next door house getting knocked down

mp3duck

thanks for the replies.
They are at least mostly adhering to the work hours required in their planning permission, although, they did start 10 minutes early this morning, and woke everyone up!!

I'll either speak to the site foreman, or write to the building firm, and see what they say..

Our own home is not Victorian, and we did our own work quite a few years ago, but it was extensions, so didn't create a huge amount of dust, and we were on good terms with the neighbours (the ones who sold the house getting knocked down)

zaax

Who knows what is in that dust - call environmental health

mp3duck

zaax wrote: »

Who knows what is in that dust - call environmental health

I know!! I think I'll have to buy masks for the whole family.. Actually, I think full hazmat suits are in order...

Kiran

If it really is bad the contact the HSE as they take a very dim view on not controlling dust. They also have more power than the police etc with regards entering site without warrant and the ability to issue improvement notices. Environment agency also but they tend to be a bit wet blanket when it comes to enforcing change.

mp3duck

Kiran wrote: »

If it really is bad the contact the HSE as they take a very dim view on not controlling dust. They also have more power than the police etc with regards entering site without warrant and the ability to issue improvement notices. Environment agency also but they tend to be a bit wet blanket when it comes to enforcing change.

Thanks Kiran,
I am going to see how much is created over the next few days, when the main part of the house comes down.. They've only done single story side extensions so far.

stator

Are they part of the considerate construction scheme by any chance?

mp3duck

stator wrote: »

Are they part of the considerate construction scheme by any chance?

I'm not sure. would it be mentioned in the planning permission notice?

laidbackgjr

mp3duck wrote: »

thanks for the replies.
They are at least mostly adhering to the work hours required in their planning permission, although, they did start 10 minutes early this morning, and woke everyone up!!

I'll either speak to the site foreman, or write to the building firm, and see what they say..

Our own home is not Victorian, and we did our own work quite a few years ago, but it was extensions, so didn't create a huge amount of dust, and we were on good terms with the neighbours (the ones who sold the house getting knocked down)

Did you pay to clean the neighbour's cars & windows - an extension will create sufficient dust to require some cleaning for sure. If you didn't pay when you had work done you shouldn't expect to have someone else pay when they have work done.

mp3duck

laidbackgjr wrote: »

Did you pay to clean the neighbour's cars & windows - an extension will create sufficient dust to require some cleaning for sure. If you didn't pay when you had work done you shouldn't expect to have someone else pay when they have work done.

As it happens we offered, and they said it was OK.. We also took them out for a meal once work had been completed..

This is not just "work being done".. It is over development, and excessive use of a plot, which had a very decent, high spec home before.. It got planning permission, as the developers knew how to play the game,. The permission was granted "with a heavy heart", as there was no "planning reason" to reject..

Yolina

mp3duck wrote: »

This is not just "work being done".. It is over development, and excessive use of a plot, which had a very decent, high spec home before.. It got planning permission, as the developers knew how to play the game,. The permission was granted "with a heavy heart", as there was no "planning reason" to reject..

The guy doing the houses across the road has squeezed every inch out of the plot which is wedge-shaped rather than rectangular. In order to shoehorn 4 town houses, said houses follow the wedge shape, which means that the walls aren't parallel :rotfl: Would drive me nuts if I had to live there. Planning department didn't have any issues and passed it.