Ferdinand

Sorry to hear that, but perhaps there is Plan B to be written. I'd perhaps say try not via Buildstore, as you seem to be in a position to look around, with your bungalow ready to gobble and PP in place. Why would Newcastle be your only lender? Do you have 3 heads? Or is there a good reason? Ecology BS?

Thanks all. Bugger.

This is really your call as the customer, if you are happy with the basis of your view.

I'd have thought all that tea and biscuits would generate considerable lavatorial activity...

Thanks.

On the deeds it is listed under "Property Register", not "Charges Register" - so I don't think it will be on there. But thanks.

I've been working though a Land Registry deed for a property I own today. And I came across this on the deeds, in the "Property Register" section. "(day.month.2017) An agreement dated dd.mm.2017 between (1) abc and (2) xyz Ltd relates to the south western boundary of the land in this title. Note: copy filed". How do I get hold of a copy of the "copy filed" agreement? Can I do it or does it need my solicitor? Ideally I need it within the next 48 hours. Thanks Ferdinand

What about normal gas? Unfortunately I don't need an oil pipeline, either. Can he build over drains or sewerage?

I wonder if that plays into recent licensing decisions in the UK? FF demand will never fall to zero, but can be mitigated. Consider the recent loopy controversy wrt the small coalmine in Cumbria, whilst Germany has 80 coalmines and will take into the 2040s for them to be phased out - plus a gas pipeline to Russia which can deliver nearly as much gas aiui as the UK's entire annual consumption.

A little idiosyncratic. I have a wayleave to install services across the 2.5m of next door's plot adjacent to my fence. What services (or provision for services) can I install 2.4m away from my fence to prevent a future extension coming too close? It's more complicated than that, but that is the basic question. Thanks Ferdinand

Thanks. Interesting.

I'm quite interested in this. Would it need a boundary drain if the driveway were permeable?

More seriously, trusses are designed to tight tolerances, so not too much. Your in situ beams may be labelled on the beam. Also, are they supported by an intermediate wall part way along, for example? But I don't see anyone taking a tonne of barbells up a loft ladder.

What is the weight of the things you currently have stored in your loft? And the area? @vcps2021 this amount should be OK ? .

If you have that level of capital available, then consider gobbling a bungalow, or getting something with a chunky garden - which are still available in London if you navigate the system. There are lots of historic ambiguities that create nooks and corners. The "hypoallergenic" house on Grand Designs was built on such a plot in Richmond. Quarter acre Plot with PP cost 675k about 10 years ago. https://www.granddesignsmagazine.com/grand-designs-houses/grand-designs-healthy-house/ There are quite a lot of other infills in London in GD.

Who is going to visit you with a coat to hang, btw? Or does it come in the category Third Party Presentee-ism?

Take the paint back to the stone (chemical?) and leave it as a bit of the house's history.

Watched the episode, and I quite like the house. In the landscape it reminds me of Stonehenge. I'm not quite clear where the 400 square meters went, except that the corridor is about 12-13% of the space. I'm quite appalled by the waste, however - throwing away more glazing units than were installed is shocking. And by the rather chaotic budget. Suspect they could have kept 95% of the attraction and only used 60% of the budget.

Go on holiday to Scotland and make your own.

Coat hooks are so 1990s.

Going a little off topic, however there are now various wet underfloor systems that will go into an 18mm thickness, suitable for use under a wooden floor. There are even ones that don't need to be overlaid with board. Info elsewhere on the forum. As ever with ufh, it is about the insulation underneath. F

Welcome. Seriously playing the self-build game in London is likely to mean capital / finance needs of *at least* 750k to a million in due course, depending on how good you are at it, and if you find windfalls or can be creative. Buying and improving can be better, as the market moves quickly sometimes and there are loads of people speculating to get richer off the tax breaks on their own house value, and an unstable market. You are a little out of London, so it may help for you to look further out or buy a wreck and look to replace with a newbuild later. Transport from some way out of London is quite good - especially look at places with travel by overground rail. One hint: look outside the London boundary, as two of the last three Mayors have been as mad as hatters (not telling which ?), and at some stage anyone inside the boundary but outside the centre will get financially heavily spanked. I have family 400m outside, and they thank their lucky stars several times a year. At present new people who live in the CC zone no longer get a 90% residential discount, so it costs £15 a day to drive at all except for exemptions. Electric cars stop being exempt in 2025. Currently there are conversations about extending charging quite some way. Far easier to raise charges rather than address costs. F

Sounds like it. Learning from the Olympic bicyclists .. marginal gains on gas usage.

I think I might link that to the level of resource Councils think they need to meet expectation, and that yes there probably is an expectation. Also interesting is a modest fall in qty of applications.

For a useable loft room architects usually say you need about 9ft at the apex. And that's without all those trusses. Storage with an insulated hatch (if it will fit) or leave alone.