Gap between houses?

[GB]

Does this 4" gap make any sense at all? Surely moisture will gt in and
it will be impossible to repair?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269694/Find-gap-The-detached-home-Northenden-Manchester-thats-just-14ft-wide-squeezed-semis--inches-spare.html?ICO=most_read_module

[Dave Liquorice]

On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:10:35 +0000, GB wrote:

> Does this 4" gap make any sense at all?

It makes the new place detached and avoids party wall stuff...

There must be an awful lot more behind this story than is in that
article. Did none of the now objecting neighbours object at the planning
stage? Particlarly the one with the now obscured gable end window.

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[John Williamson]

Never mind the moisture getting in now. That should be fine as long as
the brickwork is up to scratch. The real fun's going to start when *any*
of the houses get old enough to need repointing. I'm surprised they got
either planning permission or building control approval, as even
inspecting the end walls properly would be impossible.

After looking at the pictures of the adjoining houses before the new one
was built, I'd say the repointing problem isn't all that far away,
either, and it doesn't seem to have been done as part of the works,
looking at the visible corners.

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[SteveW]

On 29/01/2013 22:44, John Williamson wrote:
> GB wrote:
>> Does this 4" gap make any sense at all? Surely moisture will gt in
>> and it will be impossible to repair?
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269694/Find-gap-The-detached-home-Northenden-Manchester-thats-just-14ft-wide-squeezed-semis--inches-spare.html?ICO=most_read_module
>>
>>
> Never mind the moisture getting in now. That should be fine as long as
> the brickwork is up to scratch. The real fun's going to start when *any*
> of the houses get old enough to need repointing. I'm surprised they got
> either planning permission or building control approval, as even
> inspecting the end walls properly would be impossible.

This is quite normal. New estates are built with gaps too small for any
access.

Our next-door neighbours applied for planning permission for an
extension (in the end, they changed to a smaller one) that would have
been very close to, but not up to, our border. The council planners said
nothing about the small gap, however we wrote and suggested that it
would be better built right to the border, allowing us to do the same
later and avoiding this very problem.

SteveW

[sm_jamieson]

Since it appeared to be semis each side, I expect they did not want to be made into a terrace. However, the article I read said the residents were "shocked" or something when they "found out". Surely they would have seen it being built ?
Or course the new house would be worth more as a detached, and I would have thought developers would build "detached" whenever possible.

Also, the party wall act would have been relevant if the foundations were deeper than the ones either side, which is quite likely. I suppose they could have avoided this by building on some type of slab.

Simon.

[Brian Gaff]

Since there was a big discussion about a 1 foot gap some years ago when a
neighbour built an extension, I'd have thought this one was a nono, unless
you have some kind of space alien builders aroung there!

Brian

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[Brian Gaff]

Well that is just stupid is it not. after all the building cannot be
decorated either if they are that close. It seems to be a problem just
waiting to happen, and if there are claims I'm sure the insurance boys will
argue over this for years.

Brian

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[John Rumm]

Lots of places seem to get built with gaps too small for access these
days...


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[Chris J Dixon]

Indeed they did.

083629/FO/2007/S2 | Erection of a 2 storey dwellinghouse with
associated garden at rear | Land Between 28 And 30 Allanson Road
Northenden Manchester M22 4HL

http://www.publicaccess.manchester.gov.uk/associateddocs/selecteddoc.aspx?083629-OCO-0001.pdf

"Residential Amenity - A number of objections have been received
from surrounding properties who are concerned about the impact of
the proposal on the visual amenity of the street scene and the
fact that numbers 28 and 30 Allanson Road will no longer be
viewed as semi-detached properties in their own right.

The proposal is not considered to have a negative impact on the
visual amenity or character of the area due to the prevalence of
terrace properties along the street.

In addition, concern has been raised regarding the impact, of the
building, on the window and flue in the side elevation of number
28. The dwelling has been designed so that the rear of the
building does not occupy the full width of the plot. As such,
there is a set back at first floor level at the rear which will
enable access and light to the window. There is also access to
the boiler flue.

As for maintenance of the external walls of 28 and 30 Allanson
Road, matters of this nature are not a planning consideration,
and are covered by the provisions of the Party Wall Act. In
addition, matters such as the perceived reduction in the value of
surrounding properties as a result of new developments is not a
material consideration in the determination of planning
applications."

Chris
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[Nick Odell]

Well, at least they won't have problems caused by snow on the carport.

Nick

[Frank Erskine]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:01:10 -0800 (PST), sm_jamieson
<sm_ja...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:28:39 PM UTC, Dave Liquorice wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:10:35 +0000, GB wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Does this 4" gap make any sense at all?
>>
>>
>>
>> It makes the new place detached and avoids party wall stuff...
>>
>>
>>
>> There must be an awful lot more behind this story than is in that
>>
>> article. Did none of the now objecting neighbours object at the planning
>>
>> stage? Particlarly the one with the now obscured gable end window.
>>
>>
>
>Since it appeared to be semis each side, I expect they did not want to be made into a terrace. However, the article I read said the residents were "shocked" or something when they "found out". Surely they would have seen it being built ?

Indeed, shouldn't they have been consulted/invited to comment at the
planning application stage?

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[Andrew May]

Maybe they were "shocked" when they "found out" that the planners had
passed it despite their obections.

[polygonum]

On 30/01/2013 12:06, Frank Erskine wrote:
<>

> Indeed, shouldn't they have been consulted/invited to comment at the
> planning application stage?
>

I note the linked DM story repeatedly refers to "residents". Maybe the
inference is that they are tenants - not owners. Would this affect their
right to consultation and/or invitation to comment?

Indeed, if that is the case, maybe the owner(s) did agree to the
development?

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Rod

[Frank Erskine]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:32:15 +0000, polygonum <rmoud...@vrod.co.uk>
wrote:

>On 30/01/2013 12:06, Frank Erskine wrote:
><>
>> Indeed, shouldn't they have been consulted/invited to comment at the
>> planning application stage?
>>
>I note the linked DM story repeatedly refers to "residents". Maybe the
>inference is that they are tenants - not owners. Would this affect their
>right to consultation and/or invitation to comment?

AFAIR consultation document are sent to the occupier.


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[mogga]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:32:15 +0000, polygonum <rmoud...@vrod.co.uk>
wrote:

The addresses get the letters not a person.

It sometimes shows on planning who they consulted.

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[Rod Speed]

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God knows what producing that shit cost the eventual owner.

[PeterC]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:35:25 +0000, John Rumm wrote:

> On 29/01/2013 22:10, GB wrote:
>> Does this 4" gap make any sense at all? Surely moisture will gt in and
>> it will be impossible to repair?
>>
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269694/Find-gap-The-detached-home-Northenden-Manchester-thats-just-14ft-wide-squeezed-semis--inches-spare.html?ICO=most_read_module
>
> Lots of places seem to get built with gaps too small for access these
> days...

Here's a good'un - rendering and poor pointing
http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=52.158691,-0.892135&spn=0.00518,0.006802&t=m&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=52.158706,-0.891966&panoid=9VXd37QiKcyszaUsKmJyaw&cbp=12,322,,1,3.72
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[SteveW]

Indeed it does. I was suprised that when we built a conservatory (house
already extended, so we needed PP), they notified two houses to the left
of us (both with extensions or conservatories sticking out further than
our plans), two houses to the right (one with an extension longer than
ours and the other that would not be able to see our conservatory at all
because of that extension) and four houses on the opposite side of the
road (that again would not be able to see it) ... yet they failed to
contact anyone in the row backing onto us, despite it being visible to
all of them!

SteveW

[Lobster]

On 30/01/2013 10:35, Chris J Dixon wrote:

> 083629/FO/2007/S2 | Erection of a 2 storey dwellinghouse with
> associated garden at rear | Land Between 28 And 30 Allanson Road
> Northenden Manchester M22 4HL

[snip]

> As for maintenance of the external walls of 28 and 30 Allanson
> Road, matters of this nature are not a planning consideration,
> and are covered by the provisions of the Party Wall Act.

So what does the Party Wall Act have to say on this situation (ie where
it's been made physically impossible to conduct maintenance on the
dividing wall) - anybody know?
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[polygonum]

What can be done to weather proof a narrow gap formed where a person is
building on his own land alongside the external wall (e.g. an earlier
back garden extension built up to the Adjoining Owner’s side of the
boundary line?

It is good practice to prevent debris collecting in (or animals
entering) the small gap between two adjacent independent structures and
the Act allows for any works “incidental to the connection of a
structure with the premises adjoining it”. There are several proprietary
products that can effectively seal the gap between two buildings without
having to cut into or permanently fix to either building. The Building
Owner erecting the second structure would usually
carry out this work.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_partywall_explain_booklet.pdf

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[Hugo Nebula]

[Default] On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:44:50 +0000, a certain chimpanzee,
John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com>, randomly hit the

keyboard and wrote:

> I'm surprised they got
>either planning permission or building control approval, as even
>inspecting the end walls properly would be impossible.

The Building Regulations do not cover the distances to a boundary
(except for any unprotected area on or facing a boundary and for the
fire resistance of the materials) nor access for maintenance or
repair.
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[Onetap]

On Friday, February 1, 2013 9:11:22 AM UTC, polygonum wrote:

> It is good practice to prevent debris collecting in (or animals
>
> entering) the small gap between two adjacent independent structures and
>
> the Act allows for any works “incidental to the connection of a
>
> structure with the premises adjoining it”. There are several proprietary
>
> products that can effectively seal the gap between two buildings without
>
> having to cut into or permanently fix to either building. The Building
>
> Owner erecting the second structure would usually
>
> carry out this work.

In the '60s my father, a builder,bought a house with a similar gap between the adjacent properties. The basement was damp and uninhabitable. He cut out and replaced an entire course of bricks in segments, inserting a slate damp proof layer. Apparently,he got lots of dead cats out of the gap between the houses.

[Rod Speed]

"Lobster" <davidlobs...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I cant see how that is ever possible. There is always
access from either side of it. And its an internal wall
so it isnt as likely to need say repointing.

[jgharston]

GB wrote:
(14-foot house)

14 feet? Loads of room. This one's in for planning permission for the
second time. Slightly less than 10 feet:
http://goo.gl/maps/x5MSW

JGH

[sm_jamieson]

How about this one for sale near me ?
It is 8 feet.

http://www.brianholt.co.uk/property-details/west-midlands/coventry/earlsdon-10

Simon.

[sm_jamieson]

Actually counting the bricks its a bit wider, the internal rooms are 8 feet.
Simon.

[Andrew May]

On 04/02/2013 13:11, sm_jamieson wrote:

> How about this one for sale near me ?
> It is 8 feet.
>
> http://www.brianholt.co.uk/property-details/west-midlands/coventry/earlsdon-10
>
> Simon.
>

That's the first time I have seen paddle stairs used as the access to
the first floor.

[fred]

Wouldn't fancy getting a wardrobe up there unless twas to be built in situ

[Châu Thái]

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