Re: Waaayyyyy OT: Planning permission

["Andy Powell" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Ooopps, sorry,

that was an old message I replied to... 

/me slaps forehead Doh!

Appologies..

Andy


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Andy Powell" <ukha@b...> wrote:
> --- In ukha_d@y..., "BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@f...>
wrote:
> 
> > I know I can't say for sure, I was just kinda looking for an 
> opinion - would
> > _you_ be put off a 'semi' because the only thing separating it
>from
> being a
> > terraced house is 6" of space?  I think I would be.
> > (Leave aside for now whether you would want a semi at all - we
all 
> want self
> > builds in the middle of nowhere, fully automated & with a T1
> internet
> > connection!)
> 
> Speaking from my current experiences (house hunting , looking to 
move 
> back to UK), I would personally not even consider a house that said
> it was a semi but only had a 6" gap between it and the next
house. 
> This sort of thing is very common in Holland where so called 
detached 
> houses are 6" apart on either side. That's why we spent a bit
more, 
> our nearest neighbour's house is 15m away (although the boundary 
and 
> hence garden is closer)..
> 
> My main concern would be how sound would travel. 
> 
> Of course this could just be the snob in me... but I like my 
privacy, 
> I like to somtimes jack the volume right up when watching an action
> movie etc, the last thing I'd want is a neighbour knocking on the 
> front door asking me to turn it down...
> 
> I would have thought (not a lawyer blah blah) that a reduction in 
the 
> value of your property would be a good enuff reason to object. Have
> you talked to your neighbour about it? 
> 
> Probaby all irrelavant anyho.. but there you go... Scotland is 
> looking more and more attractive in terms of value for money and 
> getting a bit of distance between neighbours... 
> 
> Of course me moving into an area will cause house prices to drop 
> anyway :P but there you go...
> 
> Andy

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