Building Advice

Simpson20

Hi All,

My neighbour recently built a extension to the side of his house but instead of knocking into the main house which was on the plans. he has built a separate house altogether own side door, stairs and own heating. He also did his attic but this goes along the top of the main house too.

The main house is rented and he lives in the new part.

We are a semi detached house but would you now class our house as a terraced.

Thank you

Penn

Is it possible it was built as a 'granny flat' for himself and some of his family members have moved into the main house? There may be an internal door which does link both buildings.

Regardless, check if he had planning permission (I presume he did if it's a side extension) and if it's down as a family flat but he's renting it out and hasn't interconnected the buildings, you can report to the enforcement division of the council who'll investigate.

Homer

You can check online with your relevant authority in their planning section and search using the online map provided. Navigate to your location, and check off there is ANY planning for the structure and go from there. If its to the side they must have had planning I would have thought.

If you are in Fingal its the link below (that's my area so just as an example)

http://fingalcoco.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=3fa7d9df584c4d93aab202638db9dd1a

Penn

Also I wouldn't necessarily consider your house to now be terraced, that implies houses connected on both sides. I'd say you're still semi-detached or at worst end-of-terrace if more specificity is required.