Big Jimbo

I want OnOff to come come on please, with a full, detailed drawings etc scheme. Together with costings, and if you ever sell, you will still be able to drive past and say. "See them, I built them."?

Trees Wagas. Trees, trees, and more trees.

I would always prefer a good screw Tony. ?

DevilDamo. B0ll1x. What a bummer. I wanted to just do a reinforced slab, and a nice simple timber framed garage. I would be quite near an oak, and a beech tree. What a bummer, BCO will want mega deep footings.......

So if i want to build a detatched building, say a garage. 6 x 6 meters, (which is a normal double garage size) do i have to have building regs ????? I understand that if i had any electrics connected i would have to have the installation certified. But building regs for the whole thing ???

Welcome. Have fun on your re-model.

Kin hell. i'm going for a lie down just looking at that.

I can't remember buddy, but I used 2 different one's and they both came out all but the same. 2cubic meters I'd defo bloody tiny for a whole house though mate.

I have always found bco's to be pretty clued up about soakaway. My new house needs 8cubic Mt. If its round the back, I hope you can get a digger round there after the house is built.... If you get sussed. 2cubic Mt is tiny for a whole house. Good luck.

The party wall act, will come into force if you are digging foundations deeper than his, within 3 meters of his. So dig as close as you like, and he he says anything tell him you are only going level with his.

Tony fella. Sorry, but in my humble opinion you have been given a lot of irrelevant, and subsequently, rubbish advice on this post. It all very well telling you what they would do, or have done to trees that are on there own land. I dare, any of them on here to risk taking out a large established tree that is not. You will have done some research, and you will know that you won't be ordered by the court to pay for the full cost of a sapling. You will be required to pay the full value of the tree ££££££. To take out the tree, without your neighbours permission, by accident or otherwise, would be a seriously big gamble, and could cost you so much more than an alternative foundation design. With regard screw piles, I did look into them, and there are a couple of companies that do the engineering calcs, installation, etc. You might find bco's a bit resistant, but it is more than possible to build a house on screw piles. Personally, I think they are a great eco product. Virtually no spoil. No concrete. I hope you don't think I singled you out for a bit of stick? You certainly don't come across as stupid, and I think that your post was more, searching for a devine Ray of light, than looking for some stupid comments like, take it out with a digger. Best of luck Tony. P. S. In the future, I believe that most new houses will be built using screw piles. Unfortunately, being a bit ahead of the curve means it may cost you a bit more than people in the future. Regards Jim

Imagine going to court. Please judge, can I remove a tree? Judge, I don't know. Do you own a chainsaw, and have any skills?...... Well that's not the issue judge. The problem is that I'm a bit of a muppet. I've designed a house, and to enable me to build it more cheaply, I need to chop down One of my neighbours trees.......The old judge would be dining out on that one for years.... And guess what. The judge would be confirming that you were indeed a muppet.

Also be aware that doors that open either in or out, in pvc or aluminium will effectively have different threshold heights even when using the same frame profile.

I do like to play the devil. However, i once had to pay on behalf of a client £45k for a strip of land 8 inches wide x 45 foot. It ment the client could build 2 houses instead of One. That's life. A professional planner would have either designed something suitable around the existing tree, or flagged it at the start and said, "Are you aware, that could cost you" whilst pointing at said tree. And come on Peter, how can somebody be considered selfish for planting a tree, years ago, in his own garden, when there was no building next door ! I did notice the wink, so i know you were not being serious. Would anybody on here let the builder next door, have free access over there drive, or join up to there sewage system. If there are people on here that would do that, then sorry, but that makes you a mug.

Welcome. It can be fun here. Once you find a plot you will be asked to ensure that you design in some walk on glazing. Don't worry, the chap in question is a strange type, and most people either just humour, or ignore him.?

As Jeremy said above. Not a need for the old gravel.

As you said Joe. Nobody can actually walk down the grass verge, because in effect it is a ditch. If i set my gates back, say 6mt to allow for a large car to completly pull off the tarmac onto the drive, i won't be blocking the visibility of any cars coming up or down the road, and any walkers have to walk on the tarmac, so i would'nt be blocking them either. The crossover is already there. For me it's all about putting in a set of gates above 1mt high to stop all the nosey sods walking past looking in.

This thread is making me laugh. Somebody bought a piece of land, and designed a house, which they put in for planning permission They did all of that knowing that the tree on neighbouring land was there, and would be a problem. They now expect somebody to be happy to remove, or have the tree removed. Please answer me this One question. WHY SHOULD HE ? ........."I won't be giving him any £10k" ...........Fine then you crack on and move your house somewhere else. Why do you all think the owner of the tree needs, or should do anything ? The owner, and the tree were there a long time before matey came along, and designed a house that he is now going to struggle to build. Who is really at fault here ? My £10k offer now expires in 28days. It then becomes £12k for 28 days, etc, etc. And building that close to the Boundary.....Don't expect any access, scaffolding etc......which i can arrange.... for a fee.

They just don't respond. Perhaps i should write again, but even if they do respond it will simply be "Needs permission, which due to the wankers on the P.C. will take forever. They are the worst council i have ever had to deal with.

No indication Ferd. unfortunately, the council don't know. It is a tarmac B road. They don't know if they own just to the edge of the tarmac, or also a portion of the verge.

Drive not moving Peter. I just want to put in taller gates.

I don't intend putting a new entrance in. The entrance is already there. Highways, don't have a clue what they own unfortunately.

I come back to my point. Two new trees, and £10k. Problem solved, and cheaper than your re-design and need for a new planning application.

Tell your neighbour "If you have got a problem with the noise now, wait till i move the 8 dogs in" Tell them you will make it up to them with an invite to the first sex party.

I could be wrong, but i thought that BR required that kitchen extraction had to be to air ???? Not recirc.