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    Party wall damage/substinence from newbuild block of flats

    About 12 years ago a block of flats was built right up to the boundary line. My building (100 years old) was also built up to the boundary line and so an external wall of the block of flats was built flush on my external wall. Freeholder/developer of the block of flats sold freehold and...
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    Building additional floor - rules re underpinning + public land

    Background: I own a 2 story converted terraced office on a strange plot. It is fronts the pavement, therefore no space at all to front. 90% of the rear belongs to a neighbouring apartment block with a tiny 3m2 walled off courtyard in one corner belonging to me. I have got planning permission...
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    Instead of concrete floor

    I have a 50CM gap in the floor of half my basement flat. The flat next door and most of my flat has been concreted, so the ventilation is no longer efficient enough and the timber suspended floor in teh remainder of the flat has rotted. So having spoken to an architect friend of mine, this is...
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    V-shaped (as opposed to inverted-V) loft conversion

    Looking to buy a top floor flat with a V shaped roof - only seen inverted V-shaoped roofs before. Am I able to convert the loft (I would own the space and the freehold owner said he would give permission to alter the structure)? Building is c.1900 in north London. A loft conversion would...
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