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When we bought our last place the cellar was apparently full of boxes. I say apparently because there was actually a wall of boxes hiding a miniature growing room (most of the evidence had been removed when we moved in, but not all).
It wasn't a problem, but if I ever viewed a place in future and anywhere was full of boxes I'd ask for them to be moved because they could be hiding anything!
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When we looked round our place, the loft area over the garage was just full of boxes. On moving in I put the stairs laying in the garage up, using the holes that were already there. And we found plug, phone, tv and internet sockets all around the room. The previous owner had obviously been using as an office. It’s insulated, boarded and has opening roof lights. The whole garage is brick and block with insulation between and has more steel in it than the titanic.
We have it as a gym at the moment ( https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/367794/#comment16238544 ) but Liz needs a home office now so it needs doing properly.
If I get building control in to change its use am I in for a world of trouble? Should I just worry about it later or is that asking for even more trouble?