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Hi, Our house is on a hillside so has a lower ground floor/ basement at the rear. In common with most of the other properties in our street at some point in the past the external staircase from the ground floor to the rear garden has been removed and the backdoor opening bricked up. I would...

Woody, you are obviously a well respected contributor to this forum and must know your stuff but where on here have I given the impression I will ask "any old Joe" his opinion? I don't expect a builder to come round and have a quick look and provide me with an exact price for the job. I want...

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I've created a media album ( Basement rework) but I don't seem able to attach the pictures to my post even though they show up in preview mode......

Hi Notch7, Yes the basement is currently usable, was rewired along with the rest of the house shortly after moving in 3 1/2 years ago. When the house was built in the 60's the basement level was unfinished with access only from outside. Over the years the occupier in common with all the other...

Thanks for your help guys. I knew my question would cause problems. If I take my car to a garage with a fault the professional will normally say it's likely this wrong mate and will likely cost x but we both know it's an estimate and not a solid quote until he's had a proper look. Applying this...

Really need some advice though not sure if this is the correct section of the forum to post in. We want to reconfigure the layout of our house. The house is semi detached and on the side of a steep hill. We want to convert half of the existing basement area into a large living room This will...

prenticeboyofderry, I'm not after your sympathy, I was after advice which you have given me thanks. As to whether adding wall lights and a couple of spurs over 20 years ago was illegal I'm not sure and judging by the mixed replies from professionals on here I'm not entirely convinced they do...

Thanks for your reply prenticeboyofderry. Reading through the various forums shows up an alarming amount of rip-off tradesmen, shoddy over priced work which is the main reason many of us do not trust so called professionals. On this forum the general concensus seems to be that the vast majority...