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Doing up an old storage area

  • 05-11-2018 6:15pm
    #1
    cityboyjim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭


    Hi Folks.I have a two story storage area plenty big enough to convert to living accommodation .Was thinking it needs a new roof.Timbers are fine .Walls are mass concrete .No damp .I have family with most of the skills who would help me in their spare time .Bottom line is I have 25k to spend.Could it be done and rent it out .Not to sell .Just wanted to know is it a non runner or worth investigating further .Thanks for reading .


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Planning required


  • #3
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    cityboyjim wrote: »
    Hi Folks.I have a two story storage area plenty big enough to convert to living accommodation .Was thinking it needs a new roof.Timbers are fine .Walls are mass concrete .No damp .I have family with most of the skills who would help me in their spare time .Bottom line is I have 25k to spend.Could it be done and rent it out .Not to sell .Just wanted to know is it a non runner or worth investigating further .Thanks for reading .

    Is it connected to the main dwelling?If not, then it’s a non runner.


  • #4
    cityboyjim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭cityboyjim


    Thanks for the feedback guys .The property is down my yard and very near the septic tank we use for our property .About ten feet away.However if I was to go for a new tank far enough to be the required distance from both buildings could the septic tank be fed by both our home and the renovated property .If not could I have a separate septic tank for each and would the one already being used need to be moved also .All advice valued .Thank you


  • #5
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    cityboyjim wrote: »
    Thanks for the feedback guys .The property is down my yard and very near the septic tank we use for our property .About ten feet away.However if I was to go for a new tank far enough to be the required distance from both buildings could the septic tank be fed by both our home and the renovated property .If not could I have a separate septic tank for each and would the one already being used need to be moved also .All advice valued .Thank you

    Planning required. Local consultant will advise what’s possible


  • #6
    cityboyjim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭cityboyjim


    Its worth following up so .I was hoping that as it was lived in 50 or 60 years ago I might have been able to refurbish it without planning .I will get an engineer.Thank you


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  • #7
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    If it has been used for storage it will not qualify to convert to a house.


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