RecapPart 1 considered Playing by the 'rules' to increase the value of your property. Part 2 continues with important considerations for anyone considering development.Planning Permission is not Building Regulation ApprovalBefore moving on it is important to emphasise that Planning Consent (Permission) is totally different from Building Regulation Approval. Even if you don't need a planning certificate, if the works involved are in any way...more
Weight losing can be a daunting process, especially for those with a good appetite. Think of all those wonderful things you have to give up, soft drinks, delicate tidbits, juicy saucer and so on. With Cheat Your Way Thin, your favorite foods are here to stay. You are not only allowed, but also encouraged, to enjoy them from time to time. Cheat Your Way Thin program is easy to follow. It is available on line with video, audio, and reading...more
Land ConversionValues for arable land in the UK recently hit new highs of £5,000 and in some case £6,000 per acre. But with possibly 15 houses being able to be built on an acre, this is nothing compared with the £250,000 that you can expect to pay for an acre of land with planning permission in one of the cheaper regions of the UK. In the South East this could be over £1m and in London £3m per acre is not uncommon. The same holds true for other land uses, like industrial, retail and commercial, but with different figures applying. So if you have any land, anywhere, 'converting' its present use to a higher value use could make you considerably richer.Profiting by playing the 'Planning Game' RulesWith a single plot for a small detached house selling at anything from £100K to £250K, getting planning permission for another house in your garden could put you 'quids in'. The same applies for home extensions. When you increase the size of your property you actually 'convert' some of the latent value in the site into real value in the property. In some cases it can even pay to knock down the existing property, providing you can get full or detailed...more
If you're planning the entertainment portion of your marriage, there's no doubt you will not be hiring a juggling clown. You're trying to find a Marriage DJ, and with sound reason. You want someone who knows music and can keep the bunch hyped up. You need them to have presence on the microphone, and know what the most current music is. They also...more
Landing Page Optimization is a component of internet marketing process termed as Conversion Optimization or Conversion Rate Optimization. Its goal is to increase the number of visitors to your website, and which become sales leads and customers.In formulating your landing page optimization strategies, you need to consider few things. The tactics of...more
So, you're going to get married. He proposed, you set a date, and now you're getting going on picking decorations, choosing caterers and looking at invitation formats. Everything's perfect! Except for the fact that he doesn't seem to be nearly as into planning your special day as you are. Naturally, you want your wedding to be special for him, too, and because you want it to be a dream wedding for him, you want his input. If you're looking to get your groom more involved in planning and setting up your wedding, here are some ideas.First, accept that he might be looking at your wedding differently than you. To put it bluntly, he may not actually care about the particulars of your wedding. That might sound bad, but really it actually isn't. You may well have been planning and imagining your ideal wedding back when you were 6, but chances are pretty good he hasn't. Chances are good that he has no clue (and hence no opinion) about wedding colors, cakes or venues.Just because he doesn't care whether you have an intimate indoor ceremony in Olympia or an outdoor extravaganza in Spokane, though, it doesn't mean that he doesn't care about your marriage. It's possible that in his...more
Corporate events are organized to achieve a wide range of objectives. The use of an event planning company can build the meet of a winning corporate event a lot easier. A successful corporate event is always cherished by the colleagues, staff and...more
Minor WorksYou can carry out minor works, like fitting an alarm box or other small changes, without planning permission. Subject to them falling within particular guidelines you can also carry out things like Loft conversions, Roof alterations, and...more
Playing by the 'rules'In the first of these brief articles (Understanding Planning & Property Development in the UK), we considered how you can improve the value of your property by improving the 'quality' of its planning permission. This showed the...more
After waiting for what seems to be a lifetime, you finally have found the right man and he has asked you to marry him. Now that you will soon become a wife to the man of your dreams, you won't let anything ruin that special day, and you know how...more
No wedding planning can make a perfect event without the help of the wedding planning. For some, it can be hard to find a perfect wedding planner before the big day itself. This is because the hectic schedule makes most couples not pay much attention...more
Nobody could question the importance of wedding in any couple's life. But with the global crisis that the world experiences, practicality when wedding planning is a must to ensure that the couple will live a longer live without having nightmares on...more