Detatching a pair of semi's?

[Boosted LS1]

Well not quite but almost. My house is/was a victorian detached house until a previous owner built a semi onto the side of it for his mother to live in. The 'semi' uses my side wall as the adjoining wall and any windows were bricked up.

The semi may go on the market and I'm wondering if it's feasible to detach it from my house and then sell it on. This way I'd get my peace and quiet back as the family that's been there have been right noisy bastewards! I'd also have two detached houses instead of a semi.

Is this at all viable or dead in the water, anybody know? Thanks.

[Defcon5]

I cant imagine it is economically viable.

[gobuddygo]

Why don’t you convert it into one big house, it solves the neighbour problem.

[Boosted LS1]

Say it cost £20k for the new wall or even £30k would that add £15k to the value of each house as detached properties? This would make it viable to me but I don't know how it stacks up.

[Boosted LS1]

gobuddygo said:

Why don’t you convert it into one big house, it solves the neighbour problem.

I've thought about that as well as doing a land grab but we don't need 6 bedrooms. I'd sell it or rent it out on short term rents.

[Dupont666]

need pics to see it...

[robinhood21]

Another consideration; would the loss of room size be an issue.

[Boosted LS1]

Dupont666 said:

need pics to see it...

What sort of pics, ariel or of the brickwork where it ties the houses together? Here's an ariel picture. Ignore the red marker, it's not quite in the right place.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

The corner house with the red roof tiles is mine. The imposter to the right is on the side of it and has greyish tiles. I need to move it a few feet, lol.

Edited by Boosted LS1 on Tuesday 13th October 15:46

[Boosted LS1]

robinhood21 said:

Another consideration; would the loss of room size be an issue.

I imagine the other house would lose a couple of feet.

[JR]

Boosted LS1 said:

robinhood21 said:

Another consideration; would the loss of room size be an issue.

I imagine the other house would lose a couple of feet.

Your figures sound about right. Presumably when they built the extension/semi there was no extra footing along your end elevation and this will have to be installed, probably best by bored mini piles to reduce damage (and risk of damage) to your existing property.

[robinhood21]

Boosted LS1 said:

robinhood21 said:

Another consideration; would the loss of room size be an issue.

I imagine the other house would lose a couple of feet.

It will probably be a tad more than a couple of feet. Considering there will have to be sufficient room between the houses to take off plaster, or re-render wall once detachment has taken place. This might mean leaving enough space to allow scaffold to be erected between the houses.

[JR]

robinhood21 said:

Boosted LS1 said:

robinhood21 said:

Another consideration; would the loss of room size be an issue.

I imagine the other house would lose a couple of feet.

It will probably be a tad more than a couple of feet. Considering there will have to be sufficient room between the houses to take off plaster, or re-render wall once detachment has taken place. This might mean leaving enough space to allow scaffold to be erected between the houses.

I wouldn't do it like that. Saw cut the front and rear then 6"think insulation nex to the existing house after the interior finish(/wall?) has been removed from the extension, then a cavity wall and loss of room is less than half a metre.

[Jam Spavlin]

buy it demolish the whole lot and have a very big garden

[amglover]

Turn it into a walk in garage!

[eliot]

Go to love "street view"
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&a...

[eddie1980]

You need one of these...

http://www.gatheringwood.com/blog/wp-content/uploa...

[Boosted LS1]

JR said:

robinhood21 said:

Boosted LS1 said:

robinhood21 said:

Another consideration; would the loss of room size be an issue.

I imagine the other house would lose a couple of feet.

It will probably be a tad more than a couple of feet. Considering there will have to be sufficient room between the houses to take off plaster, or re-render wall once detachment has taken place. This might mean leaving enough space to allow scaffold to be erected between the houses.

I wouldn't do it like that. Saw cut the front and rear then 6"think insulation nex to the existing house after the interior finish(/wall?) has been removed from the extension, then a cavity wall and loss of room is less than half a metre.

Hey, I like that idea. I wonder if I could do it while they're asleep!

[robinhood21]

Rohypnol in their milk for as long as the job takes.