Owning your own home

the end of the design process

ha!

sometimes it's easy. but, say your 1-10 plots, that turn out to be house nos. 26-44 in the street numbering. or maybe nos. 44 to 26 because of the direction of numbering which was maybe different from the direction of building. or halfway through the design the developer decides house 3 turns into 2 maisonettes, so you call them 3A and 3B or maybe 3 and 11 but that would be silly in the final thing. or it's built in phases with construction access via the emergency cores, so you number accordingly in phased blocks but actually the postie winds their way around in a different order just because.

anyway, there's no point wasting time on it any earlier because you can only agree the numbering when you agree the postcode and the name of the development and you're hardly going to call a project ASPIRETOLIVEHERE all the way through, the marketing department haven't dreamt it up yet.

but really - there's no "end". until it's time to put your application in to royal mail.

Our place has gone up 30% in 6 months, broke as anything though, fortnightly trips to IKEA / B&Q are rinsing me, nearly done though

sell sell

quite relevant to the title of the thread got some nice caligraphy through the post last week

the title deeds to my house
some really nice historical documents
some wax seals
a few quill pen signatures
then get to the 70's and it's just a typewriter and a bit of a4

oldest document is dated 1849 or 1855 and pertains to the sale of land, on which three houses were later to be built
my neighbours either side have exactly the same shaped house which would make sense as they were all built by the same builder

To put that another way the answer is "because architects cannot be bothered to spend 5 or 10 minutes at the end of the design process working out the likely postman route and giving the plots numbers that anticipate what the PO will want?"

[Somewhat deliberately provocative - presumably architects could be very logical and still find that the PO disagrees and re-numbers anyway].

Thank you for the answer. It makes sense, whereas before your answer I genuinely couldn't see why they wouldn't just give them numbers and stick with them.

The numbers are assigned afterwards as the plan is often not what ends up being built.
Addressing officers at the council decide whether numbers need to be dropped to allow for extra future development etc, also they decide on the most logical point of entry so a property is addressed into the correct road (if the develpoment is on a corner this can cause problems).

In Birmingham there is a building that was pre-sold as 'Number 1, The Parade' (or something) but when it was actually built it wasn't on the parade, it was just off it, so none of the addresses even include the building name in them as it's too confusing. it even has 'number 1, the parade' built into the brickwork, despite the recommendations of the council.

I've just moved round there. I took the bus to ikea the other day and was pleasantly surprised how nice bits of south 'nam were. Where are these coffee shops and locally made cheese places? green lanes could do with a bit of variety other than turkish joints and those new bike locking spots they've just put up are soo rubbish but still better than nothing

This is the Cheese guy.
http://www.foodepedia.co.uk/articles/2013/may/wildes_cheesmaker_tottenham.htm

There's a few of us off here living on lawrence road, I live just off St anns nearer Green lanes.

For pubs, this has just changed hands http://beehiven17.com/ you've got the Salisbury, or Jam in a Jar on green lanes too.

Posh cafes - blend on green lanes, marmalade near Bruce Grove there's a few more popping up all the time.

I've lived all over the area and love it. Couldn't be happier with my flat.

Tottenham cheese. Quite expensive, but that's understandable considering how hard it is to milk a rat.

haha

or halfway through the design the developer decides house 3 turns into 2 maisonettes, so you call them 3A and 3B or maybe 3 and 11 but that would be silly in the final thing. or it's built in phases with construction access via the emergency cores, so you number accordingly in phased blocks but actually the postie winds their way around in a different order just because.

In answer to your question Jeez, this is pretty much what I was going to say.

I've yet to find decent coffee in Leyton.

FML

Fuck My Latte?

Fuck My Latte?

mmmm... milky.

There's a Costa near Asda, I like their lattes.

I've just moved round there. I took the bus to ikea the other day and was pleasantly surprised how nice bits of south 'nam were. Where are these coffee shops and locally made cheese places? green lanes could do with a bit of variety other than turkish joints and those new bike locking spots they've just put up are soo rubbish but still better than nothing

Durazzo and Bianca are both good for pizza (I was in Bianca on Sunday and the remainder of the pizza I took away did for Monday, Durazzo does a good lunchtime deal).

Old Ale Emporium is good for watching football and a bit more down to earth than some of the other pubs.

La Vina (near Harringay station) is good for tapas/Spanish.

Most of the Turkish places are good, Antepliler is my current favourite.

There's a decent chippie, George's, at the top of St Ann's Rd near the Salisbury.

Jashan, on Turnpike Lane, is a great indian.

I never found George's to be very good when I lived up that way. Antepliler was my favourite too, though.

londons only affordable property torn down

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/britains-narrowest-house-in-leytonstone-to-be-torn-down-after-council-battle-9333437.html

is chipboard the pebble dash of the 21st century

Need a recommendations for a solicitor.

Martin Browne at Gisby Harrison is the forums choice....

http://www.gisbyharrison.co.uk/martin-browne.php

How on earth can anyone recommend a solicitor without knowing what the job is?

...

I need a lease checking on a flat to confirm a few things, does anyone on here deal with that sort of stuff or can recommend a good (reasonable priced) solicitor?

I made a giant leap, with this question coming in the 'owning your own home' thread and the highlighted part of his question that he might need a solicitor who deals with residential property. Martin has personally helped me, along with at least 5 others on this forum, with lease / property questions.

Also. Fuck off Jeez.

is Jeez an estate agent?

is Jeez an estate agent?

He isn't.

is Jeez a solicitor?

You are telling me to fuck off because I understand that there are different aspects of residential property and to lump all solicitors in together risks OP being referred to a solicitor on an aspect of residential property that he does not deal with or does not specialise in? Righto cunt-face.

In my job I regularly come across conveyancing solicitors who fuck up things relating to residential leases because they are conveyancing solicitors not specialists in what they are being asked to do. That is why I would wish to understand what the persons fucking issue is so that I can see if I know someone who specialises in that type of work.

I think he was telling you to fuck off because of your manner, rather than your content.

You are telling me to fuck off because blah blah blah

Nope.

I'm telling you to fuck off because you jump into things with such a sense of self righteous indignation that you miss the point of this place.

Diable was asking for help... i provided a suggestion which is almost certainly right but, if it's not; nobody dies!

I think he was telling you to fuck off because of your manner, rather than your content.

Basically this.

If you own the loft outright as part of your leasehold flat, and you own the freehold jointly with downstairs then it would seem that you can do what you want subject to -

Planning law
Building Control
Party Wall etc Act
Freeholder's consent (the freeholder being you and your neighbour, not you)

Sounds like a solicitor could help sort this out.

I hear Martin Browne at Gisby Harrison is quite good...

is Jeez a clairvoyant?