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I understand you. I had the same understanding until someone explained to me and pointed me on the right direction. The regulations are not as clear as they could/should be.

From the planning portal: “If the outbuilding is within 2 metres of the property boundary the whole building should not exceed 2.5 metres in height.”

The floor is almost finished.

Now that my roof is done I measured the height and I am exactly at 2.5m. It was odd to measure as the highest point of the ground was at a corner of the building but the highest point of the building is at its apex. Now, if my neighbour measures from his side, the building will look definitely...

I managed to do the rest of the roof work today just in time for the rain. I still have the trimmings and fascias to finish, but at least now if SWMBO kicks me out of bed I have a dry place to sleep.

My twin daughters will be 2 this August. The toys that me and SWMBO buy (mostly second hand) are always something "crafty" like soft building blocks or puzzles, or a set of wooden tools. When I cook for them I make a point to show them how I am doing stuff, like cracking an egg in front of them...

Thanks for the recommendation, Brian. I had a look at the synopsis and will add the book to my list. It is funny, I learned American English back in Brazil so many years ago and now I live in England, my wife is Scottish and I work in a global engineering company (over 55k employees) where I...

Hahahaha In my defense, English is not my native language.

I have managed to finish the roof insulation on Tuesday. Then I had to wrap up the whole workshop and and go back to my office work. I will continue over the weekend and bank holiday. After yesterday's storm I went to check the wrapping up today and was relieved to confirm everything is still...

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The roof tongue and grove went up today. Tomorrow (hopefully) the roof insulation, membrane and felt.

Some more progress today. Huge thanks to @Gandalfs Staff who came to help.

A slow start

Hi @Sachakins That's a good question to which I don't have the answer. My case was pretty straight forward but I still applied for a certificate of lawfulness. If I had a situation like the one you described, I would probably have a previous consultation with that planning officer, or at least...

Good to know, @HappyHacker I am building this weekend my new log cabin with exactly the same solution.

Workshop Update: Dunster House delivered today, as agreed. The components look well machined and the wood seam fine. Doors and windows look well executed (and super heavy). If the weather allows it I will start building the cabin tomorrow. I have booked Monday and Tuesday off work so I can...

Impressive! Well done! Brings memories from my Descriptive Geometry classes back in college a quarter of a century ago.

It seems that my complaint worked as Dunster House has now re-scheduled the delivery for the 26th April (within the original delivery schedule).

This is what is written on the Government's Permitted development rights for householders Technical Guidance "Height” - references to height (for example, the heights of the eaves on a house extension) is the height measured from ground level. (Note, ground level is the surface of the ground...

That is an interesting idea but I am afraid that this could mess-up the fitting of the doors requiring more adaptation and sure it would void the warranty. One idea I have considered is to substitute the pressure treated wood bearers for a composite material of same height.