Ferdinand

I think that passive surveillance and eg active frontages are in the last several versions of planning guidance nationally, and may be in the policies of your Council, which would make them planning considerations. F

Has your PP now been determined? Problem is that now it involves new applications to change it, unless you can creatively meet your conditions. Caught me out when the Planning Officer abracadabra’d a cripplingly short time restriction onto a business change of use on the last morning, without talking to *anyone* about it, despite having been in discussion for months; CoU was about a third of the agreed lease length. First I saw was the decision notice. Broke the payback period for the project and made us engage in expensive lease renegotiations. F

The ONLY things that are perfect and square are probably squares.

Is thIs one of these zombie pieces of paper that only exists because an official needs an arse-covering document mandated by a nonbinding internal orocedure that no one has ever heard about except Geraldine or Ferdinand who wrote it as part of a make-work assignment during a student placement in 199x? It reminds me of being asked for a “Drying Certificate” after an insurance claim wrt a water leak. If no one knows about it I would knock one together in word, and get it signed by your architect if they will or digger driver / demolition person as ‘Demolition Contractor”, and/Or yourself, and just send it in, with weasel-words like: ”We confirm that the demolition, for which notice was given on X by Method Y (mention the notice you gave them) was completed on date Z”. If if there are any specific regs they will presumably tell you at that stage. Or you could ask the Council person to send you a blank one to fill in. F

interestingly different situation. For me the big risk is a not-good job and unhappy tenants. I need it done well and reliably in a single hit by someone who had good diplomacy skills. F

I do that very rarel6y these days, even if they ask unless it is a small job or favour of just a couple of hours ... but as a LL I offset against tax for normal maintenance, which makes it more rewarding for both sides to keep it the right side of the sheets anyway.

Hourly rates here would be perhaps 15% below Jeremy’s quotes,depending on busyness, deals and whether the customer is a regular etc. Perhaps a plus or minus 10% tolerance on that. Less for cash in hand, of course. Ferdinand

Ihave been a bit in 2 minds on all season tyres *and* 4x4, but looking back over the last several years I have had circs where I would benefit from both. On the Derbyshire borders, and I aspire to a weekend retreat in the sticks ? . This is the undulating bit of Notts ... not the southern flat wussy bit where 4 snowflakes stop the traffic. And who knows, I ma6 need to travel to the ski chalet in Switzerland. Also you get more towing limit and better towing ability , which may be important. I am more inclined to cover eventualities when it is planned as a many-years car.

The last washer I abandoned on the street was taken away in a Rover 100.

Yes. Forever rubbing itself in circles.

I do not have the space for an auto-graveyard. Had to deal with one of those .. 3 x NSU RO80 plus a 40ft artic trailer ... when dad passed on. No one wants RO80s. Think of the children ?. F

If you were not converting, you may be able to get traditional loft insulation done for free. If you are converting to habitable space then I would try and do it on the slope. The best way would probably be from the outside if and when you replace the roof. If non habitable space, then round the room may be easier. In any case except my first para it may be worth using scaffold and going in that way.

Miaow. ? it Is possible that I am a refugee from Red Dwarf, but presumably in the current culture cats are only allowed to be played by actors who self-identify as felines.

You are right.Poundland just had a close call.

The mountain has laboured and I provisionally ordered my molehill. Left it alone for a few weeks and came back to the issue when clear of clutter at the end of the quarter. I have gone for a Skoda Superb Estate 150bhp TDI SE Executive with 2WD or te 190bhp version with 4wd. Either will give me loadsaloadspace, 50mpg ish and 2 tonnes of towing, which will do the basic things well. I think it will be the 4wd version as It would niggle for years if I had turned out to need it and not bothered. And I also get some really useful stuff - fold flat passenger seat and a nice system of Velcro load retainers. It turns out that with the appropriate software there are various features that can be turned on electronically, as for a lot of cars these days. The interior colours are delightfully Germanic ... beige or black. You can get them in orange or bright greens and reds in places like the Czech Republic, but here it is mainly business so very sober. One question for the hub. Has anyone been able to get 4 season tyres fitted at the outset; this will come with summer tyres which would be Pirelli P0s or P7s, and I want something like Cross Climates. How did you work that if the OEM tyres are summer tyres? All season tyres are advertised, but on these cars I am aware that this is a translation confusion due to slightly different terminology, so I will do this aspect myself, and I do not want to end up with about £500-600 of Pirelli tyres sitting in my garage that I have to fire-sale on EBay. I would happil6 Trade th3m away for 60% of the best open market new price to a local tyre fitter for stock, but will need to wait until a 3-4 weeks before delivery to discuss that. Ferdinand

Presumably now reduced to 50p since Poundland have gone not gone bust . (Edit .. that was, apparently, Poundworld)

Good to see a plan :-). If you are doing crawl-space buggering-about it could be worth having a couple of things around: Mirror on a stick. Perhaps selfie-stick for piccies. The former is about £5 from Amazon or EBay. I don’t know about the selfie schtick since I have been staging a personal war on selfies for a decade or two. F

I don’t think we were told about the bubblegum. Could you not have the bubblegum suck to your drill and the screws stuck to the bubblegum? Who needs magnets...

What are your tastes? Cross-stich panels would work well. Or what about rough cork tiles as notice boards? Or furry carpet for that 70s look?

Can you get a regularisation certificate from a Private BCO?

They tend to leave the archives on Zoopla etc. If you go through the Prices options to your street the details will probably be linked from there.

I’m with @MikeSharp01 on this. For me screws in the mouth are an “ew” concept. I imagine falling over then having to have screws put back in to hold my teeth or jawbone together. If I still have my teeth I do not care how much longer it takes. F

If you do not intend to sell it as habitable space, then it will surely (?) not be very important if he declares it to be habitable space. If he declares it not to be so, you are either exactly where you are now, or know what you need to do to make it habitable. Otoh is it is habitable, then won’t your house be worth more? As a buyer, I would be looking for something where I knew the proven status, or making the worst assumption should you not be able to tell me. One way could be to ask a loft conversion company to quote for making it into bedroom x+1 . F

@nod has it. It is not about who does it; it is about making sure that an experienced person does. You want a working wet room not a learning experience. As to how you check that ... did you for example talk to previous customers who you can call back to ask about ishoos 2 years later? In all likelihood it will be OK. Could you start a conversation about how he has done it before, in your concern to find the right kit?

16mm is probably the thickness of the 2 layer stuff, so you may be in luck and have two lots of tube in one sheet. The single layer stuff is normally 10mm for polycarbonate if that is what this is. F