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baza31
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1st Jul 14 at 22:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yeh it's certainly dodgy . I only hit internal wall foundation .the external is roughly another foot or two deeper . I half expect to go for a piss in middle of night open bathroom door and to fall into garden.
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Are you doing this to building regs? or just as a room to crash in


Well I'll do it right but not informed building control . I intend on selling the house so the new owner can do whatever they wish with it . Like when I did the loft conversion I took pics of all the steps incase anyone wants to get retrospective planning
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31
quote:
Originally posted by Rob_Quads
Are you doing this to building regs? or just as a room to crash in


Well I'll do it right but not informed building control . I intend on selling the house so the new owner can do whatever they wish with it . Like when I did the loft conversion I took pics of all the steps incase anyone wants to get retrospective planning


I do believe it cannot be advertised as a habital space until BC have signed it off. Like a loft conversion. It is a 'room' until BC agree, then it can be classed as a bedroom.

Common sense wise, if I came to buy it, and you said to me, this due to BC is just a room, but we used it as a bedroom. I would think, shit, I can use this as a bedroom
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Yeh your right . One of the reasons I didn't bother with this or the loft is that they would of changed my council tax band . As for saying it's a 3 bed or a 4 bed who asks ? Every time I have bought or sold I have never questioned or be questioned. I'll tell the estate agent it's got four bedrooms and whoever views it will have to make their own mind up
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IMO thats the wrong way to go about it.

If you advertise as a 4 bed when solicitors ask for all the paperwork they will expect BC completion certificate for any extensions / alterations. If its not there then it will get flagged and you may have to pay for indemnity insurance to cover the lack of BC for it or you might loose your buyer.

Personally if I was buying it and it flagged that it didn't have BC to me that say 1 thing. They have cut corners.

If you are doing it properly then getting BC is only a few extra £100

[Edited on 03-07-2014 by Rob_Quads]
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quote:
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Are you not meant to have two means of escape from a habitable area? Fire regs?


could claim "Heaven" or "Hell" I guess
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George clarks amazing spaces on ch4 Thursday had a house that turned the basement in a mini Vegas. Was really good. Worth watching on 4od
Lots of tips


That was an amazing space he did on that. Seems the big thing at the moment is the reinforced glass in the floor by a window.
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Just started back on this. Lugged out 12 or so huge slabs with two of us , mega hard work. Then out come jackhammer and went down another 3 inch further than before, this doesn't sound much but it took a lot of buckets. My garden is now about a foot higher and full of shale. Today I got the dpm down and the trusty ready mix wagon arrived at 12. Tamped it all down but it's still piss wet thru and not ready to float up. I have a funny feeling it's going to be a midnight job which has fucked my plans on getting pissed. I will try upload pics

[Edited on 14-03-2015 by baza31]
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That would be getting cut in half and then what's left placed a gallon container of diesel.
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What do you mean ? I'll upload more pics later am hung over CBA going down there yet
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Sorry, I'm referring to the tree root!
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Just thinking about this, any of those walls abut a neighbouring property?
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What's that got to do with anything? Just curious
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quote:
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What's that got to do with anything? Just curious


Party Wall Act.
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quote:
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Sorry, I'm referring to the tree root!



Do you think that would work?
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quote:
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
What's that got to do with anything? Just curious


Party Wall Act.



Yes it does but I don't really care , it's done now and in. He also did the same in his.
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Was just going to say, 9/10 nothing needs to be done and most neighbours are fine, just helps in case there is a problem.

[Edited on 16-03-2015 by spencer88]
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It'll be ok, he did look at me a little funny the other day when we was bucketing rubble out but it'll be right. As soon as this is done it's going up for sale anyhow
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quote:
Originally posted by baza31




Is it level or is it just the lights making it look like a bouncy castle?


quote:
Originally posted by baza31
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Sorry, I'm referring to the tree root!



Do you think that would work?


100%

Also if you ever need to get rid of a Rhododendron Hydrochloric acid injected into the root base works a treat
baza31
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It's the shitty lighting. It's bang on level
baza31
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How much diesel does it take and over how long to kill them?
DaveyLC
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Only a little bit.. Takes ages to kill a tree through, the longer you can leave the root submerged the quicker if will die.
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I'll try that

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