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Not me that is actually the Neighbour on the left hand side of my house (the one that just SOLD his Busa ) but he has a small drive so always leaves his van there just to confuse everyone out of 11 houses only one has 1 car 3 have 2 cars all the rest have 3 or more quite mad here - I fit right in

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Or just put in a planning application for a hostel for single mothers, drug addicts, homeless teenagers and people on parole. They will be begging you to build a lovely double garage instead! Thats the way ahead Funny how many folks on here and I've spoken with over the past couple of days have had similar experiences with building planning neighbours etc! O well could be worse it could be raining errrr !!!!! Husky - I do live in a quarry or at least I'm told it used to be a gravel pit in the past at some point! At least the support and comments on here made me smile

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Thanks for the comments guys ATTAK Z - I know HSE are not going to be troubling me, Thanks for the tips if I'd known before your PM's would have been glowing. chippychip123 - Thanks someone else suggested the cement based board but rendered and painted - good tip but really want wood it will go well with the aesthetics (that's what the wife said ) rt b - its only the base plate or the sole plate - the first bit of wood screwed to the floor that everything else sits on top of, so it's not that much of a problem and the base was oversized anyway. (Thought I was safe on Planning andlid - Junk that 300ZX is a classic I'll have you know!!! Ricey - Ya smug git I haven't seen any pictures of this alleged shed have you built it yet? Love the idea of you doing a Michael Douglas in the planning office ---------------------------------------- As for my neighbour, He may have well been genuinely concerned for me! I also appreciate his concern over noise etc. His wife is not well and he moved here for peace and quite - Then I move in with an SC Zed a 260Z for rebuild and a 300ZX to be stripped, then my other neighbour goes out and buys a Busa!! I live on a private road of only 11 houses and we seem to get on well with all of them Christmas cards all round etc I dropped the roof pitch 5 degrees so it looked nicer from his side and the last thing I want is to upset anyone. I would rather he told me if he was upset rather than just live with it! Either way he did me a favour as I will now have everything officially done (even if I have to appeal) and had something been said later I would have been in breach due to the distance from boundary so probably all for the best. My frustration is with the amount of red tape and different regulations etc etc I'm sure they are justifiable and partly in place to stop someone just plonking a shed in front of you house but some are very hard to fathom like 2 x 15 Sq M garages side by side would have different regulations to 1 x 30 Sq M garage? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- How about some pictures as I'm bored and the chats still shut Front of my house The garage plot and the mini digger I hired to level it How far I got last weekend - Gotta take it down and move it a bit now though

I didn't mention it but 3 seperate builders/wooden building suppliers who quoted for the work all said - Won't need planning as it less than 30m and behind the (non exsistant) building line. Hind sight is wonderful - but if I had realised how helpful the planing office was going to be I would have tipped my hat to them first! We live and learn.

Its OK I rented a scaffolding tower - I know that won't save me Shhhhh

I like them LOTS very nice mate

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I thought would build a nice new garage in my front garden as when we refurbished the house the existing integral single garage was turned into a workshop - it was too small anyway you could drive a car in but not actually open the doors when inside! (and I have projects to be getting along with) So I sorted out someone to do a nice concrete base and last weekend started on the framework - all wood so it will be unobtrusive and look nice - this was built in front of the house slightly to the right. when we had a mock up of the roof line I went round all my neighbours to ask if they had any problems if it blocked the light etc All were happy no objections and most thought it improved the front of our property. Anyway Wednesday night one of my neighbours pops round to air his 2 concerns - Here we go - 1. He is worried about all the noise I will be making when I build my garage and start working on all my cars! 2. He is worried that "If" a complaint is raised that I may be made to take it down as I have not applied for planning. He also told me that he has no problem with it and if a complaint is raised it will definitely not be him that raises it! Hmmmmmm............ So I explain that I am not starting a business doing up cars and he has never complained about the work I have done on my driveway on my cars to date - Concern one dealt with. We then go onto discuss planning permission- a garage constructed of wood that is less than 30 Sq Meters is exempt building regs and does not require planning permission. He tells me that what you make it out does not matter and you need planning to do anything BUT he was only concerned for me he will definitely and categorically not be raising a complaint! I took this to mean a complaint was about to be raised so although I have read and to the best of my knowledge am inside the amended 2008 Planning act guidelines I had better go down the council offices and double check! All the above so I could do this........................ OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How complicated??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took 3 of them 2 hours to explain all the regs to me!!! my favourite line was "There is no such thing as a building line anymore" I think that was deleted in the 2011 revision whatever of planning regs!!! The upshot is that a wooden garage less than 30 Sq Meters is exempt building regs and does not require planning permission UNLESS you build it in front of your house (it used to be the building line I think ) I live on the corner of a private road so "in front" of my house is in line with my neighbours back garden. So I have to apply to retrospective planning permission(which they all agree "should" be no problem even if someone complains as they must justify the complaint and the garage is not obtrusive or overshadowing anyone. ( I took photos down as I had alreay built half of it) It gets better though I can have 2 x 15 Sq M single garages side by side (with planning) but as I want 1 x 30 Sq M double garage - I have to move it or make it out of no flammable material (corrugated iron YUKK) apparently 2 garages do not pose a fire risk but 1 does ????!!!!!!!!!! Then after attempting to do an online planning app last night I gave up as I could not work out which of the 17 certs and docs I was supposed to fill in with my app so I went down the planning office again today and the Planning Officer said "Hang on I'll get my notes I it's always hard to know which ones go with what application" No wonder people complain about this stuff! Anyway they were great down the planning office very helpful (I'd never have done it without them and the building regs guy gave me loads of advice) so I got my app in but If they have to look it up what chance have we got?!! OK Rant over feel so much better having got that out in the open ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. So just got to take the base plate up move it 28cm further away from the neighbours wall and back to building then in 8 week I'll know whether I have to take it down or not.

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Hello and Welcome As Sarnie says - check MOT milage if certificates are available? - how many previous owners? I'd only be worrieid if its in double figures

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348WHP - Only because its less than me 475 + would be my guess

I was right - thats a first See you do learn stuff on here

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Keep dreaming Shhhh the missus may read this I do have a 120 mile round trip to even it out a bit! I thought you can only have 2 maps if you had a JDM? I have a Utec ECU with 2 maps will take 7 I think, it will be in the for sale section very soon But the last thing I would do when I got into Germany is drive fuel efficiently!

If I ever "drive normally" for a whole tank I'll check the MPG but its a fun car next outing will be to Castle Combe for a track day I might average 12mpg (if I'm lucky) I would estimate 3-5MPG less than stock but thats a guess based on how many miles I've done between top ups.

Why didn't I think of doing that what a simple solution Awesome

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Nope...... Looks nice +1 we all know GM FTW Looks pic 3 - looks very smart

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Looking good Hope its nothing to serious and you can get on with driving