Hi All,
In response to this thread http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36542 which highlights that there are large restriction on the works we as owners are allowed to carry out on our own without contracting a licenced builder I have started this thread.
I am NOT a real estate or renovating legal expert so I am looking for advice and to document our collective experience.
To start this thread off, a quick list of works that I think are completely acceptable for an owner to do by themselves without asking anybody for any permission, approval, licence, etc.
1. Gardening - mowing, pruning, edging - general domestic gardening.
2. Painting - internal, external, fences, roof?
3. Non-structural interior renovations - replacing kitchen cabinets, new window treatments, sanding floorboards. Works that dont require touching plumbing, electrics, structure of house.
4. External paving
I base my quick list on my perceptions and my idea of common sense - no legal opinion or referral to regulations here.
Over to the good ship SS...
In response to this thread http://www.somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36542 which highlights that there are large restriction on the works we as owners are allowed to carry out on our own without contracting a licenced builder I have started this thread.
I am NOT a real estate or renovating legal expert so I am looking for advice and to document our collective experience.
To start this thread off, a quick list of works that I think are completely acceptable for an owner to do by themselves without asking anybody for any permission, approval, licence, etc.
1. Gardening - mowing, pruning, edging - general domestic gardening.
2. Painting - internal, external, fences, roof?
3. Non-structural interior renovations - replacing kitchen cabinets, new window treatments, sanding floorboards. Works that dont require touching plumbing, electrics, structure of house.
4. External paving
I base my quick list on my perceptions and my idea of common sense - no legal opinion or referral to regulations here.
Over to the good ship SS...