Grade II listed buildings...
Discussion
Just doing a bit of research into Grade II properties...
Say you had a Grade II listed property that requires rennovation... (moving a couple of walls / adding en-suite bathroom etc all interior works)
Say you made changes without getting listed building consent...
If you went to sell the property... how would / could you ever be pulled up for not getting the correct permissions??
How can you prove who has made any changes, and at what stage would you get pulled up?
Is there a requirement that solicitors check these permissions as part of their process?? Or would a surveyor for the bank pick something like this up??
Anyone got any experience of this?
Say you had a Grade II listed property that requires rennovation... (moving a couple of walls / adding en-suite bathroom etc all interior works)
Say you made changes without getting listed building consent...
If you went to sell the property... how would / could you ever be pulled up for not getting the correct permissions??
How can you prove who has made any changes, and at what stage would you get pulled up?
Is there a requirement that solicitors check these permissions as part of their process?? Or would a surveyor for the bank pick something like this up??
Anyone got any experience of this?
A lot depends on the building ad the nature of the listing, but a good surveyor will pick up a suprising amount about the date that work was underatken just by looking at the materials and building techniques used.
If the purchaser's solicitors are doing their job right, they will identify that the property is listed and may ask for a written guarantee that the proper consents were obtained for any work undertaken. If you are later discovered to have made unauthorised alterations, you would be held liable for the cost of putting things right.
Grade II listing isn't all that critical (I live in a Grade II listed cottage); so long as you aren't destroying the overall character of the place, or features specifically felt tobe important to the listing, Conservation Officers will often be quite flexible about what you can do.
If the purchaser's solicitors are doing their job right, they will identify that the property is listed and may ask for a written guarantee that the proper consents were obtained for any work undertaken. If you are later discovered to have made unauthorised alterations, you would be held liable for the cost of putting things right.
Grade II listing isn't all that critical (I live in a Grade II listed cottage); so long as you aren't destroying the overall character of the place, or features specifically felt tobe important to the listing, Conservation Officers will often be quite flexible about what you can do.
pontypool said:
I have a friend who made uprgrades to his grade II listed building (although not too drastic) and come the time of sale nobody mentioned it and the transaction sailed through without it being an issue or even mentioned.
humm... he might have been lucky then.. guess it's not really worth the risk if you want to shift things quickly..Thanks for the input
Surely if any alterations can be dated in any way any decent solicitor will look for the listed building consent?
I understand the implications can be terrible, like riping it al out and puting it back as the conservation officer tells you it should be.
Whe you buy a listed building y0u sign up to getting the necessary, and sometimes painful consents ( I think the fine is £15k).
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