Ferdinand

The staircase technique ?.

They would imo do a valuation as if the alterations had not been done, or as if they had and take off any estimated necessary work. ie In practice value as 2 bed + attic storage room. In practice valuations are very broad brush however. F

If the "extension" is the loft room, then you are better using "loft conversion". Extension usually means a new bit built on as new space - will confuse people. You need to regularise as described above. If it fails BR, then there would be an amount of remedial work if that can be done, or it would legally remain a non-habitable room. ie storage or possibly hobbies. I am not sure of the legal position wrt lodger landlords, but for a standard LL it is a huge no no. Sorry - but the regulation at buy / sale is quite tight now - I think you will have to declare the status on the PIF form to your solicitor (Property Information Form), and sign it. For the Floorplan, those are just things you draw or have drawn. AFAIK there is no legal "floorplan", which are why ones from an Estate Agent usually look like a different house.

You missed out "lots of space".

Clear silicone - decent quality. Small bead just inside both edges then you can take them off with a Stanley blade or similar. I do quadrant against skirtings like that if I may need to remove it.

Your other option is to plan a self-build for a few years on. If a first time buyer you can still aiui get 25% interest free loan plus grant towards a newbuild, which may be a possibility. F

Not quite OT, but close enough. I had a recommended interior designer to redesign (not renovate, though a periodic decorating cycle was subsumed in the project) a big student house last year. The most challenging aspect probably was to negotiate changes to a more comprehensive proposal than I was after, to something rather more modest in budget terms. But to do it in a way that put the budget where I was happy with it, but still gave the ID a project that had enough meat on it to be satisfying professionally and did not unduly affect the proposed look. Suspect that always happens and IDs always expect a few "buts and cuts", just as architects do because they deliberately stretch it to show where they see potential. In the event we rescoped and renegotiated slightly to reduce the budget by about 30%, which worked for both sides. Ferdinand

Howdy-doody. Welcome.

I think we need this thread. At present in mine (1.8m x 2.6m): 2 doors either side (which some fool made offset so it is a zig zag walk) Single sink Washer Boiler Storage for lots of household and garden bottles and chemicals Long term food storage Cleaning things ... brushes, hoover etc. Extras for the future (2m x 5m ish): Tumble dryer. Space in kitchen required for second dishwasher. Pulley .. maybe. 2nd freezer. Power tool storage .. maybe. More worksurface for "not kitchen" jobs - things like operations with opening cans of paint, dealing with produce etc. Maybe wine fridge. Provision for lift, which I don't currently have. Real broom cupboard. And you? F

That's really really good to see.

There are a few on here with a Utility Room *and* a Boot Room. I'm just planning (eventually) an approx 2m x 5m utility. Will cost me a bit off the long garage, but I need the dryer in there to create room for a second dishwasher, and a second freezer, and want somewhere very secure for power tools and space for a potential lift, and that is the only convenient place.

Back in the 1980s we used to have the folding ironing board built in in a special drawer. The issue was it had to be kept out until dry.

That's quick - good job.

Look up the one across the road on your Council website, and take advice from their consultant. Name should be on the D&A doc if there is one, reports and the entrance schematic. Planning consultant, highways consultant, or both. You may even be able to reuse most of their work. And you should be home and dry before long. F

Are we still critiquing this cabinet? My only criticism is that of the colours of the rainbow, Violet is missing. Which means that some poor child is in the future going to be tricked into believing that Richard Of York Gave Battle In Hotpants. And repeat it at school.

That is unfair to the point of being libellous. Shall report you to the Admin. Oh, you are the admin... Doesn't @ProDave keep his downstairs bathroom in there? Different thread required.

A jammed PRV did for Three Mile Island ?.

I would go for "owner" rather than "freeholder". The latter has a slight "Freeman of the Land" feel about it, which is code for slightly nutty to many. I'd also send your Bats stuff to the Bats Conservation Trust, and ask them to weigh in. That may inluence the Council to emphasize nature and trees more. (Love the "pippip". Expecting "old fruit" to be added in a Wooster voice.) F

No they can't just do it. There's a fairly rigorous legal process, probably in the 1947 (ish) Planning Act, plus a lot of case law since. And subject to the requirements of Judicial Review. I think eg the property acquisition budget for HS2 Phase 1 is somewhere north of 3 billion.

There have been plenty of similar developments before, involving densification of estates, and oppositions thereto. Elephant and Castle is perhaps one. And Earls Court has been another. In this case the residents have voted in favour of redevelopment, and aiui you are one of the "council house purchasees" who are presumably in a minority overall. My practical suggestions are: 1 - Network with others in a similar position, if you know some. Perhaps you could work jointly for legal advice etc. One of the complications is that you are a minority group, and the stance you take. 2 - Finding them may be a problem. You may have to break cover for that. I doubt whether the Council will tell you due to DP laws. Something more trad like a postcard in the newsagent with a mobile or asking a communist activist may work better. 3 - Perhaps get your local news blog to cover the issue and your viewpoint. I don't mean Londonist, I mean something more like the Kingston version of https://brixtonblog.com/ . 4 - Check your paperwork for any conditions or rights for the Council related to future repurchase rights. 5 - You need to watch being buried under, or framed by, political activists. Previous politics around such regenerations have been vicious, and to a degree framed from outside. Though that is perhaps countered by the resident consent. I get the impression that these projects are now a little less vigorous politically. May be wrong, though. 6 - Remember that the London market is generally down now and for a couple of years, probably, so consider that when thinking about dates of valuations and future purchases. 7 - Think about what you actually want to achieve - but you are already. I'm generally of the view that developers may not make a huge windfall from this - the Council will use everything they can to bleed them white. Not directly pertinent, however. Suspect that at whatever point you get something you think is a nearly reasonably good offer, it may be wise to take it rather than taking many years of heartache. (Update: It's fun watching somebody write a letter online ? ). F

EU has withdrawn .eu domain from anybody not living in the EU. Yes @newhome I think it is there in its entirety. And to think he put it on Mayfly in case Buildhub vanished like Ebuild ?.

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It will be removed if the LL wants it removed, I would think. F

Portable crane by the sound of it.

A further option is a secondhand site office or portable building, which come with insulation and power already installed. I once saw a small one 8'x20' from just down the road on Ebay that had been a dance practice studio for someone's teenager, and went for £600 complete with wooden practise dancefloor and disco ball. F