Owning your own home

I didn't have a manhole cover for my house at all (until I had my extension done when I had to put a new sewer run in and a rodding point in the garden). The manhole cover for the terrace I live in, was actually 3 houses away in the neighbours garden which served the entire terrace. It's not uncommon.

All this said, if the extension is more than ten or fifteen years old then asking for permits etc is a bit of a waste of time. Caveat emptor an all that.

The land registry entry should detail the responsibility of each boundary. All ours always have.

As for extensions over drains if the extension is old it may date from a time when the local council was responsible for such things and no permission could be sought or given (other than the generic planning permission). Don't contact the current water company or they will turn you down and insist the extension is removed. Liability insurance and move on.

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The extension was approved in July 2009, so that should class as relatively recent?

By whom? Building Control? If so, I would have thought it would have been difficult to achieve that if something fucking stupid was done, like building over a public sewer and not making approved provisions for it.

If it's just 'the plans were approved' and there's no BC approval (because it was permitted or they simply don't have BC sign off which is a big red warning sign) then there are questions to answer and probably indemnity insurance to acquire.

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"many attractive features"!!!!!

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131763590#/?channel=RES_BUY

@villa-ru I can see some water features.

That kitchen! #amaze

Also £2.5mm.

https://news.sky.com/story/thousands-of-households-miss-out-on-1635000-grant-amid-warning-of-inadequate-boiler-scheme-12816469

Who didn’t see this happening, one reason is because the vouchers should be able to be claimed by any competent installer and not just ones that are good at filling in paperwork and jumping through hoops

traces of a seriously fun cornice in this pic

Great project for someone that wants to live that "two kitchens" Miliband North London lifestyle.

Strong Withnail & I vibes

That's a do'er upper for sure, would be amazing if you had some cash to buy that and do it up. Location is a belter

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It's got a bathroom and kitchen so you can get a mortgage on it?

Looks like you could spend ~3/4m and break even.

I recon you'd have no change out 500k that for sure. Got to be bought by a developer surely who can do a lot of cheaper if they have teams.

I recon you'd have no change out 500k that for sure

That was my finger in the air guess. Definitely to do it to the standard of something that needs to be worth well over £3 mm.

That'll fly and whoever buys it will spend ~£1m making it a family home.

Can you imagine spending £2.5m, picking up the keys and walking into that though. Zoopla reckons that road is £3.5m ish, so I guess you've got a bit to play with.

I guess "normal" people buy properties in only slightly better condition, spending a much higher % of their net worth, and actually live in it while renovating.

Client here is not going to spend a lot of time on site, you would think.

It’s 2023. That’s a one mill job.

Don't forget the £211,250 stamp duty you pay on £2.5mm.

one mill

It's <2k sqft so you'd have to be assuming major footprint expansion or serious structural issues to get to that level, right?

There's already a basement and loft and a quick look on the satellite imagery suggests there is no precedent for a long rear extension. What's left - burrowing under the garden?

There's already a basement

There's only one layer of basement there at the minute, and easy access to dig another one (two?) since you'll be ripping everything in that one out.