Hi All,

We have a large Victorian 6 bed semi house and are considering converting it
to two flats one ground floor two bed and upper two floors to 3 bed.

Has anyone experience of this, or can point me in the right direction for
more info.....we are only at the information gathering stage but wish to be
as informed as possible.

Many thanks

James
www.directsos.co.uk

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from "James" contains these words:

We have a large Victorian 6 bed semi house and are considering converting it
to two flats one ground floor two bed and upper two floors to 3 bed.

Has anyone experience of this, or can point me in the right direction for
more info.....we are only at the information gathering stage but wish to be
as informed as possible.

No information on conversion as such but you will require planning
permission for the change and I have heard that some councils can be
particularly awkward over that if they think multiple occupation is out
of keeping with the area.

--
Roger Chapman

Roger wrote:
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from "James" contains these words:

We have a large Victorian 6 bed semi house and are considering converting it
to two flats one ground floor two bed and upper two floors to 3 bed.

Has anyone experience of this, or can point me in the right direction for
more info.....we are only at the information gathering stage but wish to be
as informed as possible.

No information on conversion as such but you will require planning
permission for the change and I have heard that some councils can be
particularly awkward over that if they think multiple occupation is out
of keeping with the area.

I'd second that - go and have an informal chat with a planning officer
at your local council just to run it past them; you may find that
there's a blanket ban on such conversions so that you idea is a non-starter.

Another tip is to talk to local estate agents about the idea; it's
possible you might even find that the 6 bed house is worth more than the
two flats, depending on circumstances! Or maybe locally there's a huge
demand for one and not the other? Whatever, they should be able to give
you rough valuations for the completed flats versus the house, which
should help you start thinking about whether it's worth even contemplating.

David

Roger wrote:
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from "James" contains these words:


We have a large Victorian 6 bed semi house and are considering converting it
to two flats one ground floor two bed and upper two floors to 3 bed.


Has anyone experience of this, or can point me in the right direction for
more info.....we are only at the information gathering stage but wish to be
as informed as possible.


No information on conversion as such but you will require planning
permission for the change and I have heard that some councils can be
particularly awkward over that if they think multiple occupation is out
of keeping with the area.


You may have to provide off road parking

Stuart Noble wrote:
Roger wrote:

The message
from "James" contains these words:

We have a large Victorian 6 bed semi house and are considering
converting it
to two flats one ground floor two bed and upper two floors to 3 bed.

You may have to provide off road parking

Yes, good point: lack of space for parking the inevitable extra vehicles
is a common reason for rejection of planning permission applications
for conversions like this.

David

On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 20:32:29 +0000 (UTC) James wrote :
We have a large Victorian 6 bed semi house and are considering converting
it to two flats one ground floor two bed and upper two floors to 3 bed.

Has anyone experience of this, or can point me in the right direction for
more info.....we are only at the information gathering stage but wish to
be as informed as possible.

I would take informed advice as to likely values: round here large Victorian
houses are worth more as a single house than the sum value of individual
flats and our council for one will resist applications for reverse
conversions (i.e. turning two or more flats back into a single family house).

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