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Has Anybody Ever Bought A House That Had An Extension Without Building Approval?
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Our room, that was once a garage is single skin. We replaced the roof as the previous one was leaking. We now have a proper, insulated, pitched roof on the room. It also has double glazed windows. It is always slightly colder than other rooms in the house, but then with 3 outside walls that is likely. We haven't had damp problems. I know that the single skin means that it won't meet building regs, but as the garage was built in the late 1930s, there were no building regs at that time.
I thought that mortgage lenders can get picky if a kitchen is made of single skin, so you may want to query this. It may not effect your lender, but it could effect your sale if your buyer has a high LTV. Ours is a lounge, so isn't so crucial in lender's eyes. Also anyone getting a 90% LTV on our place would need their head examined.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Thanks Silver, a high LTV could fully understand the Mortgage company taking a closer look0
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