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Working Lunch interview in attic office
I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his
modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? |
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"Conrad Edwards" wrote in message m... I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? It's not How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? It will be classed as occasional use/storage, which doesn't require any planning regs. |
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Andy Hall wrote in
: In practical terms there are three ways that I can think of that he might be detected. - There's a fire and he gets toasted because he can't escape - Somebody finds out that he's running a business and reports him the the local authority. This may be contrary to a covenant or planning condition of when the place was built and they decide to investigate. - He wants to sell the house - although then he could probably remove his little den. Maybe having it featured on TV could also be a bit of a giveaway? :-) |
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On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:20:18 UTC, Andy Hall wrote:
In practical terms there are three ways that I can think of that he might be detected. - There's a fire and he gets toasted because he can't escape - Somebody finds out that he's running a business and reports him the the local authority. This may be contrary to a covenant or planning condition of when the place was built and they decide to investigate. - He wants to sell the house - although then he could probably remove his little den. - He gets seen on TV...! -- Bob Eager begin a new life...dump Windows! |
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In article ,
Andy Hall writes: In practical terms there are three ways that I can think of that he might be detected. - There's a fire and he gets toasted because he can't escape - Somebody finds out that he's running a business and reports him the the local authority. This may be contrary to a covenant or planning condition of when the place was built and they decide to investigate. - He wants to sell the house - although then he could probably remove his little den. - He decides to feature it on a television program so everyone knows he's done it ;-) -- Andrew Gabriel |
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In article , Conrad
Edwards writes I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? As long as it safe - as much as you want. The ladder is no worse than ships ladders & safer than wooden stairs. The storage of glues and paints maybe another question. -- Zaax http://www.ukgatsos.com |
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In message , Conrad
Edwards writes I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? Punishable by being hanged, drawn and quartered IIRC How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? Prolly of limited use for repairing commercial vehicles -- geoff |
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"Conrad Edwards" wrote in message m... I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? Can you have degrees of illegality? It is almost certainly a breach of the planning regulations, but IME it is certainly not an uncommon practice. I used to have quite a large customer who ran his business from his attic and who had employees working there. How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? He will probably get around to fitting permanent stairs, when he gets fed up with the ladder. However, I have a couple of storage areas accessed by loft ladders in my factories. the only things the Factory Inspectors were concerned about was that they were firmly fixed and that there were adequate guard rails, with toe boards, where there was a fall hazard. Colin Bignell |
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"Dave Jones" wrote in message ...
"Conrad Edwards" wrote in message m... I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? It's not I don't know about illegality in the criminal sense but it almost certainly contravenes building regs and maybe planning depending upon the nature of the business. How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? It will be classed as occasional use/storage, which doesn't require any planning regs. It will be classed as what it is *actually* being used for, ie running a business and therefore contravenes the rules. I suggest you talk to your local BCO if you don't understand this. Some will be down on you if you do even the slightest to make it habitable like install flooring and lighting. Others may be more forgiving depending on the actual use. MBQ |
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In article ,
Conrad Edwards wrote: I was watching 'Working Lunch' where it featured a guy turning his modelling hobby into a business. The business was based in his attic which was accessed solely by a pull-down ladder. How illegal is this? How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? I would suspect that the real people he has to worry about is his house insurers. Running a business from home without getting agreement (in writing) could give them a lovely get out excuse if ever the money-flow looks like it might have to reverse direction. -- Tony Williams. |
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raden wrote in message ...
In message , Conrad Edwards writes How much use can you put an attic to that only has a pull-down ladder as access? Prolly of limited use for repairing commercial vehicles heh! I thought it was the alteration work that was subject to law, not the use afterwards. IOW if you buy a non reg compliant house its not a crime to sleep in the loft, even if its not the best thing to do. TN |
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