Hi, I'm looking into moving house and I've found a property which is
in need of all round attention (new kitchen,bathroom,carpets, windows
etc). The house is a small 4 bed detached (only one double bedroom)
with a detached double length garage to the side about 3 or 4 feet
away from the property.

I was thinking if I had to redo every thing anyway, maybe I could
extend the downstairs out to the garage to make what's now storage
space into real rooms & extend the upstairs over the garage to make
bedrooms of a decent size.

Now, I have no idea whether this would be allowed or not. Is there a
way for me to get something like "approval in principle" before
actually buying the house???

It's a bit scary to think that I'll be takign the side of the house
off! How does this get done without the whole thing falling down?!

Steve