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Also if you go to the planning portal and search for your house there might be a drawn section there, unless the extension was done under permitted development.

Looks to me like you’re looking at the bottom of the original roof, and there’s a roof pitch change for the extra corridor part. Could this be the answer?

I always think architects asking planning consultants just makes people think you don’t know anything about planning. On the other hand it’s quite pro-active. I have worked places where they will give you a free site appraisal, no strings attached. It’s not always some kind of trap or red flag. Just don’t pay anything unless you’ve asked for it explicitly. If it’s just an introduction and quick chat, no problem.

I love those RedRhino! There are some in Amsterdam that are great too, but I just like how the ones you posted are similar but so unique. I hate the cookie cutter houses. You also could head to Graven Hill in Bicester for a british version of this for inspiration. I’ve designed a few for there and I think it all turned out quite interesting. Bit of a mess but lots of ideas.

The foul drain might be an issue, it’s only for circumstances which mean you absolutely can’t use a soakaway and you absolutely need permission to do this. I’d avoid it as being flooded with foul water isn’t a joke! Might need a trapped gulley if so?

A gulley drain, aco, leading into a drain outlet? You might even be able to do a french drain in the flowerbed or something, if you can’t move the soakaway to the lawn. It’s hard to know without the plan and the planning implications. I wouldn’t stress about it, it’s not a major issue and it’s rarely even checked from what I can tell.

Can anyone translate what that means? I keep reading it and it just deeply annoys me for some reason! I think it’s the incorrect grammar and tone. It’s like someone pretentious trying to sound clever after a few glasses of wine??? Potton was never a pretentious company. I don’t understand what potton is anymore, do they have designers or timber frame anymore? What even is the company now… what a shame, I really liked Potton.

Oh wow, nice congrats and how exciting. Look forward to seeing that.

Haha! I guess it’s me but he knows what he likes, and has some pretty solid design rules. Lots! Mainly films and so was thinking of a cinema room. Rather than a pull down tv, maybe a projector or something? Maybe that would work. Or maybe it swings from here? (I did an AI version) I really love all these ideas.

Hi! I’m also converting a bungalow, looking forward to seeing what you plan and do!

Yes I could shuffle it all down there, maybe get another sofa so it doesn’t make the room look unbalanced? I thought it was an ok room but once you think about furniture it’s a daft room with too many doors.

It’s not explicitly banned, but you’re talking a very expensive and different approach to it than those on the continent. It’s basically a legal nightmare, for everyone involved, forever. It probably wouldn’t pass your gateway 2 submission and raise a lot of red flags with the BSR and all the golden thread. At the moment we have materials like pipes and conduits that aren’t tested for certain applications, so you can imagine where plants and their watering systems, waterproof membranes etc are. Proving that can’t go wrong and the plants won’t die and burst into flames in the summer, impossible. It might be easier to get it on commercial buildings, so nice facades aren’t out the window yet, pun not totally intended.

Hi all, we are renovating and can’t seem to agree on this room. It has a fireplace which we would like to keep, and doors on three sides. Obviously the tv does not go above the fireplace… right? I don’t want to watch tv with my head at an angle, so what else can you do? Is it just impossible? Partner says he just wants a tv room, then what’s the point of the living room? Any ideas?

No worries, it’s been the bane of my life for some time now. NN is basically when you have an area where the powers that be have deemed the rivers are at risk of being overloaded with nutrients, and so they have effectively banned new housing in those areas. They are quite significant areas of the country. The same powers are working to a solution, which is to have housebuilders give money to the government to give to farmers. Nominally to buy ‘credits’ much like the ecological credits for biodiversity. So my main problem with this, is the excess nutrients in the river are caused mostly by the runoff from fields, *caused by farmers.* I don’t think one off self-builders especially should be punished for what is happening, when they only contribute minimal wastewater which is treated by sewage treatment plants anyway. The whole thing is a scam.

So we can build more houses. I think it’s a con and it’s punishing the wrong people and not solving the problems.