Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

silvercar

But don't they have any other windows that overlook you - from the normal upstairs perhaps? That's assuming this loft conversion is going to sit on top of a two storey house. If they're doing a loft conversion on a bungalow it makes perfect sense, of course.

They do have windows at the back. The window in the loft would mean they are looking over from a higher point. It's not a bungalow.

Crikey! Rub it in for us Londoners! I've lived in places where if we all opened our back windows we could practially shake hands with our neighbours!

London zone 6. Sorry.

Doozergirl

silvercar wrote: »

Some NP have been through the planning process.

Our back to back neighbours have submitted a PA to do a loft conversion; the plans show a velux style window in the middle of their roof which I guess will be slightly higher than it is now. the height won't be a problem as their house is lower than their neighbours, but I don't like the idea of a window overlooking us. Could I object on the grounds they will overlook us, including our rear balcony? Our back garden is about 200ft and their's must be 100ft, but still...

If you are back to back, there is no overlooking issue in planning terms unless your houses are within a certain distance. For my council, houses with a third floor would need to be 27metres apart or the Velux situated 1.7m from the loft floor. Yours is a bit further! The fact that you have a rear balcony means that overlooking is not a local issue. Your balcony would be more contentious than a Velux.

Don't they have back windows already in the house? If they do, then again, the precedent is set - I still don't think it would be an issue, even if there weren't. Most of us have back windows and back to back neighbours.

silvercar

Anyone with DIY skills?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5218488

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Anyone with DIY skills?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5218488

I know there is a bolt you need to pull up in the cistern to stop this. We had it in new bathroom last year :mad: Our current plumbers have ordered part because it will go eventually but have fixed it and its been working for months on their readjustment without new part, just a fiddle...

Doozergirl

Cats like boxes. But do big cats like boxes too?

I love this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J11uu8L8FTY

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

I know there is a bolt you need to pull up in the cistern to stop this. We had it in new bathroom last year :mad: Our current plumbers have ordered part because it will go eventually but have fixed it and its been working for months on their readjustment without new part, just a fiddle...

We've done the fiddle. The fiddle basically reduces the amount of water that fills into the cistern, so it is way below the overflow line. So the part that is faulty still allows drips of extra water into the cistern but it takes so long for it to reach overflow level that it isn't a problem. The faulty part now allows too much water to flow in for this to be a solution.

LydiaJ

Doozergirl wrote: »

Cats like boxes. But do big cats like boxes too?

I love this.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J11uu8L8FTY

I love it too. And so will DD. Thanks.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

We've done the fiddle. The fiddle basically reduces the amount of water that fills into the cistern, so it is way below the overflow line. So the part that is faulty still allows drips of extra water into the cistern but it takes so long for it to reach overflow level that it isn't a problem. The faulty part now allows too much water to flow in for this to be a solution.

Ok, well, as I understand it the part is dependant on the 'make' of the bits on the inside, so a picture or model number and a trip to a plumbing supplies, or if you can isolate it and easily remove it ( not sure we could.....fir would try ) take it in, would be my suggestion. We had to find the model of our 'innards' and stuff or buy new stuff. The new stuff is not hard to fit mind you, fir has done that a couple of times.

tom9980

silvercar wrote: »

Anyone with DIY skills?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5218488

Ours when flushing kept slowly refilling for 1-3 minutes until the float was able to close the valve, solved by replacing the part on the right of that picture. Most NP could do this after watching a few youtube videos.

michaels

Doozergirl wrote: »

If you are back to back, there is no overlooking issue in planning terms unless your houses are within a certain distance. For my council, houses with a third floor would need to be 27metres apart or the Velux situated 1.7m from the loft floor. Yours is a bit further! The fact that you have a rear balcony means that overlooking is not a local issue. Your balcony would be more contentious than a Velux.

Don't they have back windows already in the house? If they do, then again, the precedent is set - I still don't think it would be an issue, even if there weren't. Most of us have back windows and back to back neighbours.

27m here too so I suspect that is the rule. Gardens here are about 120 feet - so 240 back to back distance and all the houses opposite have dormer loft extensions :mad: Only answer is to grow something tall and evergreen at the end of the garden (although they can then claim you are shading them too much but depends on the orientation and seems to matter whether it shades the centre of the garden at midday on an equinox).