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PS.. Remember to include all landscaping you might want to do in you planning drawings. Including any trees you plan to plant etc. This allows you to claim the VAT on those items. You can't if its not on your planning drawings. Your demolition work must be zero rated to you (not reclaimed) as its labour. If the CIL is in your area make sure you claim the exemption BEFORE doing any work on site. Otherwise you can lose the exemption.

1) I recommend getting the mortgage sorted before you start and drawdown their money first if possible. This is because its much much harder to get a mortgage on a property that is part built. In addition its not unheard of for a mortgage company to find a reason to change their mind. A change to your employment status for example might be enough to loose the mortgage. I don't mean to worry you, its rare but it has happened. They can't refuse the money after they have already given it to you. Don't forget to allow for a decent contingency. 2) Not quite sure i quite ollow your description. In general the planners will allow you to use an existing entrance that has visibility splay problems as long as the new development won't increase the amount of traffic using it. That said I recommend applying for what you want first and see if they raise any issues. If you want to use existing entrances I would say that in the application and point out you won't be making anything worse. If you think your new in-out proposal will reduce the possibility of an accident you should also mention that.

I believe if you were to add the raised beds later it would need planning permission. Levelling or raising ground levels significantly is considered an Engineering Operation. Example case.. https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1594106/garden-land-raising-held-unlawful I would ask the planning officer what you need to do. Perhaps best not to show him that photo as in that it looks more like a large raised deck/patio than I think you are proposing. You will need a cross section drawing in addition to that garden plan. The wall should be properly tanked if you are raising ground levels. Make sure the builder knows what might or might not be coming so he can handle both. Eg don't let him use blocks instead of bricks as they might be visible if the change if refused. Good luck. Think it will look great.

Ah ok . I misunderstood and thought you said 1 block wide which really would be small.

If its just 1 block wide it will be quite narrow. Too narrow to escape through but I can't remember if a window in an ensuite has to be wide enough to be an escape window or not. The minimum bearing end for the lintle is 150mm but might be better to increase that to half a block eg so the lintel is two blocks/four bricks long like.. .

+1 Think about curtains. Do you want the rail on the wall or hanging from ceiling? I think if you want it on the wall you need at a few brick courses of height between top of window and ceiling/plasterboard.

Nice looking plot by the way.

Probably small enough to pull them out with a chain on the excavator.

There is close and there's madness... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/14830946/extension-leaves-neighbours-furious/

Apparently the shortage is due to HS2... https://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/hs2-blamed-for-materials-shortages Managing director Ian Anfield said: “Our clients are reporting serious shortages in construction products on the ground. In the West Midlands, some are saying their projects are now on 'tick over’ because materials are being creamed off by HS2.

All i know is they sometimes allow x to be 2m instead of 2.4m in quiet areas. And y to be shorter depending on traffic speeds. See pages 91 92 and table 7.1.. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/341513/pdfmanforstreets.pdf

Was that him at Notre Dame ?

I don't think any of the beams should go as far as the outer leaf. That would represent a thermal and possible damp bridge.

Approved Document R is down here.. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents

Does the Efergy use a voltage probe or just a clip on current monitor? Power is basically voltage * current. Some clip on meters measure the current and assume a value for the voltage. If that assumption is wrong you can get significant errors.

I'm afraid it will need planning permission for possibly a number of reasons... Any extension or outbuilding in front of the "principle elevation" needs planning permission. You might also need planning permission if the roof terrace is more than 30cm above ground level where it meets the ground at the back. Walls and fences on the boundary adjacent to the highway also need to be under 1m or planning permission obtained. The planners may also object to the grounds of appearance as it looks like the only one in the road?. All the other houses have open sweeping/sloping front lawns? You will also need permission for a "dropped kerb". This is more about the right to drive over the pavement than actually lowering any kerb. As far as construction goes.. The walls will need to be retaining walls. As these are over 1m high you should get them designed/specified by a structural engineer who can also propose a waterproofing/tanking system to keep it dry inside.

+1 A piece like this if you can get it behind both bits of flashing.. Some sealer will be needed as well I think.

I got one of these stick welders about a year ago. https://www.toolstation.com/sip-05741-weldmate-t141p-arc-welder/p50765 Its a transformer model and with hindsight I think there are better options. On thin sheet you need to turn the current down to prevent burning holes. Problem is that seems to make it harder to strike an arc. In addition I cant turn it down as far as I would like. I believe some models that use an IGBT boost the current/voltage to make it easier to strike an arc and then reduce it to the set value to stop you burning holes.

Google finds.. Iron one 600mm Square.. £66 +vat.. https://www.easymerchant.co.uk/manhole-covers/heavy-duty/b125-ductile-iron/ Composite.. £52+vat https://www.easymerchant.co.uk/manhole-covers/heavy-duty/a15-composite-locking/ Never heard of this supplier though. 600 Square on ebay.. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CLARK-DRAIN-CD12-600-X-600-SOLID-TOP-CAST-IRON-COVER-AND-FRAME-A15KN-/114700159427?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQjwsqmEBhDiARIsANV8H3bwNHg2YFwzrn2ngGWO5A-7TMmqWO08firHwRArBaWZHu11qGcJZjoaAlPKEALw_wcB&redirect=mobile Cheap steel at Jewson.. https://www.jewson.co.uk/p/ej-manhole-solid-top-cover-and-frame-600-x-600-x-25mm-MCPS51DG

They might well pick up on this unless its well covered up ? See.. https://www.labc.co.uk/news/when-do-i-need-building-regulations-approval-renovating-thermal-element Im not quite sure how they define "more than 50%". I think you need to comply if more than 50% of _a_ wall or 25% of all walls are being changed.

The wall is rendered above the roof so I'm not entirely convinced that the problem is a missing cavity tray. It might be but I would expect newish render to keep most if the water out of the cavity. I would look at how the flashing has been done as per... Perhaps wait until its all dry and take a hose up there. Play it on the flashing not the wall and see it damp spots appear.

The void under a timber floor should be ventilated so yes to insulation. Both floor and pipe.

Well you obviously have to leave the ends of the lintel supported so not "everything". Bearing ends are normally 100-150mm long. edit: posted same time as @joe90

Rights in common are normally thing like shared access eg to a garden grazing rights. Not heard of a quasi easement but Google suggests... https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-quasi-easement-114797#:~:text=A quasi-easement exists when,one part to someone else. "A quasi-easement exists when the owner of a parcel of land uses part of that land for the benefit of some other part of his or her land. This doesn't really start to matter unless the owner breaks up his/her land and sells one part to someone else" Presumably it might then be turned into a regular easement.

That would be my interpretation. Covenants are tricky things though. They have to be written just right or they cannot be enforced. There is even a difference between positive and negative covenants.