Q:Hi,
Just wanted to check this out – we are buying a house that has had an extension done about 3 years ago. The vendors questions stated that they did not have planning permission as it wasn't required. Now, I do know that development under a certain size (70m3?) can be done under permitted development rights, but this extension is way more that that size. I queried this, and it turns out that they do have planning permission but that there are conditions attached that have
Q:We have found a house that we would like to make an offer on. However, it has an extension built on common land by the previous owners in the 1980's without planning permission. The house has ownership of this common land (I have checked the land registry details) but what are the implications of there being no planning permission? The current owner bought the property without a mortgage but we would need one.
Should we proceed any further? We are very wary of things going
Q:We've had an offer accepted on a property which has a garage and smallish conservatory. No survey or searches have been done on the property yet, but we've discovered that the garage doesn't have planning permission because it's a "temporary structure" (sort of a "lean to". The current owner put this "temporary structure" up 3 years ago. How temporary is temporary? If you know what I mean……………… I believe that we're paying a prem
Q:A nice flat we have seen has a potential for a roof terrace. The owner has applied for permission to the local council planners & the indications are positive according to the estate agent.
But the owner claims that the flat sold with planning permission for the terrace makes the flat worth an extra ￡40 000. He won't build the terrace btw, nor sell the flat as is.
Our view is that if the terrace were in place, the flat would be worth that much more, but it would cost about ￡
Q:Hi.
We have a two bed semi worth about 120k. We have enough land on the side to build a large extension.
We are planning a conservatory/kitchen extension on the rear as a first phase definate. and getting the second phase(single garage/1stfloor bedroom and bathroom/loft bedroom) drawn into the plans,with a view to building later.
The architect has quoted ￡1,050 including the submissions to council.
Question is having the planning permission for phase two going to increase
Q:Hi, I was wondering if anyone can give me a rough idea whether having planning permission to build another house in my garden will add much value to my property?
We have a huge garden but a very small 2 bed house. 2 architects have looked at it & agreed that there is definitely potential to build another house, subject to planning permission though one says a 3-bed, the other only 2-bed. We desperately need a bigger house but can't afford to move to a 3 bed-house in the same
Q:Hi everyone,
I cannot seem to find any information relating to my diallema on the forum. i hope someone can shed a light on this. I have my survey done of a property, and the mortgage of 160K approved on a 12 year old 1 bed terrace house, so I have instructed my solicitors to proceed with searches etc.. There seems to be some problem with the conseratory in that it was not built with planning permission. Ordinarily a house owner can erect a conservatory of a certain size without pl
Q:As some of you will know we have had an offer accepted on a house….The estate agent has noted that:-We understand from the vendor, there is planning consent for the conversion of the garage to form an additional reception room and there is planning consent for a double length garage/store to the right side of the property (restricted width).I am not bothered about converting the garage but with a very small garden, a 27' x 7' 10" storage area/garage next to the house is somethi