Hello,
Just signed up and have got a project in mind, and im just wondering what ita gonna take, what i could do myself andd what im gonna have to get the pro's in to do.
Right here goes... About 3 years ago we moved into a concrete built 1950's terrace. Attached to the kitchen is a single brick outhouse, which was originally used as an outside toilet, so there is foul waste and a water supply plumbed in to the outhouse already.
The owner before us extended this outhouse further - with the view of making a shower-room, but then they split-up and the project obviously stalled. The extension is made of breezeblock, but is at a lower height than the adjoining area (yeah i dunno why either???) There is also no water supply or waste outlet for the extended area.
The floor all-through these 2 rooms is concrete, and i am fairly sure there is a screed laid, however it is quite damp in there as the job is unfinished, and tbh prob needs starting again.
The original outhouse has a flat-roof made from concrete slabs - which are rapidly disintegrating!!! And the extension has a ply??? roof covered in felt.
I would like to re-install the toilet, and make a utility area for washing machine and tumble dryer in the original outhouse. In the extension I would like a shower-room (prob with a shower tray, not a wetroom).
My queries are...
1. Do I need to make the single brick area a double skin to have it classed under building regs as a "habitable abode" (that was the terminology used in the full structural survey)???
2. Do I have to get planning permission for this conversion??? I am unsure if the prev owner got planning permission for the extension, but is has been there for over 5 years now... would they turn round and tell me to pull it down???
3. Could I get rid of the flat roof, and make it slightly tilted (towards our garden) so that rain runs off???
4. AND FINALLY THE BIG ONE.... Ball park figure on all the structural, plumbing and electrical work for this???
I know its been a long one, so thanks for staying with me, if you have. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Paul
Just signed up and have got a project in mind, and im just wondering what ita gonna take, what i could do myself andd what im gonna have to get the pro's in to do.
Right here goes... About 3 years ago we moved into a concrete built 1950's terrace. Attached to the kitchen is a single brick outhouse, which was originally used as an outside toilet, so there is foul waste and a water supply plumbed in to the outhouse already.
The owner before us extended this outhouse further - with the view of making a shower-room, but then they split-up and the project obviously stalled. The extension is made of breezeblock, but is at a lower height than the adjoining area (yeah i dunno why either???) There is also no water supply or waste outlet for the extended area.
The floor all-through these 2 rooms is concrete, and i am fairly sure there is a screed laid, however it is quite damp in there as the job is unfinished, and tbh prob needs starting again.
The original outhouse has a flat-roof made from concrete slabs - which are rapidly disintegrating!!! And the extension has a ply??? roof covered in felt.
I would like to re-install the toilet, and make a utility area for washing machine and tumble dryer in the original outhouse. In the extension I would like a shower-room (prob with a shower tray, not a wetroom).
My queries are...
1. Do I need to make the single brick area a double skin to have it classed under building regs as a "habitable abode" (that was the terminology used in the full structural survey)???
2. Do I have to get planning permission for this conversion??? I am unsure if the prev owner got planning permission for the extension, but is has been there for over 5 years now... would they turn round and tell me to pull it down???
3. Could I get rid of the flat roof, and make it slightly tilted (towards our garden) so that rain runs off???
4. AND FINALLY THE BIG ONE.... Ball park figure on all the structural, plumbing and electrical work for this???
I know its been a long one, so thanks for staying with me, if you have. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers, Paul