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Conservatory and building regs control
We have made an offer on another house which has been accepted. Hopefully there will be no problems with this one.
However, it has a conservatory which is open to the house, no doors from the lounge into the conservatory. It doesnt bother us, although the garden is north east facing so I will presume that it may get chilly in winter.
However my understanding was that building regs specify that conservatories need external doors to them from the house, is this the case? What will happen if this doesnt meet building regs, we wouldnt need to change anything would we? It has underfloor heating.
However, it has a conservatory which is open to the house, no doors from the lounge into the conservatory. It doesnt bother us, although the garden is north east facing so I will presume that it may get chilly in winter.
However my understanding was that building regs specify that conservatories need external doors to them from the house, is this the case? What will happen if this doesnt meet building regs, we wouldnt need to change anything would we? It has underfloor heating.
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If so, that's very odd
As it says, the conservatory is on the back of the house but with no doors between the house and the conservatory. I thought there had to be external grade doors between a property and a conservatory?
No, there is an external door from the conservatory out to the garden, but thats not my query its that I thought to meet building control you had to have doors between a property and the conservatory.
The property last sold in 2008 and by the looks of the pictures on right move, it was the same then, so this has not been added by the current occupants.
You haven't explained this very well,
What doors are where?????
I dont know how to say it any different, the conservatory is open to the house!!! I thought there had to be external grade doors between a property and a conservatory, not just open to the house. I thought you had to be able to shut the conservatory off to the house to meet building control?
I have double glazed French doors opening into my conservatory. I couldn't imagine it without doors.. Cold for one thing
Your surveyor will tell you what's needs to be done etc
Yes of course we will have a survey done but it wont tell me anything I cant see with regard to the entrance to the conservatory !! I just want to be prewarned if there are going to be any obvious issues, we have had to pull out of one property already due to a problem with the house and Im not sure our buyers would tolerate another wait.
Well the survey will tell you if you need to have doors put in....
Good luck
Due to the design it wasn't classed as a conservatory but just another room in the house. Passed building regs etc fine. So will probably depend how it has been done.
No, its open to the house!!!!!! I have said this! I dont know how else to explain it, there is the back of the house with no wall, which is open then to the conservatory. We only get one viewing at these awful viewing days, the offers have to be in by Monday morning so there isnt a chance to get another look. I didnt see whether there was any room to put doors in if necessary.
Five years ago. I think it was £600 but he was cheap.
Building Regs shouldn't apply in your case, but even if they do, you are unlikely to get done (or just asked to put it right).
Hang a curtain in the meantime
So they may just advise to put doors in, there wouldnt be any come back if we didnt? Although not having had a conservatory before I dont know how cold it might be. It was baking on Saturday and I got stressed because I dont like the house too hot. But I dont like being cold either!
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/conservatories/
So this particular conservatory cannot have been exempt from building control as it does not have external doors separating it from the house.
Sounds like it but if they got building regs when they did it all will be fine. That will be pulled up in the searches if you come to buy it. If they didn't get it retrospective building regs may be needed but if it is over 2 years old the coucil will not enforce compliance.
You really ought to budget for doors though. It WILL be cold in winter in your living room.
Note that if you have a gas fire in the living room, and then you put doors in, you may have to put extra vents to the outside (Carbon Monoxide reasons). It's not expensive or difficult.
Yes, I wondered about the cold. This couple have children and from the pictures dont appear to have ever put doors in. The previous owners didnt have doors, makes you wonder why not?
Problem is we have gone right up to our limit due to the market, there literally is no money left for anything. Luckily I have lots of jumpers.
Yes, Im taking my living room curtains which should fit nicely!
edit: just checked, ours was north west facing
North west is lovely, not too hot and you get the evening sun set. We have had to compromise hugely, pay way over the odds, get a 2 bed instead of 3 and small kitchen but its a very good area and lovely road, so we cant get everything!