Extension next to conservatory advice

babyblade41

Firstly this property would have to be super cheap and if it is then my first job would be a temp 6ft fence straight away ., then sort out the  extension.

I couldn't live with it like it is ..what if you liked nude sunbathing !!!

danlightbulb

Scotbot said:

I presume they got away with it because it is a conservatory and does not require planning permission but it's  not exactly neighbour friendly.  So you can expect them to kick up a stink when you try to do your extension.
Don't bother viewing

Its hard to imagine how it even happened.

Firstly why would the people that commissioned it have wanted it like that in the first place? Who wants to be staring into your neighbours patio area or have them looking in at you, frosted glass or not?

Secondly why didn't the owners of this house at the time object to it and prevent the build continuing once they started to see what was being built on their boundary line?

Thirdly what cowboy builders did they get in that would have agreed to build it like that? (ok that last one is probably the easiest to answer).

SarahLu

Thanks all.  We have decided not to bother.  We have been searching for a while now and are getting desperate, but I think I just needed to hear some confirmations of what we already knew, that this could potentially be a nightmare.  Back to the drawing board.

pinkteapot

SarahLu said:

Thanks all.  We have decided not to bother.  We have been searching for a while now and are getting desperate, but I think I just needed to hear some confirmations of what we already knew, that this could potentially be a nightmare.  Back to the drawing board.

I know that feeling as we had a really protracted house search last year. Sometimes you do have to make compromises if what you want just isn't coming on the market, but for what it's worth I think you've made exactly the right decision in this case! 

SarahLu

pinkteapot said:

SarahLu said:

Thanks all.  We have decided not to bother.  We have been searching for a while now and are getting desperate, but I think I just needed to hear some confirmations of what we already knew, that this could potentially be a nightmare.  Back to the drawing board.

I know that feeling as we had a really protracted house search last year. Sometimes you do have to make compromises if what you want just isn't coming on the market, but for what it's worth I think you've made exactly the right decision in this case! 

I think so too.  We've been looking so long I wonder if I'm being too fussy sometimes which is why I wanted other opinions but clearly I'm not in this case! 

Jeepers_Creepers

If this house is otherwise a good choice, then why not at least have a viewing? Speak to the owner, ask how the connie came about, ask what the neighb is like. Explain that you would also want to build an extension there.

Then make a judgement. 

Who knows what's behind this! The two households might get along really well, so 'your' side told the other they were happy with them building a connie on the boundary wall (ok, I'm stretching credibility here, but you never know), and the connie owner might always have accepted that one day an extension would be built there. 

Or, if you are prepared to ignore a cheesed-off neighbour, then just go ahead and buy and build.

As said above, there's a very good chance that this will seriously put off a lot of folk (just about everyone on here, for example...) so there could be a bargain to be had :-)

Scotbot

danlightbulb said:

Scotbot said:

I presume they got away with it because it is a conservatory and does not require planning permission but it's  not exactly neighbour friendly.  So you can expect them to kick up a stink when you try to do your extension.
Don't bother viewing

Its hard to imagine how it even happened.

Firstly why would the people that commissioned it have wanted it like that in the first place? Who wants to be staring into your neighbours patio area or have them looking in at you, frosted glass or not?

Secondly why didn't the owners of this house at the time object to it and prevent the build continuing once they started to see what was being built on their boundary line?

Thirdly what cowboy builders did they get in that would have agreed to build it like that? (ok that last one is probably the easiest to answer).

The first thing the owners knew about it was probably when the builders turned up and started. They may well have objected but  my assumption is that the conservatory owner is the the type who just does what he or she wants and to hell with the neighbours.
It wouldn't surprise me if this is a recent addition that is prompting the sale, I agree with another poster agree the photo is deliberate to point out tbe obvious issue and stop futile viewings.
I feel very sorry for the owners.

SarahLu

Jeepers_Creepers said:

If this house is otherwise a good choice, then why not at least have a viewing? Speak to the owner, ask how the connie came about, ask what the neighb is like. Explain that you would also want to build an extension there.

Then make a judgement. 

Who knows what's behind this! The two households might get along really well, so 'your' side told the other they were happy with them building a connie on the boundary wall (ok, I'm stretching credibility here, but you never know), and the connie owner might always have accepted that one day an extension would be built there. 

Or, if you are prepared to ignore a cheesed-off neighbour, then just go ahead and buy and build.

As said above, there's a very good chance that this will seriously put off a lot of folk (just about everyone on here, for example...) so there could be a bargain to be had :-)

It's more hassle than I can be bothered with at this point, it isn't exactly the dream home to start with I am just getting really impatient.  This isn't the one for me, I have no doubt it will sell though as most things do within days (or sometimes hours) around here at the moment.

Scotbot said:

It wouldn't surprise me if this is a recent addition that is prompting the sale, I agree with another poster agree the photo is deliberate to point out tbe obvious issue and stop futile viewings.

 I did wonder that but I don't think it looks that new and it's on the google maps aerial view too and those are sometimes from a few years ago.  Perhaps the current owner just didn't have an issue with it.

Jeepers_Creepers

Fair do's - walk away!

Don't let impatience get in the way :-)

csgohan4

maybe that's why the vendor is selling perhaps, due to the neighbor and their actions