Those will do

Observing planning permission conditions is the name and doing it with ruthless efficiency is the game.  One I’m clearly rubbish at. Well that’s not actually true, I think my game is pretty good and I’m well on top of things.           

This however isn’t a one-way process.  You have to talk to those pesky folk at the planning office.  Man I’m going to miss those bad boys when this is all done.  After all they do make me feel really good about myself, even if frustration to the point of virtual explosion is a side effect. 

The latest conditions I’ve looked to satisfy concern the actual building materials to be used.  I think this is actually a sound restriction. After all, if I was left to my own devices, who knows, I might actually build my gaff out of breeze blocks, or should that be thermalites.

Mind you there isn’t a lot stopping me painting these materials any colour I want afterwards.  Anyway, I have to choose bricks and roof tiles that the planners are also happy with. 

I’ve spent a lot of time looking at all sorts of bricks, observing roof tiles and roof constructions around the area.  My research even included trying to use local-ish suppliers, just in case that was going to be an issue. 

So after what seemed like months of research, I got a couple of samples, being careful not to register with building merchants as I know that can mean trouble when trying to get reductions, especially off bricks. 

Now the minor incompetence at the planning office, which meant wasting ten minutes or so of my life, looking for a form that didn’t exist was a minor annoyance, but certainly not unexpected. 

I chased twice and waited three weeks in the end, but eventually I got the call.  Firstly the planned asked what colour the roof tiles were, I though that was fairly obvious by looking at them and my circling of the colour in the brochure, but no bother.  Approval granted.  Letter of confirmation duly received via 2^nd class post. 

All that’s left to do now is the very simple matter of getting the best possible price and supply!