Aug
18
We now have a yellow poster on the lamp post outside out house. This states that any objections must be raised by the 7th September. We therefore can deduce (yes I’ve been watching Sherlock!) from this that the earliest a decision will be made is the 8th September and the latest will be 7th October as …
Aug
11
We have finally managed to get our planning application submitted following the delays of the planning enquiry. Hopefully we will get a quick response. I thought that I would post some images of the plans. I will not post the full plans but there are some good images of what we are looking at doing …
Jul
06
Regular readers will know that we are planning an extension to our kitchen, there is some debate as to if we will need planning permission for this extension or not, the rules regarding this are rather complex and subject to interpretation so we have gone down the route of asking our planner to do a …
Jun
16
We had our builder round last night to discuss a few things regarding our kitchen extension/orangery project. We needed to clarify some things and change some aspects of the design to ensure it is exactly what we want. It was a very constructive meeting and we gave him the go-ahead to refer the project to …
Jun
01
We came back from holiday on Saturday after a great week in Northumbria near Alnwick. We stopped on the way up to see Mum and Dad, and then stayed in a lodge. The complex where the lodge was had a health farm, gym and swimming pool and a huge play park for children which Eva …
Feb
21
Currently our kitchen at Hillcrest is almost unworkable. It is fairly narrow, lacks storage space and lacks any flow and any usable work surface space. We have decided that something has to be done about it, however, a simple ‘new kitchen’ will not rectify the problems we have with the kitchen. While changing the kitchen …
