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Grade 2 listed building - windows
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leveller2911 wrote: »And in most cases the Listing also includes the entire curtilage
What about if you have blinds?0 -
Windows replacement, assuming they look the same as the originals, is unlikely to be a problem with a grade 2 listing, unless some officious person takes it upon themselves to tell the council.
A relative did this in her grade 2 listed house, and eventually sold it to an architect, who wasn't at all concerned about the lack of listed building consent.0 -
Marmaduke123 wrote: »Windows replacement, assuming they look the same as the originals, is unlikely to be a problem with a grade 2 listing, unless some officious person takes it upon themselves to tell the council.
How would the Listed Planning officer know if the new windows were exact replicas of the originals if the originals weren't around any more?.......... I've seen some terrible so called "replica" windows made and unless they had electric routers back in 1708 they were not replicas but modern bodge up.......... Homeowners can and are fined for doing work without LPC.
Just my opinion but if people can't be @rsed to look after a Listed house properly which includes going through the necessary LPC etc then they should steer clear of buying them.0 -
OP, it might be an idea to join the period property forum (just google it
) where a few conservation officers regularly post....... Mortgage-free for fourteen years!
Over £40,000 mis-sold PPI reclaimed0 -
I bought a Grade II cottage in 1991 and sold it in 2005. I wasn't allowed to change the windows, the front door or the balcony door. My kitchen was in a state of repair when I moved into it. I got my kitchen mended. Find out the history of the place you are buying. Where I was had been a Victorian Workhouse. It had a front garden and no back garden. The balcony door was fairly rotten and it had to be repaired. I remember I wasn't allowed to hang washing out on a line. I couldn't put a shed in my garden to house my bike. Check all your rules is my advice especially the windows. Good luck.0
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