Garden room eaves higher than 2.5m

[chukwe]

I recently built a garden room for my personal use mainly gym. It was built 2m from all boundaries with flat roof.

From what I read, it should be 3m high and 2.5m eaves.

The company has finished building it 2 weeks ago and I measured it today and found out that the eaves height is 2.75m and the front is 2.98m high.

What can I do? I'm really scared that someone may report me.

[chukwe]

PhilboSE said:

Out of interest, where has the extra height come from? Presumably they didn’t just give you a taller building? Is the foundation piles and they left a bit too much out of the ground?

Asking because I spent most of lockdown planning and investigating garden rooms, and the turnkey solutions built on piles always felt like they had low ceiling heights with the building somewhat elevated off ground level.

You're absolutely right, It's the piles/ground screws which is holding the Garden room. The screws are almost 300 to 400cm high from the ground.

I did all I can to avoid the Neighbors by positioning it 2m away from all boundaries.

[chukwe]

The Garden room/gym is 5m wide and 4m depth with internal high is 2.45m going down to 2.3m eaves.

Thanks everybody for your answers. I couldn't sleep well last night wondering what will happen if someone reports me.

[chukwe]

PhilboSE said:

That’s pretty poor from the screw installers. I wonder if they hit rock quite shallow and didn’t have any shorter screws? Did they do anything to close the gap to the ground or is that a job “left for the reader”?

I remember now, the screw didn't work because as they hit a rock while screwing. They reverted to digging holes and used rods and cement for the foundation.

I paid £24,756 which included the Canadian cedar, bifold doors, extra glazed windows to the back, cost of extra internal height, electric installation, lighting etc. I was cheap compared to others companies with these extras

[chukwe]

Equus said:

You could fess up and apply for restrospective Planning Permission, but there's really no point: it's fairly unlikely that any of your neighbours will dob you in, and if they do, the LPA's first response would be to ask you to - guess what? - apply for retrospective Planning Permission.

Forget about it for the moment, and deal with it if it ever becomes an issue.

Thanks Equus for advise. Will it be a good idea to speak to my neighbours on both side of my house? I try to avoid chatting to neighbours anywhere I live