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I would go and see them to say hello. Make sure they know that you are building the house to live in yourself and that you're not a developer. Ask about schools, village life, pub etc etc. so they know you intend becoming part of the local community. Find out a bit about them and what they do for a living. Tell them you will try to keep any noise and disruption down to a minimum etc. I would mention that you plan to change the design and reassure them you don't plan to build anything ugly or out of keeping (unless you do!). To some extent you can joke that the design won't be entirely down to you as the planners have so much say these days. I blamed the planners for a change that I secretly wanted and got away with it. You will probably have to go down the pre-application advice route with the planners. Most likely the planners will want to see some initial drawings and these will get iterated and changed a few times. I would NOT involve the neighbours in this discussion phase at all. Don't send them copies of any drawings. Once you get to the stage where you are ready to submit the formal application then I WOULD go see the neighbours. Take a set of drawings with you. Do it in person. I think this is better than letting them find out your application has gone in and having to get their own drawings. Our architect created a "street scene" drawing and some pen an ink/watercolour sketches that showed what the house would look like from the road. This included trees and hedges that obscure part of the house and gave a much better impression than the raw elevations. We left the neighbour with the best of these sketches not the elevation drawings.

Advantages.. http://www.ustudy.in/node/3601 Lower losses. HVDC can carry more power per conductor No need for the ends to be in phase/synchronised so may improve system stability. DC needs inverters to convert the AC to DC and back but these can also be used to provide better control over the amount of power flowing = Improved stability. DC better for interconnects (eg point A to Point B only). AC better if you want to tap off at lots of sites along the way.

lol. Bodrer adhesive for me. Ps @TerryE, have you discovered asbestos in your new build or is that a fashion statement ?

Stressline but they're beans are always dog rough. Have an engineering brick on hand to smooth them down!

Lite Cast is in Nuneaton, which is 25 miles to Birmingham, so they should be more interested.

You need border adhesive or a pva glue and that will sort it.

We have a bulk head running through each bathroom and decided to line either side with appropriate temp white LED strips through a diffuser - has worked really well and we decided to treat the rooms in room the same, building a small bulkhead at the apex vs a deeper one to take recessed lights. Our ceiling LEDs are also on a pivot which allows them to wash the wall, rather then straight down.

Some 10+ years ago i think our cheapest quote came from Milbank Floors/Milbank concrete products. However they were a long way from us and after transport costs a nearer supplier was a bit cheaper.

What a shame, they'll deliver to E. Midlands no probs