to wonder if the new next-door neighbour's building plans are a bit ott?

[beatrice14]

They're a couple with a toddler. They sounded very nice when they phoned up initially. But then they moved out after 2 days and sent my mum (I'm 15) about some building work they wanted to do before they moved in. We thought that was fine, just a bit of tapping etc. But then they emailed my mum saying that they want to build a basement, a hut at the bottom of the garden, replace all the windows, and a couple of other things. They said that to do this they would need

builders, lorries and bulldozers from 8 am to 6 pm,from September 2021 to August 2022. I understand that they want to make their new house perfect, but the timing isn't ideal as I have to take my GCSEs in 2022, and it would disrupt my mum's work (she currently works from home as a tutor) it it's really loud. Hopefully I will not have to do remote learning next school year as they anticipate it'll be very noisy. My mum is considering complaining, as are some other neighbours. However, she is not sure if they would just ignore any protest and do it anyway. are we BU or are they? Thank you for reading!

@shivawn

I get that, I'm just thinking it's an extreme amount of work for what they will get out of it. I mean that must be costing an absolute fortune and all they'll have at the end of it is a basement on a terraced/semi D. For the hassle and what they're spending on buying this house and a year of heavy construction works with bulldozers etc they could probably have built their perfect self build.

Self build mortgages are difficult to get, expensive and ad admin headache

Self building requires a suitable plot in the right location, which hasn’t been snapped up by a house builder already. Probably achievable in a rural area. Never gonna happen in a million years in prime London

Self building means you’re left with a new build, which many people dislike acutely

Adding a basement often adds more than the cost to the overall value so you get a big house in your preferred location and potentially make money in the process

Shivawn- you’re right in many places but here in London with terraced streets the economics work differently.