Q&As

The government are making it easier to get planning on redundant farm buildings but…..What stamp duty do you have to pay when purchasing a barn with planning for conversion into a residence? We have been told that we have to follow the rules for agricultural land although the planning is granted for a REDUNDANT agricultural […]

I am looking to install aluminium bifold doors in my project in Cheshire. There is a company called Cheshire Bifolds in Altrincham who supply Smart Aluminum bifold doors and windows. Just wondered if anybody has used Smart products or even Cheshire Bifolds?

Hi, I have a large plot (1.2 acres) with a small house siting on it. The garden is attached to the house and has been since its build in 1918, as such I have a great deal of permitted development rights. Currently there is 335 m2 consumed by house and existing outbuildings, the most recent […]

Hi, Wonder if anyone can help us prepare. We’re considering buying a plot of land with no buildings on it. Then sectioning off some of this land, getting planning permission for a home, and selling this plot. We would do this in order to finance the build of our own home on the rest of […]

We have planning permission for an extension and a COMPLETELY separate garage with a room above. Is it possible that the garage and room above…which will be fully habitable as a bedroom…could be zero rated for VAT? There are no restrictions in the planning about selling this separately from the main dwelling (although we don’t […]

I have an existing 21m2 concrete outbuilding in my back garden with flat (slightly pitched) corrugated sheet concrete roof. It forms a boundary with my neighbour on one side and is just over 3m high but was built decades ago. The roof is beyond repair so I intend to replace the entire roof structure with […]

We have received planning permission for a barn conversion, which was going to be timber frame and cladding. However, we have met a hurdle in funding this self-build due to using all timber. The majority of lenders we’ve approached seem to only accept a maximum of 40% timber and need the main external material to […]

Replacing a flat garage roof with hipped pitched roof with tiles to match existing. Ideally want to come forward more than 150mm from front plane with edge of new roof, i.e avoid a porch, but not sure if this is allowed by building regs. New fascias / soffits & gutters would protrude further than existing […]