One work of advice, if you have trees that are where you intend to build, just remove them before you start. Dont let Buildings Control see them otherwise you will have to have soil samples to justify that removing them will not cause heave or subsidence. Now I know that this is for your own good but my tree was a Leylandii and these have shallow roots so I knew they would not cause a problem.
But my BC officer saw them and I had to have a Soil Sample from a Lab for £300 and then a structural engineer design a foundation for another £300 all because I left the trees there.
Take heed and remove your trees as soon as you can.
Sunday 31 July 2011
Saturday 30 July 2011
Why upgrade?
I moved to Newcastle Under Lyme about 3 years ago when I moved in with my now wife and having sold my flat in Birmingham started looking for a house. I wanted one we could start a family in when we got married so I wanted four bedrooms if I could in the best bit of Newcastle called Westlands.
After looking around I worked out that a house in Westlands with four bedrooms was going to cost over 250K and I really had a budget of 225K so it looked like I was out of luck. But then I found a house that is about 1 mile from Westlands so really in the same area but just not the posh postcode, it was a 1930 Semi with two bedrooms and a box room, the important part though is it has a huge area of land next to it that would suit a extension.
The other side of the Semi had already been extended so I guessed I would get planning permission so I went and bought the house for 174K and kept the extra 50K I had for an extension.
So its been over a year in the planning, that part of it with the architect and engineers is probably the hardest part, we have got through all of that and I will write about that area next and my advice for you if you are thinking about an extension.
After looking around I worked out that a house in Westlands with four bedrooms was going to cost over 250K and I really had a budget of 225K so it looked like I was out of luck. But then I found a house that is about 1 mile from Westlands so really in the same area but just not the posh postcode, it was a 1930 Semi with two bedrooms and a box room, the important part though is it has a huge area of land next to it that would suit a extension.
The other side of the Semi had already been extended so I guessed I would get planning permission so I went and bought the house for 174K and kept the extra 50K I had for an extension.
So its been over a year in the planning, that part of it with the architect and engineers is probably the hardest part, we have got through all of that and I will write about that area next and my advice for you if you are thinking about an extension.
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