Bought one of these at the start of the year, not new to us but it's only a couple of years old.
When we were going through the sale we specifically asked the about extensions etc. and changes and were told we couldn't change the external house paint colour but there were no other covenants regarding extensions etc. and that we were just to just to refer to local planning.
We want to to make some internal and external changes, not an extension but changing two of the windows at the back in kitchen / dinner (existing French doors and then main window to aluminium sliders) there is a horrible balcony/platform type thing with what looks like prison railings round the top at the back out from the french doors, we would like to remove these and put in a raised deck. We have a building warrant in place for this work now.
But having checked through the sales info and title deeds (we did at time obviously and saw the things about tree heights, house paint and not keeping chickens or caravans etc.) but missed a point about if we want to make 'external changes to the building or extend we have to seek permission from 'the management'.
This is where we're confused, we've bounced back to Sol but she's off till Weds, I can't see her having missed this but we're obvs confused as there it is in black and white in title.
We are wondering tho whether this doesn't apply to freeholders tho as the title pack seems to be very generic and has info in there which is very clearly pertaining to leasehold properties and 'block properties' ours is neither so we're wondering given that sol never mentioned when asked that the external changes refers to leasehold (altho less clear than other points) rather than freehold.
Also we've no idea who the manager is?!! Is it Springfield we've got 0 info on that. The 'owned' part of the estate is finished and they are just building some adapted council homes now - sales office went months ago.
There is no terms of reference at the start of the Title Pack or anywhere else in any of the legal documents that explains who this 'manager' is.
What are people's experience and are windows external and the deck??
You are allowed to add a conservatory without permission apparently, so don't see how that is any different to extending?? Or putting new windows in.