Non essential indoor tradesman job ??

[waitrosetrollydolly]

Ok my question is this:
In England can you have a tradesman ( or woman I guess) come into your home to install an extra toilet and basin, build some studwork and put in a roof window . It would be the fourth loo in the building, and all the others are in good working order.

My DH and I disagree on if this is allowed just now or not. So hoping the Mumsnetter collective can point us in the right direction. (For what it's worth it's me that thinks this breaks the spirit of the rules and therefore could lead us into hot waters with the local authorities.)
Thanks for any input

Is it legal? Yes.
Is it safe? Quite safe. Especially if it's multi-day jobs and they're not working between multitudes of households within a 10 day window and you can space out and ventilate.

Trades are avaliable to work and need the income.

Holding off on work means you then have a post- lockdown surge and people then needing work done urgently struggle because there's no avaliability. Better for all to have a consistent flow of work.

You guys are all brilliant for posting, and giving me the clarity I needed Thank you.

I thought it was legally ok but it was the risk that bothered me. I've spoken with DH and put across all the points for and against and we've decided to email the builder tonight to postpone until things are less risky.

Both DH and I are 'verging on vulnerable' due to his past and my current medical situation. And the location of the project means we can't just close the door and leave them too it.

So will wait to see what the builder says, I think he'll be fine with it as I know he's incredibly busy at the moment, and he's booked to do more work for us in the autumn, so can add it to that job.

Thanks again