Whilst the main battle - coming up with plans that will satisfy client and Council - bubbles away in the background in the (we hope) capable hands of Knott and his team - we've been hard at work opening up the second front of getting the property ready to let out in the short/medium term. Walls painted, shower installed, secondhand cooker bought to replace the one we sold on eBay. New carpets went in yesterday, letting agents coming around tomorrow.
Given the fact that our least friendly planning officer is the most likely to be assigned our case we may as well hunker down for a long fight and get some rental income in whilst we're at it.
And on the subject of planning, we ran into one of the neighbours a few days back, although not one we've consulted on access issues or offered to buy a back garden from. We told her our plans, both short- and long-term (can't see the point in being disingenuous given she'd be consulted on any plans). "You can't do much with the site," she said, looking at the bungalow. As soon as I used the words 'two-storey' and 'demolish and rebuild' I felt like I just told some Polish peasant in the summer of 1938 that we'd had a lovely holiday and we're thinking of coming back next year to invade. Probably be the talk of the road by now...
Given the fact that our least friendly planning officer is the most likely to be assigned our case we may as well hunker down for a long fight and get some rental income in whilst we're at it.
And on the subject of planning, we ran into one of the neighbours a few days back, although not one we've consulted on access issues or offered to buy a back garden from. We told her our plans, both short- and long-term (can't see the point in being disingenuous given she'd be consulted on any plans). "You can't do much with the site," she said, looking at the bungalow. As soon as I used the words 'two-storey' and 'demolish and rebuild' I felt like I just told some Polish peasant in the summer of 1938 that we'd had a lovely holiday and we're thinking of coming back next year to invade. Probably be the talk of the road by now...
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