So, I've finally completed on the land, HURRAY!
After what has been an unbelievably frustrating and time consuming purchase. Now I know the process, I will be so much wiser next time I appoint a solicitor. I can not believe what a pain mine has been throughout the entire process, how totally condescending he has been towards me.
For instance, the title deeds, had a pencil sketch of where the new boundary line would be, drawn at a scale 1/1250, the pencil line itself was 1mm thick so by my reckoning that makes a boundary line of 1.25 meters thick! Not exactly precise would you say? when I asked my solicitor for something more accurate he said, 'you have a scale drawing, scale it up' what an idiot.
Anyway, it was left to me to produce something more accurate, and I'm glad that I have, as the last thing I want to start this project with is a boundary dispute...
Anyway, enough of that! So I have the land, next job obtaining planning permission.
Well thats going to be a right old pain too, as the planning officers seem to respond in a time scale about 5% the speed of normal human beings. Even so, with my scrupulous pre-application advice I feel like I'm getting the design honed down. And I reckon I'm on the cusp of getting to a formal application. This stuff takes time I know, but it's pretty exciting now it's getting close to a final design.
Hopefully, by the end of today, the Barn should be cleared out by the old vendor, and tomorrow I can start planning ahead proper! woo hoo.
