Owning your own home

Flos lights

you mug, you could've just researched about lights, studied industrial design at uni, went to work for industrial design companies, left, started your own lighting range, made prototypes, went to China to get the supplier network, scaled up the production, got investors, launch a brand, fail, repeat instead of buying off the shelf lights!

Best not suggest Jewson.

Feel like such a chump.

Amaze

I spent almost that on one lamp, lols.

If you want ‘overpriced’ things, buy them and ignore the voices. Doesn’t really matter how easy/hard things are to make, just whether you’re happy with what you get for what you’ve paid.

^This

Many people go through life confused and frustrated because they can't differentiate between cost and value, and that value is entirely contextual.

Straight in to the SFSS thread!

Plus. Amortization.

Doesn't exist if you buy a used classic...

Not sure if this has been asked but can anybody advise on fence ownership? Is there a general rule?

As in, which side owns which fence. None of my neighbours know.

There's no rule of thumb despite what internet says. If it's not in the deeds then there's no real ownership and you have to come to an agreement.

Whoever wants to pay for it has been my experience.

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/boundary-problems/fences.html

Scroll down a bit for one answer that may be indicated on the deeds.

If the fence is the type with posts/supports on one side then usually it belongs to the side with the posts (you give your neighbour the benefit of a nicer looking fence with no visible posts/supports).

Of course there is a website dedicated this problem

Thanks very much

I feel this is my problem.

I have this chimney breast at the back of my house that I'd like gone. External wall on the other side. Nothing above the roof, steel lintel in the kitchen below. Do I need a structural engineer for this? Could it be holding the roof or wall up?

Plan would be to take that out and internally insulate the room, replace floors etc.

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Short answer is probably.

Does it, or the stacks meet with your neighbours at any point? Apparently they are more hot on this now as it can fuck up the balance of both houses.

Nope, it's the rear elevation. no adjoining walls within about 10m of this.

Why would you risk catastrophe for the sake of a few hundred quid?

For the internet lolz?

I'm pretty sure that this is notifiable under building control so you're probably going to need to be able to show them something other than, it'll be reyt.

shelving from Tylko

Montana is an alternative if you've got that kind of budget.

https://www.montanafurniture.com/en/system/montana-system

The thing is I very much wouldn't. In a roundabout way, I'm asking if there's another solution I haven't thought of, given the apparent simplicity of the job, that still gives the assurance that the wall's not going to fall down.

How to find a good surveyor? RICS website? Looks like half of them are valuers.

If the work you are doing means you remove the entire chimney , from floor to stack, and nothing remains, then it isn't notifiable. If it's only a partial removal and some of the stack or breast remains then you should so it on a building notice.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll check with my LA of course. One of the surveyors I've contacted says don't even bother, but I think I'll probably get a report anyway for peace of mind.