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We're hoping to complete on a
money-pitlisted property next week.We found it useful to check the local planning portal to see what the seller and neighbours had been up to. Good indication of what is and isn't permitted and also some insight into the process and reasoning.
For example ours had been reconfigured upstairs last year and the seller was forced to completely change when listed building consent was retrospectively sought and rejected multiple times. Explained why it came off the market previously. Things like painting our shed needs approval on the colour as do window frames and cleaning the stonework. Good to know at the front end rather than waiting for things to get flagged by a solicitor much later.
The many questions I've fired to the listed building folks have been answered promptly. This isn't London and it's our first house so no idea what's normal.
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I should perhaps add that a listed building that has been properly maintained and doesn’t need to be altered to suit your needs could be fine. The frustrating thing about our works is that about 90% of the cost is remedying damage done by the previous owner, both before and after it was listed and a combination of neglect and abuse. Only a tiny bit of our spend is on making actual changes, and they are minor internal works like taking out a hideous open tread staircase from the middle of the sitting room. We could have saved a hell of a lot of money if we had decided just to decorate over the crimes of the past.
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This sounds troubling, I wish you the best. I’m idly looking in an area where a large proportion of the houses are listed (but largely mud-free!) so hoping the conservation officer isn’t too jobsworthy. If I add being listed to the dealbreaker pile then things get much trickier, but the flip side is as much as I like burning piles of money in arbitrary pursuits, I’d rather not be pouring endless sums into a property forever.