October 29, 2012. Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Guaranteed to Fail in 7 Years. To help prevent illness and death, some states require carbon monoxide alarms to be installed in various parts of your home. Kidde is one of the large, recognized brands of smoke alarms and other fire prevention products. Certain of their carbon monoxide detectors, however, come with conflicting promises and warnings.
Extensions are more expensive: RICS gives a guide cost of between Â£1,260 and Â£1,680 per square metre for an extension with plastered finish. So a 20-square metre single-storey extension will range from Â£25,200 to Â£33,600 â before you've put down flooring or installed a kitchen. Side extensions must be single storey with a maximum height of 4m. 2  If the extension is within 2m of a boundary, the maximum eaves height should be no higher than 3m. 3  A single-storey extension must not extend beyond the rear of the house by more than 3m for an attached house or 4m if the house is detached.
The index shows that the cities with the fastest house price growth over the quarter to December were Edinburgh (1.4%); Glasgow (0.7%); Liverpool (0.7%); and Southampton (0.6%). However, after house prices surged by 14.7% in London over the whole of 2014, the rate of growth has plateaued and is set to slow in 2015. The latest data from the Office for National Statistics shows that the average UK house price stood at Â£271,000 (â¬358,130, $406,356) in October last year. This is a slight decline from Â£273,000 in September 2014 and Â£274,000 in August.