Ferdinand

Belt, braces, underpants, and a jockstrap.

Axonometric, please.

In my book: don't touch this with a bargepole. Before long you will probably need 250-270mm insulation in the loft anyway to meet your EPC D or C requirement, which is most likely coming down the track for 2030 and 2025 respectively. I have a couple of setups - my normal rule is that lofts have 250mm of insulation in them, as it has been mainly free for years and therefore completely nuts not to do as part of 1st renovation. If it has that in it they can't put stuff up there without being stupid or reckless. I don't normally fit loft ladders so there can be no claim that access is encouraged (H&S potential liability in case someone falls through). The exception setups are one property where the boiler was up there before I bought it, so I installed an OSB walkway over the bottom insulation to the boiler, with a removable section of top insulation over it, and a notice on the wall above the loft hatch for gasmen. And a bungalow with a small fitted storage area and a high quality loft ladder; there is a bit of service gubbins and spares up there too, and it happened in a floor out drains-up reno without me having a say. T does not use it. And one where they asked me for a proper storage loft, as they were having a third sproglet and the dad's fishing gear and other things were being 'temporarily filed'. Used loft legs over the normal 250mm of insulation and created proper storage and a designed base for a ladder in a cupboard. Very long term tenants. Some LLs have a "no storage in loft" clause in the contract, or even padlock it. I have not gone that far, for reasons of emergency access etc. In your circs I would spend the small amount of £££ to put the correct insulation in, and literally "bury" the issue. You can sell to T as an upgrade, and lower bills should help keep T. Or go the whole hog and make a loft room if you want to upgrade the house (current grants can apply?), and it adds up. But then you will need to remove T. F

Which one is the typo? ie How big is the gap?

+1 Ask them in writing to supply you with a copy of the Wayleave or Easement. With luck they will reply saying "none exists to our knowledge". I think you can probably just serve notice for them to remove them, though that is not something to do without some thought first. Their offer of £2000 - you have it in writing, yes? (If not, get it in writing) - is effectively an admission that there is an issue, so perhaps a glimmer of light. There could also be a "dangerous installations" angle somewhere in this. Just to be clear - it sounds as though someone may end up spending 5 figures. F

That just went up from 35cm to 350cm didn’t it? In that case you need to talk to whoever owns the land in the gap. On the footpath The Ramblers of Cycling UK might be interested it actually goes some where, as I think it takes 20 years of obstruction for it to disappear. For the Ramblers you would want the nearest Footpaths Secretary. I hope this is a plot of opportunity rather than one you have paid 50-100k for.q Ferdinand

if you are concerned I would suggest sketching the requisite number of rows of tiles onto your elevation or 3D view if you have one. Should give something of a sanity check. The small cottage I used to live in had been done with inappropriately large pantiles , and there were only SEVEN rows on each side of the roof. Made it look like a dolls house. Ferdinand

If anyone is interested in this area, there is usually a committee at County Council Level called something like "Rights of Way" Committee that are often looking for co-opted members. It is one of the key places to be represented if you are eg interested in cycle routes. Quite often consulted for Planning Apps on various strategic schemes - eg stuff being done by Network Rail. F

Real men make their own blueberry muffins at home. From their own blueberry bushes. Pshaw! I will have blueberry muffins in 2 years. As they say in Dublin: Omnia bona expectantibus eveniunt. * F ( * Doesn’t work with sex or absinthe.)

Agreed. I think that is not a reason for invalidating the validation.

It's quite possible that I have the wrong acronym, and could mean EPDM, but I mean the long lasting sheet that is used for the best pond liners and also used for roofs. Someone will be along in a minute with the correct thing,

Never knew that. Long, thin backsides in NZ.

If you want a work space, think about a further use for the storage container you are inevitably going to end up buying ?. My dad built an entire house from fibreglass ("modular house"), and also used to make grp fake-pantile-panels for roofs, but I don't know enough to really get into this debate at a technical level. I think there's a thread somewhere where a forum member built a tent over his grp roof that had only half worked, in order to do the recovery in semi comfort. [Update. It was @andyscotland, and there are 2 threads: Problems with GRP roof: Scaffold tent to help recovery: My suggestion: Play it safe or go for something like HDPE or corrugated tin if you won't play it safe. Don't mess with Mr In-Betweem on this. Ferdinand

The other thing I would do is FOI internal correspondence if I thought it was going to get very tricky, and / or do a Subject Access Request. It will take 28 days to get the info back, but it would be useful to have in the bank, and may help later. FOI is what dotheyknow.com. SAR is personal information under Data Protection. Ferdinand

What's the regulatory planning environment there? For me it isn't a response to the context. F

I would find the same page for another planning app, then edit your number into the web address. Then check for it on Google Cache and Archive.org (wayback machine), in case it has registered. It might be worth a baffled email to your local councillor if nothing can be found out. At least they need to give an explanation so it can be addressed. Ferdinand

I don’t that comes under “look, a squirrel”, and is not a pertinent planning matter. ?

Don’t worry.. we are just being sarcastic.

Pretty much, yes. Though interior layout is not usually a relevant planning matter; only for the possible impact on the amenity of other residents. So if you have a picture window where you can see next door's bedroom they may demand frosted glass. Building Control may have views though. I think others have described how little material you can actually often submit.

Assuming you have done the broker breadth of market thing, then that would perhaps be an ali-shuffle and get the lower money on extending or remortgaging on an existing house to finance, if possible.

You won't know what you can get until you ask.

I take it you have a full structural survey in your hand? If not it is a small (relative) amount of money (£400-£700?) to have done - and if you are commissioning it you can ask for information on particular questions, recommended repairs and their costs, and a formal valuation taking this into account. Ferdinand

Technically it is called "with matters reserved" (ie reserved to be talked about at the later stage), and the applicant can reserve what they want. It is quite common eg to leave everything reserved except for the number of dwellings and the entrance, layout as these are the details which if they weren't there would devalue the plot. In a self-build context that might be eg "200sqm 4 bedroom house" and entrance plan. As that is the stuff the vendor needs to maximise their benefit. In my case we did a full suite of everything - including proposing planning gain contributions exactly in line with Council policy, as the driver was getting it through before they wrote it out of their emerging local plan and poleaxed it for 15 years. Ferdinand

On the other hand, you can currently get 5 year fixed rate money at well under 2%.

Isn’t that drunk scientist in horticultural Latin?