Ferdinand

Disagree with @ProDave. Is Scotland different? My local authority told me that under 2m was OK in front of the building line. And the Planning Portal interactive house has a picture of a front fence with my above quote: https://interactive.planningportal.co.uk/detached-house/outside Check with your LA via the Duty Planner. Ferdinand

I think the complaint is probably wibble. There will be some distance which defines "next to a highway". Here I think if I put up say a 2m fence within 1m of a highway I might get called out on it if somebody complains. Perhaps call your Duty Planner to find out what that distance is where you are under a different name before calling the Enforcement Officer. If they continue to push, "I don't want people in the street watching my children" might help. BTW while it is growing have you considered putting a dog proof child proof 1m chain link barrier in the middle of your hedge for the future? (With a hole for the hedgehogs). Ferdinand

Sometimes. It is a Crossfit gym and I have a minority stake as investment was hard to find from banks etc. At the moment we are looking for a 5000 sqft unit in an incredibly tight market locally. We just had match funding for a further investment from the Council so need to be local. There is virtually nothing between 2k sqft and 7-8k without paying brand new rents or retail. I introduced them to the joys of the Planning System and Change of Use and how everything takes months in buildings.

Interesting. That is roughly what I have been told by a friend on the maintenance team at Sports Direct and what we had to build treatment rooms previously. I was hoping for a single longitudinally rigid material that I could attach at top and bottom with no need for a framework. If I am into strong stud frameworks then it will be 40-60 ukp per Sqm. I really want to be under 20 ukp per sqm. Large lightweight blocks might potentially be cheaper than that :-(.

The last time I failed to catch my 4kg wall ball when doing a WOD :-). I just tested it so 90 seconds ago. Suspect the material properties I need are those of asbestos roofing sheet minus the killing people feature. Ferdinand

I am looking at a warehouse / industrial unit with several bays (think northlight style sawtooth roof). I may need to divide off a bay with an internal wall. It does not need to be particularly robust - one side would be a gym so there may be the occasional stray medicine ball etc. The dimensions of the division are 4m high x 30m long. My initial thought was a corrugated materlal fixed at top at bottom since I can order that to length and use self-tapping screws. But normal 2mm or so metal roofing would dint too easily. Can anyone suggest a suitable material or alternative system? They must exist. Thanks Ferdinand

It does depend on who they are, and so on. I have Ts who I would trust and wouldn't, but i wouldn't fit one on the basic precautionary principle. If you are seriously looking at rental you could invite a Council Person to comment before you start. Smoke damage to house if they leave door open etc. But many modern people, never mind tenants, struggle with stuff more basic than that. All the 100 pages of rental paperwork will be good firestarters, mind. Ferdinand

Suspect that for all the accuracy you will get you can estimate the amount it puts unto the room by leaving it off and putting a stack of heaters on top,until it feels the same, then count the heaters. Leaving a stove to tenants is playing with fire .

Where are the Sheriff and the Enamel Mug? F

I go for East / South Kitchens (breakfast), South living rooms (or pref. triple aspects) - which maybe in the kitchen these days, and west bathrooms and bedrooms. And North facing conservatories.

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I believe they may be bathrooms, but even so they should be positioned the same on both bearing in mind sun etc.

Interesting new small close in the villlage of Blidworth - Belle View Lane. These are selling for £269k each. Not much of a Belle Vue from those neighbouring dormer windows. And so tight on the site. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/new-homes-for-sale/property-45368523.html Ferdinand

of course the bit of the post that needs the creosote is mainly the bit that goes underground !

I often use one of those Draper gardening kneeler seats which turns into a knee rest when upside down. Available from Amazon or elsewhere for £15 or less: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-Tools-GKS-Gardeners-Kneeler/dp/B001U7YHZG

That is interesting. Wickes have just made their terms less competitive and even with discount is now >£4 a bag.

The authorities could easily get you under the "Protection from Harrassment Act 1997 (As Amended)" for that, were they so minded, or you could be referred to the Council's community safety team. The tests for the former are laughably mild. and http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/40/section/1 IIRC it even has provision for the police to send you a "we have not proof that you are committing a criminal offence ... BUT" threatening letter. Given that it is all done with cars with registered owners etc, proof is hardly a problem. Stalking charges would also be a possibility. You could also get a "whatever-is-the-current-term-for-ASBO". Then you are into potentially losing eg the ability to do voluntary activities, as School Governors etc would run a mile if it starts coming up in eg Enhanced CRB checks. These laws tend to be applied inconsistently as it is usually reactive, so in response to complaints. Ferdinand

@hmpmarketing,I find myself largely agreeing with @Steptoe, except for the Direct Action to solve parking problems. I think the underlying cause here is the original plot divider not thinking it through. Suspect that for the sake of 3-4m and a slightly more complex driveway layout, he may actually have reduced the combined value of the plot plus the leaving the existing No 14 with a garden from Lilliput. Hey-ho. Ideally that may have been resolved at plot purchase stage, but there will be a good reason why that was not done. But ... what is the origin of that parking box? It does seem curiously positioned for something official - was it just put on by agreement between the neighbours at the two houses? The problem will be the difference between perception and legal reality, and perhaps what the vendor of No 14 told Mr Van Man when he bought it. Would it be helpful to check if the space was there before he moved in? Compare the dates from the Land Registry with your Google photo, I believe that the Planning Permission itself will not override anything to do with parking, as it doesn't in boundary arguments etc ("Nothing to do with me guv, we are just planners."), and that conversations will therefore be in the area of private expectations, Council parking rules, or the Highways area. I do not know what rights develop just by use of a parking space over a period on a public road (privately they will develop). But my experience in my planning application where we created a road junction was that Highways have a very high priority indeed in overruling other claims. Half a dozen houses on the other side of the road had believed for 30 years that the highway verge, which we knew had been there for road widening for nearly half a century, was part of their gardens. Our regional development company purchaser accepted a note from Highways plus an analysis of title deeds laid over a Highways Plan as sufficient. Suggestions? Two tracks 1 - Work out what you actually need to do the build, and co-ordinate with him wrt to moving the van which should perhaps only be needed for larger operations. 2 - It is either bite the bullet and make it be moved (which you can do) or find out whether you can live with it. That drive is about 4.2m wide, is it not (3 fence panels plus posts = 5.8-6m divided by sqrt(2) for the angle)? Does that give enough scope for 99% of future traffic? Can you just manage the exceptions? You could try letting him know what Highways said and saying you will see if you can refrain from making him take it away, but that feels as if it falls between 2 stools. If I was him I would be backing the van into my drive anyway to avoid theft of tools etc anyway if feasible. Is there scope for persuading him to put the van in the drive and the Landy on the road? Ferdinand * (Except for the direct action to solve the parking problem . In my observation that is likely to get all your door mirrors broken off by person or persons unknown.)

@Alexphd1 Ironically (!!!! :-o ) I know another one in the same general area. I think you really need a recommendation rather than just a name. Though you can expect to see past work. Visit your local horse-shop (ie tack 'n' stuff) or stables and ask them (watch out for 14 year old girls on Thelwell ponies), or ask the next person you see on a horse. Or perhaps talk to local wrought-iron gate fabricators, who can sometimes do and enjoy specials. Gates may be labelled with the fabricator. There are also people round who have a wider knowledge of equine matters and would know the reputation of blacksmiths. For example I know of one of our local horse-dentists. Personally I would be quite happy knocking on the door - "What wonderful gates. Who made them?". Ferdinand

Haha. Signs just received - thanks. Addressed to "Ferdinand" !

I wouldn't go there unless it is for things directly related to the space.

Worms usually. Reduces volume by 95%. http://www.aquatron.se/how-it-works/

Do you not need everyone else's permission for that, too?

An interesting one. At least 15 large wedding guests pose on staircase to balcony at Holiday Inn for photographs. I make it a load of perhaps 1500kg+. Staircase collapses. Are Holiday Inn liable? https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2978934/wedding-guests-rushed-to-hospital-after-10ft-plunge-when-staircase-they-were-standing-on-collapsed-during-celebratory-photoshoot/

Does Scotland have a version of these people? http://www.lease-advice.org/about-us/