Owning your own home

Wow. Looks spacious and warm! Real man's camping!

#manping

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Foxtons would get 450 for that.

True... fake grass will solve it.

Fake grass 4lyf. Love mine so much.

It'll be nice once we finally cover the whole of the UK with concrete and plastic grass, then we'll have no more of those pesky animals to bother with.

;)

I'm a bit shocked - astroturf, really?

Big part of my childhood was mowing nice stripes into the lawn.

Its like the issue around the decline of the British front garden

A tidal wave of grey is increasingly sweeping away the greenery of Britain’s front gardens

Three times as many front gardens completely paved as a decade ago...

Now its astro turf in the gardens.

But to be fair, it is convenient. No over grown grass. no 'waste' of time mowing. no lawn mower.

Who's got an electrician recommendation...?

Mowing lawns is therapeutic.

problem solved

sparky to mow souls lawn

/TotallyAEuph

Day two of removing wallpaper...

Mowing lawns is therapeutic.

I am intending on getting some staff to assist, when I have a lawn again:

That sold way over price.

That's a nice looking house. It helps to buy something with hideous decor like that as it puts some buyers off, but you just need to be able to see through it.

Those boards look great. Much better than mine did before sanding.

Looked at a flat today that is great, apart from the fact that it's above a laundrette. It's the nicest thing we've seen by a long way, but it worries me that I could be living above a chippy in 6 months.
Should I just walk away?

My AstroTurf covers a 5m square, L-shaped yard, that would never have been grass. Shitty concrete or fake grass is a no brainer.

But, I would totally do a small lawn in it, for sure. Particularly if there are any shady spots or trees that will fuck the grass.

You need to apply for planning permission to turn most places into chippies (apart from other hot food takeaway establishments) so you could be, but you'd also be given warning and be able to object. Your objection might not count for much, but planners are definitely wary of the downsides of takeaways.

(Wierdly, dry cleaners are class A1 - shops - but launderettes are sui generis)

(Most councils have certain rules about takeaways, like not wanting too many of them close together, or in quiet areas, or close to schools etc.)

That's useful information, thanks. It's actually a dry cleaners so it is probably an A1 property. Still not great.

I don't know if it's the sort of thing the duty planner would/could tell you if you phoned, but it'd be nice to know if it's a place the council would never consider giving permission to turn into a takeaway.

Personally yes.

Yes, they'd give you an idea, but it would probably be 'maybe, depends'.

It's not just chip shops that are a worry. How about a bar? Or an offy that opens until midnight? Or just a grocers that gets it's first delivery at 5am every day?

Only you can decide how good the flat is vs the risk of being above a commercial premises.

But then who's to say someone in a residential building might not be noisier than a shop?

All of this is why I live on a desert island.

http://www.timguthrie.net/

Just leave it as soil. Something will grow.