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Unfinished extension on Grade 2 listed building.....
liberty_lily
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Hi folks,
Having accepted an offer on our property from buyers who are hoping to complete within eight weeks, we have started looking in earnest ourselves and have found a Grade 2 listed house that with some work could be perfect. Unfortunately the house (which is some 200 miles distant from our current property which precludes visiting it too often before offering) has an unfinished rear extension which we are somewhat concerned about.
The vendor is apparently selling due to a marriage break-up and that was the reason for the unfinished extension given by the estate agent who showed us over the house. However, my OH, who is a little more au-fait with such matters than me, detected that the work to the extension appeared to have been left unfinished for some time.........don't ask, I guess it's a man-thing, lol! OH's initial thought was that maybe work had ceased as the relevant Listed Building Consent had not been obtained by the vendor, particularly as breeze blocks were clearly visible. The EA (obviously) said she didn't believe this was the case.
Having returned home we called the EA who told us she had obtained a copy of the LBC from the vendor and would email us a copy. On receipt it clearly shows that the vendor applied for LBC to carry out the work in the late 1990's :eek: It states that the works must be started within 5 years of the date the LBC was granted - which it obviously was...........it was just never completed!
We have tried contacting the Conservation Officer but have been unable to get them on the phone and they've not responded to an email enquiry about the property. We were hoping we could arrange to meet them at the house to discuss the work required to finish the extension to comply with the LBC and have obtained the vendor's permission to do so.
Really I was just wondering if the length of time that has elapsed since work was started - sometime before 2002 - would have any bearing on the way we proceed with the work and also if anyone knows whether it wouuld be permissable to use breeze blocks (as the vendor has done) to extend a Grade 2 listed building dating from the late 18th century if the plan was to then render and paint to match the existing building. The LBC makes no mention of materials permissable to use only that the extension should be rendered/painted etc.....
We had hoped to revisit the house once more before making an offer and to speak to the Conservation Officer on site at the same time, but we seem to be running out of time and getting nowhere. As I have heard that some COs don't like to discuss these matters till you actually own the property I feel we may have to walk away from this one as the extension adds what would be a good sized space to the house and to buy the property only to have to demolish it would obviously be disastrous!
Many thanks for any advice/pointers,
LL x
Having accepted an offer on our property from buyers who are hoping to complete within eight weeks, we have started looking in earnest ourselves and have found a Grade 2 listed house that with some work could be perfect. Unfortunately the house (which is some 200 miles distant from our current property which precludes visiting it too often before offering) has an unfinished rear extension which we are somewhat concerned about.
The vendor is apparently selling due to a marriage break-up and that was the reason for the unfinished extension given by the estate agent who showed us over the house. However, my OH, who is a little more au-fait with such matters than me, detected that the work to the extension appeared to have been left unfinished for some time.........don't ask, I guess it's a man-thing, lol! OH's initial thought was that maybe work had ceased as the relevant Listed Building Consent had not been obtained by the vendor, particularly as breeze blocks were clearly visible. The EA (obviously) said she didn't believe this was the case.
Having returned home we called the EA who told us she had obtained a copy of the LBC from the vendor and would email us a copy. On receipt it clearly shows that the vendor applied for LBC to carry out the work in the late 1990's :eek: It states that the works must be started within 5 years of the date the LBC was granted - which it obviously was...........it was just never completed!
We have tried contacting the Conservation Officer but have been unable to get them on the phone and they've not responded to an email enquiry about the property. We were hoping we could arrange to meet them at the house to discuss the work required to finish the extension to comply with the LBC and have obtained the vendor's permission to do so.
Really I was just wondering if the length of time that has elapsed since work was started - sometime before 2002 - would have any bearing on the way we proceed with the work and also if anyone knows whether it wouuld be permissable to use breeze blocks (as the vendor has done) to extend a Grade 2 listed building dating from the late 18th century if the plan was to then render and paint to match the existing building. The LBC makes no mention of materials permissable to use only that the extension should be rendered/painted etc.....
We had hoped to revisit the house once more before making an offer and to speak to the Conservation Officer on site at the same time, but we seem to be running out of time and getting nowhere. As I have heard that some COs don't like to discuss these matters till you actually own the property I feel we may have to walk away from this one as the extension adds what would be a good sized space to the house and to buy the property only to have to demolish it would obviously be disastrous!
Many thanks for any advice/pointers,
LL x
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