Q&As

I am looking for some advice on our potential VAT reclaim for a barn conversion we are about to commence. Could you please advise.

Which project management software would you recommend using for a single self-build? I would like it to include GANTT charts, with dependencies, lead and lag capabilities.

Will the new legislation that have been set for local authorities to be more ambitious to meet housing targets allow those with hardstanding tennis courts in a green belt area the opportunity to build homes on them?

I have a question relating to the party wall act. There are two mid terraced houses on a slope. House 1 is stepped below House 2 and they both share a wall to the apex of House1. When repairs are required to the gable end of House 2 (which is sitting on top/being part of [...]

My parents have got planning permission to construct two, four-bed detached houses and to demolish their existing house and build three terrace houses on the site. However, they are now no longer able to do the build. As the planning was all granted on the same submission, if one of the four-bed houses was built [...]

I am looking for some advice on our potential VAT reclaim for a barn conversion we are about to commence. Could you please advise.

I recently had a double storey rear extension completed – both first fix and second fix. After moving in I realised that the space around the open living area is not as per my expectations and want to demolish one of the structural internal walls to help add some open space. This is a old [...]

I have received planning approval to demolish and rebuild a single residential property. I would like to start the build and have it signed off by building control so it can be deemed to have started – and the clock stops on the three year planning approval. I have been told this needs to be [...]

Due to an incorrectly installed rooflight on my extension, I’ve had water ingress into a cavity wall. The window itself is now fixed but I’m unsure on how to deal with the damages. What’s the best way to ensure that the two leaves of the wall are totally dry as well as my insulation? The [...]