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Office conversation flat, lenders won’t lend
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Apparently you don't even need to have any windows when making changes under permitted development: https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/17776352.tiny-flats-no-windows-get-green-light-watford-appeal/silvercar said:The fact that the bedroom windows don’t open would be a red flag for me. Were they classed as a bedroom when you bought?1 -
I'm not sure that you can call it a bedroom if it has no opening window. Certainly office conversions near to me call the extra room an extra room rather than a bedroom. They also weren't allowed to put doors on them prior to completion, though the new owners would have done so once they took possession.SoozyJ22 said:
Apparently you don't even need to have any windows when making changes under permitted development: https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/17776352.tiny-flats-no-windows-get-green-light-watford-appeal/silvercar said:The fact that the bedroom windows don’t open would be a red flag for me. Were they classed as a bedroom when you bought?I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.1 -
If it doesn't have a door then it isn't a separate room, it's part of whatever it connects through to. I've seen that in some flats where there's e.g. a mezzanine "bedroom" area with a "window" through to the living area.silvercar said:
I'm not sure that you can call it a bedroom if it has no opening window. Certainly office conversions near to me call the extra room an extra room rather than a bedroom. They also weren't allowed to put doors on them prior to completion, though the new owners would have done so once they took possession.SoozyJ22 said:
Apparently you don't even need to have any windows when making changes under permitted development: https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/17776352.tiny-flats-no-windows-get-green-light-watford-appeal/silvercar said:The fact that the bedroom windows don’t open would be a red flag for me. Were they classed as a bedroom when you bought?0 -
SoozyJ22 said:
Apparently you don't even need to have any windows when making changes under permitted development: https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/17776352.tiny-flats-no-windows-get-green-light-watford-appeal/silvercar said:The fact that the bedroom windows don’t open would be a red flag for me. Were they classed as a bedroom when you bought?The plans include 15 homes - nine on the ground floor and six on the mezzanine level. None of the upper units would have any windows and neither would one of the flats on the ground floor.16.5sq m -My bedroom is bigger than that.... These "flats" are prison cells, and people will die if there is ever a fire.
The flats range from 16.5sq m to 22sq m in size.
No parking spaces are provided but the plans include 18 cycling spaces.
Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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Thanks all. I really appreciate your time to read this thread. Is there anything I/ we as a collective can do. Feel trapped0
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