Monthly Archives: October 2011
October 26th, 2011
What building regulations apply to a loft conversion?
Practice guidance showing how to comply with the Building Regulations is contained in ‘approved documents’ issued by the Government. As far as your build is concerned, these are a bible and legally enforceable. The full documents can be accessed on the Government website. Approved Documents. A – Structure. B – Fire Safety. C – Site preparation…
October 26th, 2011
Build Your Loft Conversion SAFE!
It has been reported in the Bolton News that a fire broke out at a property in the Breightmet area due to a halogen heater being used. The fire was not immediately noticed and dealt with due to the absence of any smoke detectors in the loft area which immediately raises concerens. We have approached the subject of building…
October 19th, 2011
THANK YOU!
We would like to say a big thank you to the following companies for their generosity and support towards our upcoming fundrasing event on Friday 25th November in support of Cancer Research UK: Total Building Control Morris Mica Hardware, Redditch Lawsons Timber Merchants Broom Joinery Alcester Edwards Buildbase, Redditch Magnet Trade, Reddicth PJA Electrics, Redditch E. H Smith…
October 18th, 2011
We have bats in our loft, how will this affect our loft conversion plans?
If you have bats currently nesting within your loft space you will need to obatin a licence in order to carry out the loft conversion. Although this will incur an additonal cost it does not mean that the loft conversion will not go ahead and will almost dictate the time of year that the work…
October 14th, 2011
Will a loft conversion add value to my house?
A loft conversion that has full building regulations and planning approval will add value to your property. The increase of value can be between £20,000 and £100,000 and is dependent on the number of factors such as area, type of property, size of conversion, size of property prior to the conversion and the current property…
October 14th, 2011
Charles Grosvenor Launch Fundraising for Cancer Research UK
As previously blogged, employees of Charles Grosvenor Ltd will be taking on the Three Peaks Challenge next year in aid of Cancer Research UK. I can confirm that we will be launching our fundraising at a charity event on Friday 25th November 2011 at Redditch United Football Club. We would like to say a big…
October 11th, 2011
Huge Success at Grand Designs Live 2011
Thank you to all those who visited our stand at Grand Designs at the NEC over the weekend, we hope you enjoyed the show. The show was a great success and we have received lots of enquiries for quotations. This may have resulted in a slight delay in our surveyor contacting those who left us…
October 4th, 2011
Home Loans Hit Highest Level for Almost 2 Years!
Mortgage lending appears to be on the up as new home loans hit their highest level for almost two years. Bank and Building Societies agreed more than 52,410 mortgages last month which is a 6% increase from a year ago, experts say this is down to ‘growng momentum’ in the housing market as borrowing rates…
October 4th, 2011
Bespoke Lofts – Based in Essex
According to the Oxford Dictionary the word ‘Bespoke’ means ‘made to the customers specification’. The specification Marc Loppas furnished his web designer with, must have been ‘upload photographs from competitors websites and give misleading information’. Earlier in the year I made Mr Loppas aware of the photographs contained within his website that were the property of…
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