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Both doing much nicer jobs ;p

number 33’s plans

Hadn't spotted that. Looks like there are more permutations of fucking around with the back / vaults / side access / patio area that will add up.

The design / access statement for #33 has that scarily expensive formatting associated with big money jobs.

Yeah it’s £30k of architects fees before it’s gone anywhere

He lives in dartmouth park i thought.

i can see a fancy hoarding with pinterest generated Design&Build branding, as is customary around there

Another project.

Makes the other one a few pages back look like the ultimate deal

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/131546108

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I quite like the aesthetic of that at the moment, it would be great to keep the outside exactly how it is but fully redo the interior (unless it's fine as it is - though I imagine there's a reason they've not shown it.)

The neighbours must hate it too.

Is that normal that only 1 side is responsible for a shared thing?

If they own it, yes.

Maybe there’s some weird system where they pay for it but everyone else owns it. Mmmm.

I’d want to know exactly what the situation is because if you have no real access to it nor influence over how it’s used you might find maintaining the wall of house difficult and if you wanted external insulation (you do) you couldn’t fit it.

Yeah it looks cool, but I imagine that street will be full of snobs that will hate the front of that.

It reminds me of the mews in layer cake

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What's shown on the title plan/deeds, and is there any mention of a right of way over it? Might be worth purchasing the title plan/deeds for next door to check if there is any mention it there as well.

Hard to tell but it looks like both properties have gates to their rear gardens at the end of the passageway, so I would assume that the central of the fence runs through the middle of the passageway forming the boundary line.

Seems like the neighbour is pretty relaxed about bins being placed on their side but that could easily change should they sell etc.

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Oh, I haven't seen the deeds for this house yet...

Only £3 for each (so £12 all in) from the above and should hopefully help answer your queries.

Looks like it's straight out of a Dickens novel.

And a snip at 2 million quid, London is full on monopoly money these days with property.

Anyone had a structural engineer round to give specs for an RSJ for knocking a wall through? We've had one round, nice guy, he's quoted £200 for the drawings. Is that high or about right?

About right (or even cheap) based on my experience

Ok cool, I'm happy to pay it just don't really have a point of reference for how much it usually is.

To be fair i only have one data point to compare to (and don’t know if this varies depending on complexity etc - assume it probably does) but this was cheaper than i paid.

About right. I paid £155 (out of London) for advice and drawings in 2020 for 3 RSJs - one supporting wall, one chimney and bi-fold doors (which the builder worked off, bypassing an architect (which I'm not advising or otherwise btw). And my house hasn't fallen down yet.

Yeah it looks cool, but I imagine that street will be full of snobs that will hate the front of that.

could be worse, could be the twat that rendered the bottom half and painted the whole thing blue

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^ that doesn't offend me too much. Pastel coloured streets are nice when done well.
e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4990123,-0.2355448,3a,75y,284.37h,92.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szKGeVKksLh0YdNqs0kkm-w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

It's better than the grey / black windows trend.
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4985038,-0.231528,3a,75y,251.26h,94.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKUvcoGb6BkJMf69x78KwgA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I suspect any snobs have had plenty to worry about over the years too - apparently it's Sid Vicious' old place

https://www.standard.co.uk/homesandproperty/buying-mortgages/is-the-most-derelict-house-in-central-london-crumbling-mews-property-is-on-the-market-for-ps2-5m-but-could-fetch-ps4m-when-fully-restored-a111196.html

It's better than the grey / black windows trend.

very much so

I find this an odd one as I don't hate it aesthetically, it's just such an obvious "alternative" option.

But then if you don't want white what choices do you have?