Extremely worried over old rear extension !

hethmar

Who on earth would use that bloke as a chartered accountant, god forbid.

old_codger1

hethmar wrote: »

Who on earth would use that bloke as a chartered accountant, god forbid.

Nobody! He was permanently unemployed from what I heard.

hethmar

Right .........................

Richard_Webster

On indemnity policies, just to be clear - there is no way you need one for PLANNING because the law specifies clear time limits for enforcement and the existing extension is well beyond those in age.

Under BUILDING REGULATIONS the most straightfoward smethod of enforcement is only normally availabel for a year but there is a possibility (very remote indeed for a domestic property - anyone care to tell me of an actual case?) of the Council applying for an injunction in the Civil Courts. The possibility of this seemed to be an important factor in the now notorious case of Cottingham v. Attey-Bower in 2000 where it seems the judge was not told that this never happened in practice. Hence the reason mortgage lenders want this silly point checked and why we take out these policies. (Some lenders like Nationwide only require us to go back 10 years on such points and therefore a policy would not bee neded for a 20 year old extension if Nationwide were lending the money.)

old_codger1

hethmar wrote: »

Right .........................

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Mags269

Hi Everyone, first chance to have a look at this thread for a few days . . . it makes me feel so warm inside knowing that so many of you are attempting to look atfter my mental welfare . .lol . . By the way 'bikerqueen' you are absolutely right - part of it was the fact that I hadn't discussed any of this with with OH and all the worry was making me feel worse & worse as time went by. I did eventually tell him everything and although he was really angry at first (totally justitified too) that I hadn't been totally honest about 'problems' behind the extension, we will now be able to make any further decisions jointly together. Thanks so much everyone - I really do appreciate all your constructive comments and will take them on on board if we do decide to do anything further x.

desperate_now

I have read Richard Websters comments and they were very interesting but to continue on that theme, I bought my house in 1967, at the time there was already a single storey extension which was being used as a kitchen and I continue to use it as a kitchen.
I had a mortgage then and naturally the building society who gave me the mortgage did a survey but I do not recall any plans being offered to me from the previous owner or any problems from the society. Perhaps regulations were slacker then. In any event I can only assume that planning permission was not done.
I am selling my house now and have the buyers from hell. After a gruelling 6 months I have been asked to submit plans but i dont have any and have stated that alterations were done by previous owners.
Does anyone know what the implications are. Will it mean I cannot sell my house.
A very fed up seller!

hethmar

My god, 40 years back and they are requesting plans for an extension! Wait til you get a reply - it may be theyve used a standard question which is not relevant in this case.

desperate_now

I agree but that did not really answer my question.
Did they insist on plans that far back or not (40 years) - does anyone know?
The question on my questionaire does specifically refer to my kitchen extension which they got from my buyers surveyors report. Do they really think there should be plans that far back.
Does anyone else know what impact it will have on my buyers when they are told we have no plans.- they have already been the buyers from hell!
Cannot take much more.
Thanks

seven-day-weekend

In any event it won't mean you can't sell your house. Get a letter from your local Planning Office to say that the extension may not have needed Planning Permission, but that even if it did , it is now exempt from Enforcenment action.