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So after several months of drawing up plans & submitting them to planning I was recently astounded to learn that I've managed to get Full Planning Permission Approved on my plot first time! As some of you may vaguely recall (I haven't been on here for a few months as busy with it all) I had doubts that I would get it through first time and was probably in for settling down on the long haul of re-submissions, appeals and eventually perhaps getting it through that way. The submission was sent to Committee with Planning Officer recommendation, another pleasant surprise for me since I am used to having a hard slog of it all at most stuff I do in life. My thoughts were that although that seemed a reasonably promising sign the likelihood may be that it gets shot down in Committee. I choose not to attend to not bring any undue attention to my plans and like not being to forward in approaching the neighbours I think this was probably the best policy for me. Anyway, here I am several months later and a very happy boy Except one thing, I'm not sure if I will any longer have the time, dedication and resources on my to actually build the proposed build. Essentially, my personal life has taken a turn for the better it seems and I have met a girl and the likelihood is to suit us both (should all things continue as they are) I will be moving abroad to live with her, since she cannot easily come to the UK, not in the short term at least and I don't wish to be apart from her for a long period of time. This then leaves me with a dilemma of what to do with the plot of land I have in Wales. I bought it quite cheap with OPP and I think it was a good buy as it has many plus points, now I could sell it I assume that perhaps I could get more if it has FPP. The buyer would of course be restricted to the FPP proposed design unless they reapplied for FFP with their own choice of design. I'm assuming that by getting FPP it shows what is possible to build there (the proposal is a reasonable sized build). The money from the sale would come in useful for starting abroad with girl so should make things easier there. Alternatively, I could hold onto the plot, it has a five year time limit on the permission, before having to renew the permission. I think it is likely to be possible to renew without too much trouble seeing as it went through quite decently this time around. I don't see why anything might occur that would make planners think differently next time. During this time, at least 2-3 years I could not see myself developing the site unless my financial fortunes changed as I would not be able to put money into making a life abroad and develop plot in Wales at the same time. While I would be willing to sacrifice the plot as my life with girl comes first it also seems a shame as its a good plot with much potential, particularly now that it has FPP. So I was wondering if anyone on here has any other ideas of what I could do in my situation? If I don't put reasonable amount of labour into the build myself I think money wise I may not make a lot, who knows may even suffer a small loss. I can't do this now its looking as I won't be anywhere near Wales, lol. I may of course never be near Wales or even if I am not in a position to put in the time, effort & money required. So what should I do? Sell, Hold, or is there a third option? Some sort of equity release on the land or way for site to be developed without me having to stump up a large amount of time, money, effort but still keep an interest in the property?

We have this. Stainless L-channel and plate knocked up by a local fabricator and off-the-shelf Canadian Western Red Cedar slats cut to size. I kept the downward angle of the slats small - about 10 deg - to permit water run-off without blocking the view and light. In our case it has a practical purpose but is also an architectural feature.

I don't do Facebook at all, but this is really quite well produced:

Oh and I should mention that slat spacing had to comply with build regs for baby head gap - that middle window is actually a door the swings open completely. But that spacing with a 95mm extension works well for reducing solar gain.

These are the slats, 95mm x 20mm: https://www.vastern.co.uk/cladding/splayed-cladding/ Photo inside to out attached - this is my study and doubles as a spare bedroom (working from home today). A caution, this assembly is not light and you need to make sure you can anchor it well. We had 150mm x 150mm timbers behind the aluminium clad windows anchored top and bottom and the screws go about 120mm deep into that.

That's what we're considering for the rear of the house where we have two 4.5m sliders that are west facing. Still quite expensive though - £3-4k for a 5mx3m pergola. Look at what these guys can do (for inspiration if nothing else). www.gardentrellis.co.uk I bought a £10 5m tensioned wire system from Ikea and the other half made up some dark voile panels that we've suspended from it and already the difference is noticeable.

Only one party in NI worth voting for. At least they admit they are clowns.

Hello All, An update on this saga, so busy lately with finalising everything so have not logged in for a long time. Couple of days ago, as I was moving some stuff into the house, I happen to accidentally meet the neighbour in question as I was going back to my car. He politely greeted me, and to my surprise, we had a very enjoyable conversation lasting over 30 mins. In the end, he asked me if I was happy if he parked his van in an angle (so that it would not obstruct my entrance), so in the end, all went well so the stress is over!!! Only thing left is to get rid of the parking marks

I've not been in town to see how the build is going for weeks. So I had to sneak into my own site today. There has been a nice amount of progress. I am loving the double height spaces and the glass front to the upstairs landing. Master bedroom looking back towards the dressing room. Chimney breast and glazed gable in the master bedroom. View from upstairs landing. Double height upstairs study, when I was in here I wondered about putting in a roof window. Eaves space that I asked about using for storage in another thread. View along bathrooms/en suites/dressing rooms. Velux windows go in soon. Guest room dressing room. Not sure about the airtightness membrane. First stud walls going in. Another view from the upstairs landing. Games room, really sunny with the Velux windows. View from the top. View down into study from games room. Chimney and balcony at the end of the house. Eaves space in my daughter's bedroom. She wants a secret area in here.

Depends on their view of the housing market. Some vendors will resort to a sealed bid process when there a lot of interest in the plot. Instead of going around all the potential buyers haggling them up they just ask everyone for their best offer. In England there is nothing legally binding about the sealed bid process. The seller is free to open all the bids and decide not to accept the highest bid if he wants. He can even go back to his preferred bidder and ask him to match the highest bid. In with the bid you should point out (if true) that you are a cash buyer or have a mortgage approval and you've done all your due diligence checks. They want to be sure the buyer is ready to go and won't pull out six months down the line when they find out a sewerage treatment plant is needed or some other complication they hadn't planned on. Remember some buyers won't have a clue. We weren't the highest bidder for our plot :-)

I used Tremco TP600 for ours. The way we did it was to cut the tape to the right length, offer it up to the gap to check. Then remove, peel back the top, offer back up to the gap and with a paint scraper to the non sticky side, slowly pull the backing tape downwards and towards you, pressing with the scraper as you go downwards. The backing tape goes to the window side. It's quiet therapeutic!

I have to disagree with that. It's a bog standard plastic sill and not designed to be insulating. The size of the inner section would allow movement of air. My Rehau frames have far smaller sections and they are also foam filled. If you use low expansion foam, fill in section by section and the ends of the sill are open there should be no distortion.

Join the club. My screen name hints at my past, but I'm now retired Ha! Every day I get up and go about jobs related to our house build. And one of those jobs is networking - because I don't know the answer to most of the problems I face. Just like you. So there's a natural push to lurk and ferret information out - reassurance that you're not the only eejit who has put a window in upside down, or had to post 7 meter steels through a living room window (my son's place last night..... don't ask) That's the power of a community like this, everyone's keen to do a sensible job at a fair price, almost within their budget. Ever found anyone coming in under budget? No, neither have I. I have heard of people who did that, but never met them. But, for me it's the massive reassurance of coming up against some form of knotty problem and suddenly thinking.... I'll ask about that on buildhub, and almost guarantee an answer.