Righto, time for a slight update on whats happening around here, and some more stupid questions.
Firstly, fence. Were getting there, finally. The neighbor on the right has agreed happilly to play along, goody, the owner of the flats on the left hasnt got back to me, that section of the fence is short and reasonably cheap so im just going to cover the whole thing, frOck it. The old lady on the left back is still being an absolute Daisy Chain. Now she wants a frOcking nib wall as well, so i've had to get onto the fencing mob to try to get a new quote. This also has to go through all of her tree roots etc, im really unimpressed, but, im trying to get something sorted this week. Hopefully hopefully.....
Apart from that the yard is looking reasonably clean, didnt get any picks but its coming along nicely. Basically widdled all the stuff from around the yard i dont want down now.
The shed is also reasonably clean now, with exception of the LJ pulled apart again across two bays and another engine half pulled down taking up another bay, i kinda have enough room for three cars again haha (plus the two in there now)
Dad has purchased a little caravan type thing on a double plot in a caravan park, permanent majigy, havnt seen it yet but he seems pleased, so he will be moving out in a bit under two weeks. This free's up a lot of space on my end, and i'll be able to use his room to stack everything i dont want in the other rooms whilst i start working around the house.
I"ve been fairly thinking about what i wish to do to the house, being pretty broke isnt helping so its not going to be anything fast, and have a pretty good idea, but recently i've been thinking about something else....
Council approval. According to the council plans my house still has an outdoor toilet. The shed is there luckilly. The area built in around the outhouse which is currently the laundry type area and the pergola are not on the council plans.
What should i do about this? The laundry type area and a form of the pergola have been there for like 30 years now, we have had council inspectors etc around looking at the shed and that kinda thing and no one has picked up on it, but before i go spending money on those areas i thought i should get some other oppinions.
Whats the go with council approval on such a thing? Whole area is asbestos sheeting so im guessing that would be a downer from start, im assuming they would class something like this as a "new structure" even though its been there forever?
should i try to get it approved? Should i just leave it? Should i do what i wish? Or should i knock it all down and start again with approval......These are the questions running through my head atm.
Been trying to catch up with a chippy mate, the lad who rebuilt the pergola about 20 years ago actually, about what would be involved with approval....
Few other q's burning in my mind atm, but thats the main one.....
Cheers.
I had a similar issue when I wanted to rebuild/ extend my lean-to. The house was built in 1910 so the council had no idea there was even a structure there. I'm guessing it started as an out house and eventually someone built walls around it and attached it the the main house.
All I ended up doing was demolishing it and rebuilding slightly larger. Have since put in applications for other structures which clearly show the re-built lean-to and it's dimensions and have all gone through without a problem.
These day's with google earth, it would be very easy to prove that the structure has always been there and it's not your fault the council didn't keep good records from the past.
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