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I seem to remember a lengthy discussion in the past about this exact wiring?

Looks amazing. Like a boutique hotel. You would never have it looking as good if you got a pro in to do it. Impatient sod!

Like any project, whatever is the last thing to be done gets squeezed on time, cost and quality. In home renovation or building it’s always the decor and the landscaping that takes the hit. Hence so many self builders ending up slapping on white or magnolia just to get liveable, then promising themselves they’ll do it properly once they have saved up more cash. ... this tends to be years later as you get used to what you have.

Ffs ? It’s a bloody inspection hatch not the spacex escape hatch.

It maybe worth taking a look at bat flight paths as well. I believe they use existing hedges and trees to navigate (probably buildings too). I think this has been a very sensitive issue in the past on large development schemes. I wonder what and where their source of food is.

Have they updated the Local Plan yet? That should indicate the increase in housing needed in the area.. if they have, you could apply for some infill PP.

I think this more relates to the ‘potential’ of your land as a stand-alone item rather than in the aspect of someone else developing it. For example, if it was possible (likely) that you could knock down your property and build 4 houses, and it’s likely that you would get planning permission. Then you could consider this hope value.

It looks like a pretty simple scheme to deliver, so I would think it’s likely to be successful. I doubt they have submitted planning yet, so that’s why you can’t find it. But all the points you raised above would be good challenges to the planning app. But are nothing they cannot mitigate. From taking a look at their site, it appears that the majority of homes affected by this scheme are already owned by the council and the tenants will be re-homed in the new development. If this is the case then the number of objectors (with any useful objections) will be low. FYI the planning app and the CPO are 2 separate processes. I don’t believe the future value of the plot has any influence over the CPOd price. Which sounds unfair, as it looks like just profiteering, but in reality the cost of developing the new estate and its infrastructure will balance this out. As for acquiring your property, the CPO is a last resort. They would prefer to have agreed a deal that you are both happy with. However they do have certain rules to comply with, so can’t offer a value that’s unjustifiable (due to it being tax payers money). You just need to maximise every single one of the categories that they can pay you. Eg. market value +10% (you can use your own RICS surveyor), costs & expenses, loss of home 10%, etc etc. I also notice that you can take one of the new homes... this has to be a great negotiating point... choose a prime new house on the development and tell them that’s the one you want. (The developer could agree a reduced price - to incentivise you).

Set out your argument/ objection. Encourage as many people as possible to object as well. Objections need to be of material issues, not just “I don’t like it” or “it’s unfair”. Ideally some heritage or environmental reason, so they can’t go ahead. You can still negotiate for them to buy your place now, so they remove a blocker from future down the line. Have you got a link to the consultation website?

Oh.. and make sure you speak to someone with authority in your negotiations... they will try and get a junior individual or consultant to do the negotiations if they can.

You need to get yourself a land agent ASAP. And tell the council to pay for your land agent fees. They should do this as you are only using them due to the council instigating the CPO. They need to demonstrate that the have tried to proactively engage with land owners (you) and have exhausted all options to come to an agreement before resorting to a CPO. You are more likely to get a better price for your property if you settle by negotiation than if it goes to CPO.

Pics?

I’ve got TP link Deco M4 mesh system (3 units). Covers the whole house and complete garden now. £100 from curry’s . Bargain. Same performance at the bottom of the garden on WiFi as with Lan connection direct to the router.

That’s crap.

Does that mean if I only get 38mbps that WiFi would be ok?

This isn’t my experience. My walls are just over 2ft thick and the noise can be heard inside... although I put this down to it being wall mounted rather than floor mounted.

Mine is wall mounted and it definitely transfers noise into the house through the wall... To eliminate this, I intend to move it to a few meters away from the house. Also regarding what kind of noise, it’s a deep droning sound, but is only really audible when the fan is at full speed.

That’s exactly what I did.

Probably worth calling Gas Safe to get confirmation of when the regs came in for inspecting the flue, but it’s been in place for longer that BG have been inspecting it. They can give you advice too. If they deemed it ‘at risk’ due to not being able to inspect the flue, then then should have isolated the gas supply, so it couldn’t fire up until turned back on by qualified engineer. Is it a condensing boiler? Do you have the gas analysis numbers from the flue gas test? And the o2 test? (This should be 20.9). There could be a ‘get out of jail free’ card for them if they have evidence that there are no joints in the flue (probably needs to be under 1.1m for this to be possible). Realistically they have cocked up big time and will want to keep this quiet... can you imagine if you open up the loft and ‘happen to find’ the flue joints have separated? I’m sure that wouldn’t look good for BG if it ended up in the press.

What’s that reason? Cost? Availability of materials? Not enough experienced labour? Changing business model? Unknown buyer perception? Environmental impact? Completely different to the self-builder, who has a completely different set of needs/requirements.

I think they have to ‘disable’ it if it’s unsafe, to make sure tenants can’t just turn it back on again as soon as they have left. ... I think there’s some labelling they are supposed to do like ‘condemned’. May be worth a quick investigation as to the correct practice is and add it to your complaint. I’ll ask my F-I-L who is a gas engineer.

Shocking that it’s been passed every year. Imagine if there is a joint in the flue in the loft which over time has developed a leak... that’s a potential manslaughter case for you. ☹️

Hi Fly, Certainly is possible. Plenty of hybrid setups out there. Im sure someone will be along soon who can provide some tangible advice.

Would you not make it available to the estate agent? So they could share it if the question comes up.

It can’t harm... if someone was only a little concerned and needed some confirmation that’s it’s not an issue. However some people wouldn’t trust that it was independent and I expect a lender would only accept a survey from their own panel of surveyors.