**Document:** Existing Cottage Condition Survey
**Application:** 06/01821/B — Erection of a replacement cottage
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2007-04-11
**Parish:** Andreas
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/81696-andreas-sycamore-cottage-field-121847-ballaslig-dwelling-replacement/documents/1480930

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# Existing Cottage Condition Survey

render finish to stack cracked
small areas missing
no lead flashings

internal render finish cracked, small areas
broken off.
FRONT ELEVATION

![A hand-drawn architectural elevation sketch showing a single-story building with three windows, a chimney, and a door.](https://images.planningportal.im/2006/10/557561.jpg)

SECTION

![A hand-drawn architectural sketch showing the side elevation of a cottage with labels for a 'BED/SITTING ROOM' and 'STORE'.](https://images.planningportal.im/2006/10/557562.jpg)

Walls:
solid 200mm brickwork (ballacery or similar) rising
penetrating damp evident in all rooms.
no lead flashings to chimney stack, chimney breast
in Bed/Sit & Kit/Gallery damp.

Floors:
concrete generally with original quarry tiles to floors
of Kit/Gallery & Porch.
Damp evident in concrete-floors (no damp), quarry tile floors
very uneven, loose tiles evident & damp (no damp).

Ceiling:
painted on boarding in Bed/Sit & Kit/Gallery, damp
shaking evident in several areas where boarding cabins
external walls.

Roots:
Wash blue slate to main roof, sort of cracked & broken
slates both front & rear, cement ridge in lieu of ridge
tiles, corrugated "perspex" roof to porch, corrugated iron
to tear to roof over store, big gutters to main roof.

Doors & windows:
original vertical path windows to Bed/Sit & Kit/Gallery
as badly affected by wet rot, oils missing etc., bases of
glass missing, timber windows in store area & porch.
Sats badly affected by wet rot & also require replacement.
Front door & frame affected by wet rot.
Weaverm & wet rot in cam over opening between Bed/Sit
& Kit/Gallery.
No access to roof structure for inspection.

![A hand-drawn architectural floor plan showing the layout of a small cottage, including a bed/sitting room, kitchen, scullery, and store with dimensions and finish notes.](https://images.planningportal.im/2006/10/557563.jpg)

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*Data sourced from the Isle of Man public planning register under the [Isle of Man Open Government Licence](https://www.gov.im/about-this-site/open-government-licence/).*
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