RE: "Listed" buildings...

["Phillip Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

> The council planning dept. most local to the house is the 
> first place they should look, they will find out all they 
> need to know from them.  There is a common misconception that
> Class B means the listing applies to the frontage & main 
> structure only, but this is not the case, as I found out to my
> (almost) great expense.

Yup that's what's worrying us too...

> They should be prepared for some ludicrous problems, such as 
> hideous 70's "features" being part of the listing and 
> unchangeable.  Maintenance may also have to be carried out 
> with materials like those in the original construction, which 
> is why my house (c1500) internal walls are plastered with 
> nothing but a mixture of lime putty & sand. That and the 
> fragility of the walls is sort of how I came across HA in the 
> first place, and I'm glad I did.  Chasing cables into these 
> wall is a horrifying prospect.

Pain in the arse really as they're wanting to be able to secure the
place (if they buy it) with two sets of electrically operated gates
which we need to find out whether they can actually do or not. Plus
they
are wanting to convert a whole wing of outbuildings and old servants
quarters into a self contained "home".

Phil

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