Owning your own home

This may sound obvious but something that didn't immedieately occur to me... factor in where your lights will go -obviously no lights where the rooflight sits.

Yep! Think we've got this covered :)

Planning to have lights under the cabinets each side, a pendant 'above' the rooflight (1), and then possibly these either side of the window (2).

Come to think of this, might well be overkill - but won't use them all, all of the time.

Something like this:

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At risk of sounding megafussy is it worth mentioning this subtle encroaching by next door neighbour before buying a house?
I know it is probably not worth the stress but I wonder if it is worth to record the cheekiness of such fine porch since everyone has brought lawyers to the party... just in case next door wake up felling like annexing further territory one day

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is it worth mentioning this subtle encroaching by next door neighbour before buying a house?

No.

no.

Thanks gents, I think london property prices are making me a bit paranoid

Might be the wrong thread for this....I have some battered vintage (60s/70s) wooden Ercol furniture. It's all functional but the joints are loosening so I'd like to get it repaired/restored. Can anyone recommend someone, ideally North/East London area? It's got sentimental value so I do want it done properly/sympathetically.

Could ask here

Ah yes, thank you.

I would. The pos porch is on the other house.

What are you expecting to achieve by doing so?

That porch would annoy me every time I came home.

The only solution I cam think of would be to build something identical but I have no idea whether the edge of the porch is a party wall that you could enclose, or whether changes in PD / conservation areas mean you could never build such a thing today.

Previous owners were asleep at the wheel when they allowed that to get built.

I’d prob look into it, but maybe not the best way to start a relationship with neighbours.
Prob built before planning permission was a thing unlike my friends neighbours who have built a mess of an extension over the party wall and too high and my friends are too nice to point it out to them.
Said rule breakers also have a cringe inducing Instagram for their house work.

Said rule breakers also have a cringe inducing Instagram for their house work.

Please share

what's the point in even looking into it? what could it achieve? neighbours are unlikely to knock down the porch and they're not going to compensate you for the infringement. doubt the planners would be interested either. making it an issue just risks needless bad blood. having neighbours is stressful enough - trust me, I know. if you buy the place and they subsequently tear down the porch, with plans to reinstate it, you could probably have the conversation then...

drop the ig christopher bicycle motocross 116

have a cringe inducing Instagram for their house work

pot meet kettle

Mines self aware and pretty funny thank you very much. Both my followers say so.

Dishwashers. I need to replace or repair my IKEA piece of shit integrated thing.
What is currently winning at washing up and being fairly priced ?

What's wrong with it? Repair is often best.

All solid points.
I'm prob being over cautious but I would want to know the exact situation regardless of action (defo wouldn't start a relationship with "You need to knock part of your house down" - actually maybe I would, those plastic porches should be illegal)
It's prob a bit too mean spirited, even for me, to share the insta, just imagine every middle class white couple who have bought a terrace house in East London Instagram ("My little doer upper (£750k)" "Our little white terrace (£700k)") and take away the DIY element and add shit builders and a weak concept.

Surely they want you to share it? Otherwise, why set up an insta? You’d be doing them a favour

if I had a reno account on here this is how I'd tee it up to the wider audience here; great job @chrisbmx116 !

Because this dishwasher model is 5 years old. And in that 5 years has been warranty replaced three times. Once every 12 months or so. The heating element cannot cope with London water and now this are coming out not very clean.

After repairing/replacing X times I just want it booted into the fiery circle of hell known as pilgrims way lay-bys for cyclists to wonder "who left that here ".

If you really want to do something about it, it would be a price negotiation with the owner based on 'I didn't realise what a fucking piss take the neighbours porch was'

Because when you sell it (should you buy it), that will happen to you.

It's prob a bit too mean spirited, even for me, to share the insta

coward