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Hi, Hope someone will help with a planning question please :)...I can't find the answer on Google... A local builder-developer likes to push planning permission to the limit (there is history x 3). The latest is his current work on a terraced house opposite, unlisted and not in a conservation...

Hi, My new shed has arrived and it is tangerine, immersion dipped in ‘light brown’ preservative. I wasn’t feeling too bright when I ordered it (more concerned about good construction) but now regret it. I’d bet you can see it from space. What can I use to paint it that will be the most long...

Hi, I am about to have 2-3 garden steps installed in a sloped area - and in a different corner, one step up to a raised seating area. Both areas are an extension of a gravel path and are already gravelled with Cheshire pink (aka Staffordshire pink). The treads will be gravel and the risers will...

Please help with a dilemma: to get a structural survey or not. We inherited a single skin brick outbuilding on our boundary when we bought our house in NE London* 10 years ago. We use it for storage and as a much loved summerhouse and have invested in it over the years. There has always been a...

Problem: We need to use our loft for storage. Our plan was to get the whole loft floor insulated, taking advantage of the govt. energy saving subsidy, then board out the middle third section on top of the insulation. We had our loft surveyed by a company. The thickness of insulation material...