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Contemporary build in north Dorset

A blog by Benpointer in General

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Week 2 - Foundations

The excellent SE we contacted on Thursday to design the depth of our foundations came back on Friday with the answer - deeper than we wanted at 1.95m in the corner closest to the neighbouring oak (15m away) but his quick response has saved the schedule.  We need to add clayboards in the corner nearest the tree but overall it could have been a lot worse.   His rapid turnaround was brilliant and it meant we were able to crack on this week.  The groundworkers had already discounted Monday
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Week 1 - Breaking ground

Our groundworkers arrived on site as promised on the Tuesday after Spring Bank Holiday.   Raining all day of course!  Though tbf it’s fairly light rain.  They made a good start removing a concrete slab left over from a long-demolished, clearing the oversight and creating a temporary spoil dump site on the paddock.   Three issues this week:   An unexpected armoured cable is discovered on day two - our groundworker Marcus is unsurprisingly cautious.  Quick call to our electrici
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Let the fun begin!

We’re starting our build so I thought I’d attempt a blog.  I can’t promise to keep it up throughout the build but I start with good intentions.  Apologies for the inevitable typos along the way.     A bit of background:   We have previously done a lot of alteration and refurb projects for our various homes over the years, the most recent a major eco- refurb and extension of a 1960s bungalow.      Last year we decided to bite the bullet, sell the house, buy a plot an

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