Hi,
I have bought a second hand garden timber building - 8m x 4.2m. We have left 2m from each boundary. The previous owner of the building had 3 partitions and was used by their teenager daughter. We always wanted a summerhouse and finding one 1/3rd of the price for a bigger timber building was too good to miss. I have verified that its fine under permitted development as per technical rules. But the catch is that it has a kitchen and bathroom, a small bedroom and sitting room. So it can look like a self contained. We are not fitting the kitchen and bathroom yet, have run out of money and there is no rush but electrics will be part P. It comes with all fittings as we have stored in the bathroom section of the garden office. I would like to use it for working from home and will never be used as sleeping accommodation.
The guys building it have made me nervous saying neighbours could get jealous and it may be difficult convincing planning authority that we do not intend to use it as self contained because it does have a kitchen and bathroom. I was so happy to get a bargain but now I'm confused and worried. Even though its a bargain, its still a lot of money and I don't want to go it to waste. The next door neighbours seem fine. We don't know the people whose back gardens are connecting to ours. One of them have 10 feet high trees so they probably won't even notice that we have put something in our back garden. But one neighbour I haven't been able to talk to and don't know them. I'm getting nervous that I may not sound too convincing because of the internal fear and anxiety talking to strangers, specially when they come around questioning my intensions. Googling Ancillary vs Incidental is killing me. Please help! Am I trouble?
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gettingnervous · 05/02/2015 23:56
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