rear. The house is in dire need of a lot of work regardless of the requirement to redesign it though so the added prospect of moving/removing some walls and doors is not so much of a...

Tell me about it. It’s even more bizarre walking around it in reality! Hard to ignore 1600ft2 of house for the same price as houses that are normally barely 1000 though!

Okay fair enough. I’ll see if I can find anything for the other pp

Untitled by chunkytfg, on Flickr Okay my understanding is the purple shading is original. Extension 1 was the kitchen. I think it was originally outhouse that was demolished and rebuilt wrapping round the corner slightly moving the kitchen from whats labelled as the dining hall in the plans...

I don't have any actual plans yet as haven't got to that stage with it. Still in the planning what to do with the space stage. This is the floorpan from the ground floor. Untitled by chunkytfg, on Flickr Rooms listed as Bedroom and family room along with the corridor between existing kitchen...

Myself and my OH will be completing on a property next week that has been extended back in 1995 by means of PP. The extension is around 5.5m deep but only for around half the width with the other half being only around 3m deep. Is it allowed under PD to extend an extension to fill in the bit...

Do you know when they bought their house? Could be worth finding out via land registry along with Google street view images just to find out if it was them that paved the bit you think is yours? What they tell you verses what they actually think/did might be different?

Have you tried looking on Google Street views history to see if you can see back to when the driveway may have been changed as it looks like the section you think is yours behind the little Micra has been paved separately from both your driveway and your neighbours. Also, is the little wooden...

I think that definitely classifies as a Boulder!!!! Wow!

Thats would be my suggestion. IBC's can be picked up off eBay cheap and are good for 1000litres of water. My parents have 6 of them dotted around there property all being filled off the various outbuilding roofs. they still have to use mains water occasionally for watering there Veg patch but...

Personally I've always used the theory that I can work on any devices in the house but gas. Electricity is basically my job and water is essentially harmless. Gas is easy to not see a problem and find yourself having to try and convince your insurance company to pay up for a new house!

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I wasn't thinking of demolishing it straight away but doing it as part of the extension. So in essence taking it down so sufficient footings can be put in place to support the extra weight on the corner that will join the Extension. So if I want to join them to allow access to the garage from...

Looking to possibly in the future extend our house(not that we have even bought it yet) with the usual 3m Single Storey Extension out the back with Bifolds etc however we have a Single garage set back and to the side from the house but on the same line with the edge of the house. As the garage...

Can you see the brickwork from outside? if you can then you'll be able to tell if it is a solid wall or a cavity fairly easily. A solid wall will have rows of bricks with every other brick turned sideways across the depth of the wall to tie both layers together. A cavity wall wont have this...

seems like the perfect time to join forces and share costs. 1 architect, 1 surveyor, 1 Building team etc etc. not going to half your costs but will certainly save pennies here and there and probably end up making things looks nicer.

Okay fair enough. will look at getting a second opinion re the Cable size when/if we complete on it. TBH I have no idea. Im working on whats written in the report and not from actually looking at the stuff.