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At some point we want to knock through our kitchen wall and convert the integral garage to an extended kitchen. Our gas meter is on the wall we will be knocking through though. Do we have to get Transco out or just get in touch with our energy supplier to come and do it? It would need to be...

1960's and there is a big tree next to the house. I'm going to get a surveyors report done and if the tree is an issue I'll be straight on to the council. Although it took a good 3 months of complaining before they came and cut the branches back as they were touching the house at one stage...

The surveyor said if it was subsidence the cracks would be steering to the right externally not left. He basically fobbed us off with just wear and tear of the building although that judgement appears to be questionable. Also we have noticed at the front of the house there is also a crack in...

Judging by the other houses by us I think there was a lean-to there that had been removed (previous owners and wasn't picked up in survey back in 2006). The bottom of the picture is above the door and on the right is the garage. So what do you suggest we need to do?

Sorry they're massive pictures. Photobucket drives me mad.

In the last year we have noticed some cracks in our walls at the back of the house. We had a building surveyor from our insurers come and inspect it and he confimed it wasn't subsidence and wasn't anything that would be covered by insurance. So we filled the cracks in, painted over them and...

We have laminate in our bathroom that I don't think is practical so want to put lino down. I don't know how much of a hassle it would be though because the people who owned the house before us put the laminate down first and then put skirting boards, a new toilet and a new sink down on top of...