Big Jimbo

I doubt it will be enforced. Not that long ago i had Two air tests on Two new houses. When the guy turned up (same fella that the developer always uses) he asked me what i wanted the result to be. !!!!!! He then smiled, and said " I can make the result say whatever i want". Same with a Saps test. I used a guy recommended by the same developer for an extension at my daughters with lots of glass. When i rang him he said "No i don't want you to send me anything. Just tell me what result you want"

To be fair, i would rather have that as a downstairs loo, than no loo downstairs. I appreciate that it wouldnt meet current regs for accessibility.

Thanks guys. I have been trying to get hold of him for 4 weeks. Emails. ringing and leaving messages every few days. He is a total nightmare to get hold of. I might have to just stick it in.

Has anybody got any idea if adding a basement to an existing planning permission (By way of a new application) Might be a problem ? In the Greenbelt. The only difference would be a lightwell to less than half the width of the rear. No public overlooking. Original application was ok'd by committee because although the application was supported by the planning officer, the local Parish Council (busy bodies) objected, which caused it to have to go to committee. Ta much

Being hugely emotionally invested is your problem. If you want to buy it and spend a load of money on it, including underpining, then you may well end up with a house that is worth considerable less than you have spent on it. An underpinned house can be worth up to 25% less than a house that has not been. If you are not in a position to knock the house and rebuild something on the site that will atleast allow you to break even then if the plot is your ideal place to live then go ahead. If you end up either way with a house that is worth say 20% less than it cost you, but you love it then it is your choice.

Pocster sitting on a toilet picture framed and hung on the wall of the toilet. I'm not saying Fancy, or cheap.........

If the price you are paying is not within the re-developement value (knock and build) then walk away.

I do actually wonder that if i had a shite load of money, would i splash some of it on tacky, expensive crap. I think i would, and i think i would enjoy doing it.

Steamy Tea. Would you have a pair of the Lions. (i'd like to make an offer) The posh you can keep.

I think i agree with Markc above. It's more about a feel. Good natural light, aspect etc. Glitter i hate, (but not on cars. Think 1970's metalflake.) My friend who was building a new, large expensive house, had a large internal toilet with no window. He had the whole room done in dark brown marble including the ceiling. It sounded mad but when done was stunning. On my daughters very average 3 bed semi, i did a rear extension for a new kitchen, and converted half the old kitchen into a utility. The other have into a good size downstairs loo. It has One small window for light. I painted it in a mid brown. white ceiling, and Walnut floor. I had no light in the ceiling but an illuminated mirror above the sink and brick lights in the walls about 300mm from the floor. I called it the nightclub toilet. I sounds very odd, but all of the friends aged 25 to 40 loved it and said it was the best room in the house.

Have a load of spray foam sprayed on the underside of the tiles. When you want to change the roof, set a couple of fires in the loft. ? Sorry, no help. Banging tiles would drive me nuts.

As Nick said, or bung shite loads in, and stick on a dimmer.

No idea, but i can tell you that in a 10 x 12 foot room 1000 ish lumens is dull as.

My grown up kids tell me that if you want a response from the manufacturers, post every day on the manufacturers Facebook, and Twitter, with "don't use this product " pointing out that "BBa have pulled the cert". Post every day, and you will get a response within a week.

Sorry, i can't edit. I'm an old bugger, and computers were not invented when i went to school. Avoid Corian worktops. Utter shite. They dull, they scratch, and they are basically expensive shite.

I ran a kitchen company for 20 years. Bespoke high end, and seriously expensive. Range from £35 to £200K. The truth is that all kitchens are not made the same. My ironmongery was Hettich or blum. Some companies use cheap far eastern copy ironmongery. Don't expect it to last for 20 years. It won't. Mfc board (which cheaper kitchens are made of) also varies in quality. Egger make decent quality Mfc. There is a lot of shite Mfc used within the kitchen industry thats full of aggregate and iron filings. When you are looking around ask them who manufacturers the boards that the kitchen carcasses are made of. If they can't tell you, then the cabinets are either shite, of the knob you are chatting to was selling double glazing last week. Moving on. Kitchen fitters. Most top end good kitchen fitters are not carpenters. They are kitchen fitters, and that is all they do. The lower end companies sub out the fitting to all sorts of tossers who should not be let near a kitchen fitting job. Bear in mind that 20 years ago i used to pay each of my fitters £1000 per 5 day week. Be very wary of people who tell you they will fit it for £700 quid gov. Don't get me wrong, a lot of people can make a fair hash of fitting a kitchen. However having a kitchen fitted that you want to last 20 years will, in my opinion require the skills of a proper kitchen fitter with the skills and equipment to know where kitchens are normally put undre stress etc, in order to do a proper quality job. Sorry, i can't give you any advice on laminate worktops, as i never used them. The likes of Wrens worktops are shite, and will not last 20 years. Be aware that if you step up to a composite top, you again need to be aware that the quality varies between manufacturers.

I don't think you will get dormers in a consevation area either. If the new garage is taller than the existing, then you might also have a problem with that. Don't forget that the new garage will have to be built from substantially non combustable materials due to being up against the boundary.

Mike, Not saying im right, but in the past on vertical hung slate, i've done a strip of mineral felt behind the bottom row. I figured that protected the bottom batten, and provided me with the kick out to provide a match up with the angle of the overlapped tiles above.

Plus 2.

Madness. Madness. They call it Madness.

ToughButterCup. As the Fire officer (Saveasteading) said, by the time that steel fails with bugger all protection, You are either in your dressing gown, down the road at a neighbours, having a cup of tea.....Or, you are dead.. Very dead. Have a couple of fingers of scotch tonight, and be chuffed that you now have stairs.

No been passed yet, but im due up there in the next 3 weeks or so. I will defo do a drive by. I'll send you a text first, so if you are about, i can get a guided tour. They do look good though fella. Well done.

It looks like your roof has been re-done at some point. Looks like water getting under the ridge tiles between the Two buildings.

Well done Faz. I think you only have One left. As it's only 10 mins away from my daughters i'd buy that. especially if you gave me a decent garden. Problem is, it's to far from the other Two daughters. Can you do the next one's equidistant from all Three daughters. Cheers Faz.

I love a bit of LVT. At my daughters i laid about 50 sq mt in 2 days, through 5 rooms. No thresholds, so my grandson can ride his bike around. Been down 4 years, and still looks good. Carpet would be wrecked by now. I have previously done engineered oak, but found that it got full on tiny dents quite quickly.