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Can't resist their original video. Sorry. Stay out of the Jacuzzi. An Uzi is less deadly.

My more serious comments are: 1 - I have a Zarges Reachmaster, which is a touch more expensive than yours but probably more convenient. Recommended, and very portable. Mine has corner braces. 2 - I bought it from the Buildhub Marketplace. Try putting a request there. Someone may be all scaffold-towered out, or have finished the bits they need it for.

Fine. Just don't bend over backwards from your knees. Solved. Your other option is to get one that is inside a bouncy castle.

Sorry - I meant that was the time for the Appeal. The Plannign App took about 7 months from submission, but we used tricks such as doing a Unilateral Declaration not an S106, and were geared for speed.

The only one I've ever done - for a 100 unit housing estate - took under 8 weeks.

I did this back in 2013 with a very similar Wayleave agreement, and a lot more equipment. In our case it was dated to something like 1956, and we needed to give 12 months notice of our intention, and then would need to give 6 months notice for them to actually remove the equipment. There's a detailed thread here, with much advice, including a couple of success stories: My suggestion is, initially, just give notice strictly in accordance with the agreement, with no suggestions or promises or offers possible hostages to fortune. This will wake them up. It's a right you hold that you are simply enforcing; keep it simple and don't complicate. Except perhaps add a "please do contact us if you need to have a further conversation" - make anything about 'necessary wayleaves' or any 'but but buttery' something they bring up when they already under notice requiring removal. I think there is a distinction between supply to you and carrying supply across your land. The Wayleave will only apply to the supply across your land, but if the supply is also (or has been) to your plot in the form of an office building, you may be able to argue that they should replace it as it exists already, ('since 19xx'). They may get ruffled, but at that stage each thing you point out will tip them towards wanting a simple answer. I don't think you have actually told us how much kit the pole is actually carrying. One of your levers is that it is far easier for them to relocate it within your plot than have to find an alternative route, or pay to do loads of paperwork dealing with all your issues. You could eventually say something like "we will let you keep it down the edge of our plot if a) it goes underground and b) you agree to install our lecky supply as part of the agreement and c) a new wayleave agreement has terms acceptable to us and maybe even d) You cover our out of pocket expenses. In this case you need to consider future maintenance access, and also if an underground cable would compromise any part of your build.

I don't actually see why an Election would hold these up - they are decisions made by Inspectors following planning law. The only reason would be to cater for the call-in process by the Secretary of State, but in the UK Ministers stay in post throughout the Election then change over happens like the flick of a switch. But the report is in the Telegraph which for me is now a red flag requiring a reliable source, as I observe them including more entirely fictional pieces as reporting or news.

I'd advise choosing your words carefully, and talking more about sustainable drainage than GCNs. Perhaps have words in the landscape plan that give you a trim or an out if you turn out to need it, whilst mentioning it up front. And perhaps build it towards the end. I'm not sure what happens if GCNs appear when you still have 5 years to go on building the house, and someone notices.

A pedant writes: Are these numbers sound? My gas to electricity simple price per unit ratio is 25.49p/kWh to 6.44p/kWh, which is 3.95 not 4.8. Is this some strange average calculation involving standing charge? And do these use A2AHPs or just ASHPs? My impression is that even though UK ASHP pumps are soaring from a low base, there are a lot of people buying A2AHPs as they cost a fraction of the amount.

Thanks. Can you quote the model name or number for me?

My neighbour is about to have a large reduced, and the branches are overhanging my roof. Can anyone suggest a camera I could use to keep an eye on the operation. I trust the N and his arboriculturalist, but it's my roof .. and I want belt and braces just in case. Thanks

Insufficient drainage so it's going into the adjacent bit of driveway and washing away sub base?

I'd say all of it is key, and the toilet pan is a relatively minor issue - that can be replaced in half a day for a couple of hundred. Getting the basics right is more important, and things like handrails, grabrails and accessible taps (single leaver, easy to reach, low effort - whether singles or a mixer) are of benefit to everyone so should be included anyway. More fundamental things need more thought - what if you don't have room to back a wheelchair next to the loo, or to turn it round? Or if you have water pipes running where in future you may need to put a Hitler Trombone on the wall? I was limited with putting a floor flat shower in one bathroom because I would have had to dig up the underfloor heating in the slab to fit the drain - so it is still up a small step. That means no wheel-in shower. It always all about taking advice, taking time to think and scenario-plan now and in the future, then allowing for or making the choices you may need.

I think it depends on your requirement. (Update: wildcard - may be appropriate if you or the boss are basketball players.) If you are going to want one *somewhere* for the sake of having one, then I'd put it in the bathroom which is accessible - when we moved in to ours the shower was upstairs, and bathroom downstairs, so just as she needed a shower not a bath mum was required to walk upstairs - which was loopy and we re-did both bathrooms. Silly decision by the previous owners. If you know that you will need one (eg disabled or elderly person who needs it), fine - it's a nobrainer. The temporarily adaptive alternative is usually a high-rise seat, or a seat in frame that stand over you loo - this sort of thing. It's really horses for courses - if you have a continuing requirement, then I'd consider your whole shower / washing etc setup from that angle. If you have the luxury of an extra loo or shower room, then perhaps put on in the one you make your "adapted" shower room. I wrote a series of about 6 articles about some of this over on my blog : "Accessible Ablutions". You can generally navigate it, but may need to search a little: And also a forum thread: