ToughButterCup

Love the style. That floor will be Hell to clean

I'll see your fancy sliding ThingAmyJig and raise you one of these ...... Yeah baby! I need one No, I need one . You just don't understand do you? Flounce.

This is exactly the type of thing which causes mature people like use to abuse the word 'need' in exactly the same way that our teenage children do, (and we didn't when teenagers ourselves)

@PeterW has forgotten more about windows than most of us will ever know. I think he may be on holiday at the moment. Wait until he gets back, Lucy. Ian

Our newts are stunningly beautiful, inoffensive creatures - we cherish them. The ecology sector on the other hand..... where professional judgement varies by individual practitioner despite clear licensing guidelines..... we despise.

Quick price check, please. We own two adjacent plots of land; Salamander Cottage and Number 1. Our new off mains processing thingamajig will be 'housed' on Number One's land. So we need a Deed of Easement for Salamander Cottage to inspect and maintain the tank. £500 + VAT plus Land registry fees. About right?

Yeah, right.

I think I'm right in saying that was at least part of the rationale for our successful application. Bless SWMBO for buying it in 1985.

But you wouldn't miss the midges.......

Many of us here are young-at-heart decrepit old farts; struggling with how things were done back then and how they are now, shaking our heads in sometimes gleeful disbelief. Downloadable coordinates accurate to a few mm, laser measurement accurate to fewer; overnight deliveries to a post code. And the fast disappearing art of common-sense checking. Hence we 'lost' 157mm recently, and over pressured delivery drivers steer themselves into the rat trap from Hell: our lane. As @Jack says, Old Skool's welcome. Add my welcome to the list. Ian

£600 for our private inspectors. Prompt, courteous, helpful. Very nice man. Very very nice man. No, honest!

Hello, and welcome. Looking back, the one thing I can say about planning a build: my taste changed over time - first we wanted a chocolate box house in a chocolate box hamlet, in a chocolate box bit of Lancashire. And we now have a passivhaus ( well nearly) under way.

Naaaah me neither. Should be load of local lads and Scouts washing dogs for that well known local charity : SpellCheckersRus

How long am I on holiday for? A weekend: don't bother to unpack; washing straight into a large air-tight poly bag in the suitcase. A week: I do unpack but I need somewhere to hang the 'washing' bag, and a stubbed-toe-safe-place to put the suitcase. Where can I put dripping wet running / walking / cycling kit so that I don't damage your property? Longer: all the above plus and ironing board and drying room, somewhere to hang Deb's dresses and a decent jacket and shirt Built in wardrobes are VAT efficient. Stand alones aren't.

No. But it's outrageous to charge for a Decision Notice. I mean realllllly, for a Decision Notice, reeeeaaaally? Auf die Barrikaden Jungs! Aux armes les citoyens! Up the Revolution Citizens! Freedom for Tooting!

Me too Peter.

@MikeSharp01, matron will be round soon. I'll give her a ring now. Till then, try and stay calm. Ian

You couldn't have put it better.

It was coded by a drunken, inky parrot. I haven't seen coding that sloppy for years. Ahhh, takes me back to the good ol' days.

Kubota

I walked into a French Foreign Legion recruiting caravan on our honeymoon (in Calvi, Corsica, home to the 15th Rep). And we're still married. I would have joined but the required haircut was too short.

This might interest you @Roger440

There's a job for you in Lancaster in a few weeks time, ..... and a pint. There's generosity for ya! Welcome.

A very valuable piece of paper. In relation to @vivienz's question, AFTER you have followed @Ferdinand's advice, look very carefully at the conditions attached to your planning permission, and read the ecology survey that informed that PP. It would also be a good idea to check what other very local PPs have required (if there are any within a mile or so) in relation to echolocating mammals. Read the ecology reports very thoroughly and then look at the responses of the the LPAs expert feedback (ecologist who works for the LPA). Read every single one of them. Why? In the ecology sector, expert opinion varies and a difference in opinion can make many thousands of pounds difference. I am still suffering the trauma, and will tell anyone who listens - on the basis of direct evidence - exactly what I think of the professional opinions of Ecologists. Luckily for you I've got a door to strip, paint and otherwise titivate. If you want chapter and verse, PM me when I have calmed down later today. Ian

The Moderation team has decided to lock this thread, principally because it has run its course: no new argument was being advanced. Thanks everyone for your interest and - if you did - your contribution.