Property Fortunes 2006 - Happy New Year

It has been a while since my last post and there is a very good reason for that. I have just been completing my last property development project, which is the extension and refurbishment of a four bedroom detached house plus developing a new three bedroom detached house in part of the original garden.

This required a lot of work on my part in the run up to Christmas so that the family could enjoy the festive season in relative comfort.

In a while I have thought that as an example I will run a series of posts that will take everyone through the process that I have experienced from the point of initial appraisal drawings and planning enquiries to the completion of the development.

I will not do it entirely in real time since there were periods when nothing at all happened. However I will keep a note of the number of days from the inception so that you can get an idea not only of the sequence of events but also those frustrating periods when you are in the hands of others regarding progress.

For the sake of completion the next post will complete the series on the Pre-budget Report and will tackle the reintroduction of Development Land Tax.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that we can all look forward to prosperous New Year with a stable housing market.

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