Will our semi detached property be classed as a terraced!!??

parking_question_chap

VfM4meplse wrote: »

You're unlikely to find an ally there then.

Object strongly as soon as the application goes in, and then get your house on the market and sold before the scaffolding goes up.

Its common practice for sellers to have to compete a TA6 form and so report, amongst other things, proposed development on land adjacent to their property. Given they will be objecting to the development they will not be able to hide this from a potential buyer.

VfM4meplse

parking_question_chap wrote: »

Its common practice for sellers to have to compete a TA6 form and so report, amongst other things, proposed development on land adjacent to their property. Given they will be objecting to the development they will not be able to hide this from a potential buyer.

Agreed, but by the time a potential buyer sees the TA6 they a) will be pretty committed to buying, b) they may well have asked the question anyway, and c) it will be revealed by a conveyancer's (?land registry) search. Scaffolding is less likely to get people through the door, unless they are looking to move to the area long-term, in which case home renovations are a very positive selling point. The other advantage is that bigger homes will lift the ceiling price on properties on the street. Swings and roundabouts, I suppose.

OP - property prices are doing funny things atm. I bought exactly 23 months ago and since the start of the summer have ploughed a fortune into home improvements, even though I knew when I started its market value had dropped by a good £20k from the price I bought at. I've just checked on Zoopla and its now shot up, so I'm theoretically £7k up and that would be the case if I hadn't done a thing to it. Nothing is set in stone: that's the market for you

If you really want to move, bite the bullet and get your house on the market for the spring.

Cornucopia

Moved to House Buying, Renting & Selling.

diggingdude

if the neighbours are both semi detached houses then they will essentially become mid terrace. That would be enough to stop me building that type of extension

lincroft1710

Some planning authorities will just reject the planning application as their policy is to disallow turning semis into terraces and some won't allow flat roofs in certain circumstances. Even if the application is approved, it will have little effect on the value of your home.

You cannot validly object to a planning application on the grounds it may devalue your home (except in very extreme cases).

AdrianC

Terrace? No. "Link-detached" (well, link-semi), p'raps.

Your house will be exactly the same property in exactly the same location as it is now. Nothing will change about it.