Peter Crosland wrote:

The first thing to remember is that in a listed building, particularly of
that age, there is very little that can be legally done without getting
formal listed building consent from your local planning authority. Indeed is
a criminal offence to make many changes without such approval.
Unfortunately it means your will have to wade through a lot of bureaucracy.
You need to choose a structural engineer or surveyor who specialises in such
buildings. It does not come cheap and the figure quoted by someone else is
absurd.

That was all it actually cost me,from such a firm.

Perhaps its absurd, and they were being nice.

It wasn't a detailed survey, just a 'what is happening, why, and what
are my options' Tht cost me about 150 quid.

The indicated costs involved were such that not being listed, I decided
to re-make most of the structure, and what I found when doing it made me
go for a complete rebuild ultimately. It wasn't that great a cottage,
but the location was fabulous.

you can see the result at www.larksrise.com if you like.

In the process I invoked the same engineers again to validate the new
structures. That cost 350 quid for a day or two of calculations.

Nothing compared to the final cost of doing the work.



Peter Crosland