Hi,
Wondering if anyone could help me.
We have secured a movers mortgage on a local property. We were planning on making an offer next week, subject to an engineers report. I was just having a nosy on Google at planning as this property has a large granny flat out the back.
Turns out they had applied for retention on this granny flat and change of use for the main house form commercial to residential in 2018. The application was deemed to have been withdrawn as property owners never followed up with it.
There was also a part on the retention about boundary lines. I pulled maps from development plans in the Council and the house next door boundary line runs right down the middle of both these properties (the main house and granny flat) … I’m gutted, is this a case of steer clear?
I am obviously not going to shell out stamp duty for a house that’s deemed to be a commercial property. Change of use is relatively easy to get and this house was originally a house, they just ran a business from it.
It’s the boundary line that really worries me.. how does a house built in the early ‘80s… cross over so much into someone’s else’s boundary?
Why have the neighbours not brought this up before, their house is relatively new.. I’m sure they are aware of it?
I suppose I need someone to tell me this kind of thing is common and plough on.. or avoid like the plague?
Any help greatly appreciated, really gutted over this, we were offering asking price to secure it, this house is ideal for us? Went and got full approval first just in case, all ducks in a row and now this..
BTW .. the auctioneer told us no issues with planning when I enquired on the first viewing, I asked purely because of the size of the granny flat ..
thanks a million!
Wondering if anyone could help me.
We have secured a movers mortgage on a local property. We were planning on making an offer next week, subject to an engineers report. I was just having a nosy on Google at planning as this property has a large granny flat out the back.
Turns out they had applied for retention on this granny flat and change of use for the main house form commercial to residential in 2018. The application was deemed to have been withdrawn as property owners never followed up with it.
There was also a part on the retention about boundary lines. I pulled maps from development plans in the Council and the house next door boundary line runs right down the middle of both these properties (the main house and granny flat) … I’m gutted, is this a case of steer clear?
I am obviously not going to shell out stamp duty for a house that’s deemed to be a commercial property. Change of use is relatively easy to get and this house was originally a house, they just ran a business from it.
It’s the boundary line that really worries me.. how does a house built in the early ‘80s… cross over so much into someone’s else’s boundary?
Why have the neighbours not brought this up before, their house is relatively new.. I’m sure they are aware of it?
I suppose I need someone to tell me this kind of thing is common and plough on.. or avoid like the plague?
Any help greatly appreciated, really gutted over this, we were offering asking price to secure it, this house is ideal for us? Went and got full approval first just in case, all ducks in a row and now this..
BTW .. the auctioneer told us no issues with planning when I enquired on the first viewing, I asked purely because of the size of the granny flat ..
thanks a million!