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After fourteen months of hell I'm putting it back on the market. I've hit more roadblocks than Bonnie & Clyde and although I expected problems, nothing prepared me for the jobsworths and 'protectors of our heritage'.
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What sort of building did you buy, and what were you wanting to do to it?
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Grade 1 or 2
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Isn't it amazing, up and down the country there are empty listed buildings rotting that simply need some maintenance to bring them up to scratch, but people won't touch them with a bargepole because of this problem.
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I nearly did a few years ago, a lovely G2 listed hall but a m8 at the council told me it would be a nightmare with all the repair regulations.
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Grade 11 and just wanted extension and some (what I thought were minor) changes. After several changes to plans/materials and endless meetings/paperwork we arrived at a plan that "may well" be subject to approval. It's nothing like we wanted and we're tired of all the hassle. The plans will be submitted (because they've cost a bomb) and we'll let someone else have the pleasure of dealing with these luddites.
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OP you knew what you were buying so stop moaning because you can't do what you want.
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Fair enough dave, hands up for that one. Hope you never have the same experience.
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Here is a case were the owners simply demolished a listed house, remains to be seen
what action will be taken against them. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/14287910.Historic_A_listed_West_End_home_demolished_prompting_probe_by_Glasgow_City_Council/ |
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Leaning Tower Of Pisa?
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Might be worth seeking advice of a planning consultant if there are any grounds for de-listing the building.
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"please list 20 empty listed "rotting" family homes- should be easy if they exist up and down the country"
Here's one... Shadwell Court, Thetford, Norfolk. Grade 1 listed. Designed by S S Teulon. Empty for nearly 20 years. Owned by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum. |
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Some near neighbours needed a pair of replacement chimney pots a few years back. The previous owner of my house had left behind a couple of dozen assorted Victorian chimney pots, which she'd been using as twee, OAP-style garden ornaments. A couple of them were identical to the ones the neighbours needed replacing, so I let them have them in return for a flagon of cider.
Only found out by chance a couple of years later that their gaff was Grade-2 listed, and but for my generosity they would have had to pay at least a monkey each to a dealer for precisely identical pots. No wonder they were generous with the cider. The only consolation is that I would never otherwise have discovered West Croft cider, not just different class to every other cider I've ever tasted, but possibly the finest booze on the planet. http://www.somersetcidervinegarco.co.uk/westcroft-cider-and-janets-jungle-juice.html |