Q&As

We are in the middle of a planning application for a rural workers dwelling on the family 250 acre farm. The land includes a farmhouse (not tied) that the current farmers (my mother and father in law) live in. They are winding down to retirement and do less and less on the farm. We (the […]

We own a few acres of green belt land, which contains some fairly newly-built barns, and we keep cows. We would like to a build a house to live on site, as well as move a home business (along the arty lines) to be based on the same site; which we’ve heard can be a […]

Hi, We’re nearing completion on a purchase of a bungalow. The bungalow is in green belt (is Green Belt considered a designated area?). The owners applied for and were granted planning permission for a single storey extension. Although it has since expired as no footing were laid. I think they did this to be on […]

Alterations have to take place to our existing house in order to clear the site ready for building a new 4 bed detached house, which I plan to sell. This involves demolition works to structures that are less than 10 years old, such as the garage and the room above, followed by the creation of […]

Hi, we have a patch of land in the family that my parents own that there is a possibility of gaining planning permission to build a family house in the countryside. We through the sale of our house would have the finances to develop the plot potentially without the need to use any additional borrowing, […]

Hi, I’ve just completed a new 4 flat build with some external cedar wood cladding on and wondered what (if any?) the best treatment is against UV and damp damage? Thanks, Jason

Love the pendants lights on p52 of the October edition of Build It mag. Does anyone know where I can buy the same/similar?

Hi all, We are in the process of purchasing a property that has current commercial use but intend on turning it back to a residential house with an annexe for the father in law. Luckily we do not need planning permission as it is a permitted development – we will however have to comply with […]