Q:My neighbour but one has recently been granted planning permission. I received no letter from the council and the planning application trail shows that there was no site notice posted, although I think everything else in terms of publication was done.
I now find out about their plans after permission has already been granted, and see that they have been given permission to build a first floor extension over their garage with two dormer windows. Whilst not directly over my back gar
Q:Hi, I am currently in process of selling my house. We bought 3 years ago and have made no changes to the house.
However, the purchaser' solicitor has requested we take indemnity insurance against the garage as there is no planning permission in place and no Covenant consent for the garage.
The covenant is from when the house was built in 1910 and the garage has been up since 1994. We have been told it will cost between ￡150 and ￡200 for this insurance.
Q:I've just had my first pack of documentation from my solicitor and it's worrying me a bit.
The house that I want to buy has an extension and a conservatory on the back of that. I've been given a copy of the planning consent for the extension, which seems to be in order and conformation that the conservatory doesn't need planning permission as it's Permitted Development.
My problem is that the conservatory's Permitted Development confirmation is da
Q:OK Need your guys help please.
We were just ready to exhange on our house when the buyers solicitors came to us about our extension – it was built pre 1973 so no planning permission or building regs was needed at that time. When we bought the house 3 years ago our sellers at the time but imdemnity insurnace for this and our solicitor said that was perfectly fine.
Now our buyers are not happy exceptingthis imdemnity and say thay have been told if they want to put a slan
Q:Apologies if this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question :confused:
We are looking at a property that is currently on the market for ￡265,000.
It has previously been sold for ￡220,000 in January 2007 and planning permission subsequently obtained to add a two storey extension turning it from a 3 bed semi into a 4 bed (with extended kitchen and family room). No further alterations have been made and the property has been empty since Jan 07.
Wou
Q:We are looking to possibly buy a house and build a quite large extention, but we don't want to buy this house unless we can build the extention. So is it possible to get planning permission or get a view from the planning department before you own a property? Or is it just the change you take.
Q:My parents are in the process of moving house. Yesterday their solicitor informed them that the house they propose to buy does not have planning permission for the room that has been converted from a garage. I have not had the opportunity to see the solicitor's letter, but there is mention of the vendors being required to take out an insurance policy to cover the situation.
I'm not happy with the situation and can think of a number of possible consequences myself. Before I
Q:I'd be grateful for any advice please. Last week a house nearby came up for sale. My OH works abroad and saw it online, and told me to book a viewing, which I did. I saw it on Friday and took my sister with me. It's ideal for us. My OH really wants to put in an offer even though he hasn't seen it! He says he trusts me. He won't be home until the middle of February. The problem is that we weren't sure if we were going to move or extend (we got planning permission for an exte
Q:Hello everyone,
I have almost completed an extension to my house. When I bought the house there was planning permission for a two bedroom extension and I had to start it before the permission ran out or else I would have lost it. The extension consists of two bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen lounge and hallway. It is attached to the side of the main house for about three metres. Both are single storey and the main house has four bedrooms etc. This is far too big for us and the extension would
Q:We're looking to buy a 1930s property which has a fairly new extension and triple garage (at the rear). We really like the place and have placed an offer which we are still waiting for feedback on.
A family member is a surveyor, he's has done a bit of research on the property and discovered there is no planning for the extension and the garage is listed as a single garage.
Most of the surrounding (terraced) houses have similar sized extensions, one has a garage