"BigWallop" wrote | So I'm literally stuck with keeping this one maintained then. | Oh Well (sigh), it was a nice thought while it lasted. :-))
Your insurance does cover gas explosions doesn't it?
Owain
Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}
Like the major owning brewery did with the historic Tommy Ducks pub in the heart of Manchester city centre. In the middle of the night too. They only received a small fine for doing it. The land it was on (opposite Central Station and The Midland Hotel) is worth a fortune I still wonder why there was so little fuss made afterwards. It stinks..........
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:01:36 +0100, a particular chimpanzee named "RichardS" randomly hit the keyboard and produced:
Under the Building Act S.78, the local authority must take such action as to remove the danger. This means that they can only do the minimum possible to make the property safe (not necessarily the building), as the bill for any work done by the Council gets sent to the owner.
The accidental JCB driver could end up with a house that's uninhabitable, paying for the hire of a large number of Acrows, and a bill for the dozen or so man-hours involved in securely fencing the garden off from the road. Then he can start to apply for planning permission to demolish the house. His neighbours (if they've got any sense) will also start down the road of appointing their own Party Wall surveyor to ensure that any demolition is done without adversely affecting their property.
The hotel where we had our wedding reception closed down, and permission was sought to build houses/apartments on the site. Permission was refused and then... mysteriously... some weeks later the place burned down.
Hmmm...
M.
But could I do that to the neighbours ? If I did, and knowing my luck, the doggie plumbing in the upstairs flat would put out any fire before enough damage was done, and then I'd be stuck redecorating again.
Still, one nice thing today, all the neighbours like the new front I made. :-))
There may well be other acts that relate.
I was informed that there is a presumption in my area that you cannot reduce the number of "dwelling units". This apparently applies to demolition and conversion of two cottages to one.
To get round this a mega corporation has left several houses abandoned to vandals. When they become sufficiently dangerous they will be demolished.
WRT the term "freehold" being a grant from the crown: is this not why land reverts to the crown if the owner dies intestate?
AJH
I remember two things about the Tommy Ducks
1) All the knickers stapled to the ceiling 2) Saw Windsor Davies in there!Pete
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