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Love all the fancy technical knowledge you have quoted. Justify your explanation then you might have a bit of credibility……

Hello all, I have a garage which I’m going to make into a family games room. I’m diy-ing it! Have a few questions that hopefully can be answered here. 1) existing garage has leaning brickwork- just movement that I can work with as is? You’ll note there is a crack in the middle. Going...

Hi all, DIY novice here. Looking for a way forward with altering a full height UPVC conservatory. It’s got full length windows in and it’s bloody cold! Is there a straightforward way of removing the windows and in filling a material that goes say 1m up from the ground, and replacing...

Hi there, cant find a link to fireplaces on the site so this looked like the closest being the heating section. we just bought a house with a log burner that’s only got one section of pipe in…. A real bodge! I just wanted to ask what I needed to do to get it back to working. Here are...

Hi there, Here are a couple of pictures from the inside

Hi there, after a long (2 year) property purchase, we moved in! But savings wiped out cos of flipping rent!!! so need to save as much as possible. the wood floors below, are they real wood, and if so can I get rid of the scratches by sanding them? thanks mark

Hi guys, Just moved into out house after a TWO YEAR delay!!!!!! There’s things obviously wrong as maintenance hasn’t been kept up. We ended up spending a fortune on rent so I’m gonna have to do DIY lots of stuff for myself. can anybody tell me what is happening in the pic, and how I...

Hi all, hope your well now your back at the boozer So after a long haul we are about to exchange (fingers crossed it really happens this time) the property has space around it to build. I want to find a way of producing a rough plan that I could present to an architect for him to tweak...

Hello Gents, Not sure if I’ve been given overly cautious information about what I can or can’t do with a house we are buying. Pictures 1 and 2 Show our building with its drive that I was under the impression that I could replicate to the sane as the neighbours extension (to the right) but...

that’s a good point. All I’m really looking for is to give the kids more space, and to add a granny annex within the building. Is that an easy one, planning wise?

A cumbersome long thread title, but says it all really! buying a house that’s the untinkered version of the one next door. when I find an architect (any around Surrey/SW london you can recommend) should I just get him to copy the floor plan?? . also would involve building along the...

On the basis that it’s being advertised to be converted back, is that not enough evidence to refute concealment? it looks like it was pre planning refused as nothing on the planning website entered in...

Hi guys, I have an idea to create a bit of a unique dwelling... too long to mention here (although this creation would not be for a harem, so it’s all very perfunctory) So I want to run a staircase in each of two reception rooms to the 1st floor to each of two bedrooms. Do I need PP? Or...

You have an extremely eloquent way of explaining, the trouble is that I’m not exactly sure I understand what your referencing- please could you explain to a layman. Thanks and sorry to come across as ignorant! Mark

Yes I think that’s exactly what’s he’s saying. If I were to do that, live in it. Convert it etc, would then after 3 years there be NO WAY that council could refuse?

I agree, but experts may well be able to know whether this is BS or not

I asked the estate agent to give me some background information: this below is his reply ‘The owner was unable to get planning permission for immediate permission. However, the council have said if you live in the property for 3 years you will be then able to apply and be granted permission...

Hello friends. It’s all there in the title! Looking at possibly offering on this lovely house that was converted to flats back in the day. it was one detached house, now is 2 flats with a metal staircase up the side for access to first floor flat. they are selling the two together. Two...

We just heard back about an inquiry we had concerning a 2 brick sheds against a house we are buying... this is the reaponse “Our client confirms one houses the central heating boiler, one houses the hot and cold water tanks and general storage (currently has a tumble dryer). They all have...