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Thanks. It's actually just called - How to Extend your Victorian Terraced House. It looks like it's still on sale in the RIBA bookshop - https://www.architecture.com/riba-books/search.html?searchterm=how%20to%20extend%20your%20victorian%20terraced%20house

Hi all In case you are interested, I went with the RIBA deal in the end and the book was published last month. It's available on Amazon and at the RIBA bookshop, where it it discounted until this evening.

Thanks for all your feedback. I haven't actually had a quote for self publishing. The ?40,000 is what Artifice say it will cost to publish. They ask me to pay half of this and then I get a third of all royalties, they keep a third and a third goes to the distributers. I think I am veering towards the RIBA, as you all seem to suggest. I may kick myself if it turns out to be a best seller.

I am a local architect and I am in the middle of compiling a book of ideas for extending a Victorian terraced house. This book will consist of various case studies of different kinds/sizes of Victorian terraced house, showing different plan options (annotated) for each floor with photos or 3D sketches showing how these ideas would look. I have had publishing offers from the RIBA (10% of book sales, they pay for all production and distribution) and Artifice (33% of book sales, but I pay 50% of publishing and distribution costs, which I think will amount to holf of around ?40,000 for 1000 copies). Neither seems that attractive. I am therefore turning to you to ask your advice. Should I go with one of the offers or do I risk it and self publish? One of the big questions is how many copies do I think will sell. There currently isn't anything else like it on the market. What do you think? Do you think it will sell? Would you buy it? Anyone had experience of publishing? Any advice much appreciated

Thanks Townleygreen, I will.

I am a local architect and I am in the middle of compiling a book of ideas for extending a Victorian terraced house. This book will consist of various case studies of different kinds/sizes of Victorian terraced house, showing different plan options (annotated) for each floor with photos or 3D sketches showing how these ideas would look. I have had publishing offers from the RIBA (10% of book sales, they pay for all production and distribution) and Artifice (33% of book sales, but I pay 50% of publishing and distribution costs, which I think will amount to holf of around ?40,000 for 1000 copies). Neither seems that attractive. I am therefore turning to you to ask your advice. Should I go with one of the offers or do I risk it and self publish? One of the big questions is how many copies do I think will sell. There currently isn't anything else like it on the market. What do you think? Do you think it will sell? Would you buy it? Thanks for any advice.

We thought you might like to know that we recently gained planning permission to convert a butterfly roof for a client on Nutfield Road into a mansard roof. We also had a similar application approved on Crystal Palace Road. Good luck with your projects.

Thanks Uns We really appreciate your support, and thanks to everyone on the forum who has supported us over the years, we have been very touched by your comments. Ninbi, we are really sorry we were unable to help you on this occasion. It is true, we are busy at the moment and we are very careful not to take on more work that we can comfortably handle, as a husband and wife team, to ensure that we maintain a high standard of work. Ideally, we would like to help everybody that comes to us, and as such, we devised the design/ideas consultation to give design advice at the very beginning of a project, where it can make the most difference and stop regretful decisions being made. The consultation involves one of us coming to your property, discussing your requirements and how you prefer to live, measuring up the areas you would like to change and then drawing scaled plan options whilst there that are realistic for a give budget and show the full potential of your property. We have had very positive feedback about this service. In general, we take on a new project every six to eight weeks and when we are looking, we do offer free consultations. We will be looking for a new project in the next few weeks, and to vary our portfolio, we will be looking for a slightly larger, or small but quirky project. We have loved working on our East Dulwich projects so far and look forward to continuing to do so in the future. All the best Jacqueline Green

I have see a lot of debate about Permitted Development for rear extensions on this forum, much of which is ill informed or out of date. Your rights are no longer governed by volume. Legislation changed in 2008. Please see the following link for details - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2362/pdfs/uksi_20082362_en.pdf (I hope it works. If not, search for Permitted Development rights 2008 on the planning Portal website). It is prudent to obtain a Certificate of Lawfulness prior to construction, as you will need to present this when you sell your property. If your property is a flat, or you live in a Conservation Area, you will not have Permitted Development rights. I hope this helps.

Hi Damzel I recommend you chase them. I submit quite a few planning applications and you'd be surprised how many go astray. Validation should take no longer than 10 days, and you should receive Confirmation of Validation, although as you say, this could have gone to your builder. The 8 week determination period starts from the time they received the application. However, if they find something missing (and this can be as small as a single street name missed off a location plan) then they will make your application invalid and it will not be validated until the missing information is received. Following the recent cuts, the admin team number has gone dead, as has the duty planning line, so I suggest you call Alison Brittain on 0207 525 5427 (sorry Alison if you now get inundated with calls). She rarely answers her phone, but she does call back. Good luck Jacqueline

Hi Molly I have met you before. I used to live in a flat on Ivydale Road and bought our nappies from you - just over 5 years ago. Do you still live in the same house? Anyway, on to your question. We have done something very similar on our house and I would recommend it. There are ways to drain it, so don't worry about that. You can turn it into a little Zen Garden. Come and see what we have done if you like. Good to hear from you Best wishes Jacqueline

Hi I have to agree with the two people who suggested doing a side return extension without knocking the side wall down. You can fit a galley kitchen in there, a library or an eating area for around ?30,000 (depending on finishes). It also means that although builders will most likely have to cart everything through the house, once they are outside they can build without a great deal of disturbance, knocking through only once the extension is watertight and secure. My experience with applying for planning jointly with your neighbour has not been good to date. Planners tend to shy away from these as the neighbours are not bound by the approval, so one could build and the other one change their mind. Somebody mentioned a neighbour's wall forming the party wall, and that there were vents etc coming out of this wall. They are not really allowed to do this, and you are well within your rights to ask them to remove them, at their cost. The problem is that you probably don't want to cause tension with your neighbours. Building up to their wall will benefit them thermally, so you could take that tack. I am an architect and would be happy to answer questions. Jacqueline