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Mandy1963
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Hi there.
We’ve had an offer accepted on a 3 bed 4 year old bungalow. Advertised as 3 bed and very clearly a 3 bed. However, it seems planning permission was only given for 2 bed property. There was no increase to the size or footprint of the property so don’t know how it happened but would this become a problem if we wanted to sell in the future, or wanted to extend?
Any ideas ?
Thanks for any advice.
We’ve had an offer accepted on a 3 bed 4 year old bungalow. Advertised as 3 bed and very clearly a 3 bed. However, it seems planning permission was only given for 2 bed property. There was no increase to the size or footprint of the property so don’t know how it happened but would this become a problem if we wanted to sell in the future, or wanted to extend?
Any ideas ?
Thanks for any advice.
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So if there was no change to the size or footprint of the property, do the PP drawings show the proposd floorplan?
What changed to that floorplan between the drawings and what was built?
Or is it simply that the drawings called one room something other than "a bedroom"?0 -
How do the floor plans submitted for planning consent compare to the actual layout of the house?
With bungalows, you sometimes have, say, 4 rooms and you can choose how you want to use them.
For example:
2 reception Rooms and 2 bedrooms, or
1 reception room and 3 bedrooms
Could that be what's happened here?
Or has somebody subdivided a large bedroom?0 -
Are all the rooms on one floor, or have they fitted one into the roof space?0
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Thanks for your replies. Haven’t seen the floor plans or planning permission yet. I may be worrying about nothing. There is clearly a kitchen, a lounge diner and then 3 other rooms. They are not sub divided and they are not in the loft space. They are currently using the ‘third’ bedroom as an office space, but it so clearly a 3rd bedroom, and, as I say it was marketed as such. It may be that the original plans called the room something else, but I can’t see how the planning officers allowed it as a 2 bed. The third room is pretty much the same dimensions as the other 2...0
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Unless the construction of the house doesn't match the approved plans, or there was a specific condition restricting the number of rooms which can be used as bedrooms (unlikely), I doubt this is anything to worry about.
If it's a recent development aren't the planning docs available on the council's website?0 -
If the footprint hasn't changed then what is a "bedroom" in a bungalow? It's just rooms and whether one is a dining room or a bedroom depends what furniture is in it.0
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