Link detached neighbor converting garage

[Sprockergirl]

Hi

Yesterday builders turned up and my new next door neighbours house and have started work on what's obviously a garage conversion. Their garage connects to our house (we are link detached). Does this mean we are now a semi and our house value has changed? I feel slightly peeved that nobody let us know even though though we essentially share the wall.

Now I'm also a bit worried they will extend over the garage and attach onto ours making us fully semi detached. Can they do this without our permission?

They aren't the most approachable people and I don't want to start nosing around and piss them off!

@stichguru It probably won’t need pp. Not sure about building regs. Depends on what it’s going to be used for.

I covered all this in an earlier post. And linked to the legislation. Converting a garage generally comes under permitted development, unless certain conditions are in place. And you are not increasing the area, upwards or outwards.

@DownhillTeaTray Really joined to say it was a party wall. Some areas have NO permitted development by the way. Rights can be removed. Ours have due to planning restrictions in our neighbourhood.

Yes. That is what I said. "Unless certain conditions are in place".

Anyway, at least we are agreed that this is a Party Wall issue.

Which one of you is now on reddit explaining garage conversions😂

@Notthepope ? They can be quite interesting. A neighbour has left the garage door on theirs and another neighbour has their shed incorporated into their living room. You would be surprised what people do!

It is more desirable to people who value quiet.

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