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Here is the one that I use. It's a simple document but does the trick for us. Should you use this below there is no guarantee for it's effectiveness nor is there any liability against me for providing the document. Ultimately it is up to you should you chose to use it or something similar. Obviously you change the dates accordingly to suit the fixed period/date originally signed together with fixed extensions to date (if any) You can change the 6 months extension period to whatever has been agreed - some of mine are 12 month fixed term extensions. Print two copies off and date them all the same. I as landlord sign them both send them out to the tenant (if not meeting) with a reply paid envelope and ask them to sign and return one copy whilst they retain one for their file. Addendum to the Assured Shorthold tenancy from 3 August 2019 to 2 February 2021(change dates to current tenancy term) at: Insert property address as per original agreement It is hereby agreed between the parties to this agreement that the tenancy will be extended for a fixed term period of 6 (change length as required) calendar months from 3 February 2021 through to 2 August 2021(change to insert own dates as required). The rent for the period will be £insert agreed rent per calendar month and is payable as per the terms of the original agreement. All remaining terms of the tenancy agreement dated 2 August 2019(change to insert date of tenancy signature) remain in full force. Signed: …............................. Signed: ….............................. Landlord: Type Landlord Name Tenant: Type Tenant Name Date: …............................. Date: …............................. Please note where is more than one landlord or tenant to the agreement one signature is sufficient for this agreement to be binding. Please note that this agreement only comes into force once it is signed and exchanged by both parties.

The last six weeks have been a bit of a slog but have finely got the roof finished, PV fitted and first floor cladding and windows fitted. Scaffolding came down yesterday 3 weeks longer than planed big hole in wallet. First floor chipboard flooring down so will start on the ground floor windows and studwork. But now back to real work as well.

We've had nothing but good experiences with Ecology since first making initial enquiries, through from the application and subsequent drawdowns. Many others have retold this same experience so there's no doubt we're not the only ones. Thought I'd throw a bit more perspective on how they operate from our recent experiences. We recently agreed an easement with a local developer to put a storm drain through our site to a discharge point at the Burn behind our house. The solicitor advised us that in most cases the mortgage company would retain the land payment. Not Ecology. "Work away lads, the cash is yours. An no, it doesn't affect our valuation or your loan entitlement." Score! Secondly, we went to planning and amended the design. Informed Ecology and advised them of the change of design, anticipated value increase and also our increased costs. No bother again. "If the value goes up from the surveyors report, you can access the retention sooner. And if you need more money, you can make a further application with no legal fees." Sweet. And throughout this we've been able to pick up the phone and get through to our account manager who doesn't even need to look up our details on the computer or ask us a million questions as she knows her stuff inside out. And only extra fees we've been charged is the £250 valuation survey. *I have not received a gratuity for this post from Ecology, quite the opposite in fact ?

Spot on

Or remortgaging.

Pay in stages and arrears (and retain say 5% of each stage payment for snagging).

We’ve finally moved house and are happily ensconced in our bungalow making all the hassle worth it. It took nine months in the end to complete the conveyancing. The position of the bungalow and the views are amazing and exactly what we wanted. The sale, though not going through as quickly as we would have liked, did result in making an extra wadge of cash. The housing market was crazy during the time we were selling. There’s plenty of work to do here though so my taking it easy for the last couple of years has come to an abrupt end. We do miss our previous house but it’s nice to be away from the SE. I’ll soon be posting questions about our garage which is a mess and seems unsafe to me. Thanks, I took my blog down because of the sale. It's a bit of a trek down here, 300 miles from Dover, but you're very welcome.

Yes understood. And thanks a lot.

Its Use is therefore "Incidental to Residential", so adding a mezzanine that makes no change to the exterior of the building, would not fall within the definition of development, so would not require planning permission. Edited to add: Ref: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/when-is-permission-required Scroll down to "The categories of work that do not amount to ‘development’ " under the heading "What is development?"

I'm not exactly clear on what you are asking. Are you asking whether adding a mezzanine to an existing building, that involves only internal works, would not fall within the definition of development (as defined by section 55(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990), whether it's a dwelling or an out building? If that's your question, then yes. (caveat, I'm assuming your outbuilding has a lawful use as residential) Even if its current Use Class is not Residential it will still be lawful, as long as the inclusion of the mezzanine does not stop the building from functioning in its lawful Use Class.

Sounds like a lame response without a solution To ‘balance’ the system retrospectively requires two things. 1) add a secondary pressure reducing valve at the cold mains stopcock. 2) fit a 22mm non return ( single check ) valve on the hot water outlet of the UVC. That’s what he should have said to you…….and then he could happily have fitted the chuffing EV to resolve all issues in one morning.

OK, digging into the small print in the manual I have found the issue - "Feature P3 - If the RF switch fails to receive a signal from the thermostat within a 40 minute period it will activate the output for up to 12 minutes every hour" I have tried re-pairing the thermostat with the switch and then tried switching the heating off and on via the thermostat which seemed to work, but clearly there is a problem with the pairing which has resulted in this default 12 minutes per hour switching on. If I cannot get them paired up, I can switch this feature off at least now that I know about it.

Due Diligence, for the first bit - doctor's note for the second.

Exact same tactics used here. In one instance, they kept that kind of behaviour up for five weeks. Yes, 5 weeks. This is a list of some of the stuff I had to resort to...... Find a landline or other mobile to which you can have access - one where the account isn't linked to you. Make sure that the phone shows its Caller I/D. Then - from that phone - ring first thing in the morning between 8 and 8:30. If there's no reply DO NOT leave a message. Ring until you make contact - as far as they are concerned, callers from that number might be a new customer. Find out who else this company is working for locally. If there's any scaffolding on those sites look at the scaffolding banner. If it's a small local company (not a national one) ring the scaffolder . Fish for information. In our case the scaffolders also had a tale of woe about the company (non payment). So they took the scaff boards off one weekend. He was paid by 10:30 on the Monday. Find out where the groundworkers drink. Go into that pub. "You coming round tomorrow then ?" Don't pay. It's horrible having to do all that kind of stuff. But it's their behaviour that has caused you distress. Taking appropriate - but lawful - steps to assert your case is a must. If you can manage to do it with a grin, so much the better. Self-building is a School of Hard Knocks -

Unless you are thinking of selling A structural warranty is pointless CML is even more pointless as many lenders don’t recognize it HSBC for one

This is what I was guided by:

You will need to put paper tape over it Stuck down with easi-fil Then sanded off

Yes, we're happy. There are those who doubt the performance claims for multi-foil products (ours is Actis), and we've not lived in properties with other insulation for comparison, but it does what we expected. Easy and (importantly for us) very clean to install.

Yes, no habitable Mezzanine, just a ceiling over the ground floor. That makes it an easy decision then, remove them from the plans you submit and forget about them

Bad luck. I had the same, so many mistakes I noticed, that I asked them to stop whilst I got up to speed finding the ones I hadn't noticed. They never did finish it and I now need to rectify. It can be very difficult to get anyone else to come on mid project, so I hope you find a solution. One thing tho' start to read every last detail of the drawings etc and you may now find where they were winging it or whether they are stringing it out, and wish you had a fixed price contact. On a daily rate tho', there seems no good to reason to cut corners apart from ignorance. Agree with the above. As I am a first timer, it's less stressful to have good gaps between trades.

That is a core skill. Holding your nerve, and developing more than normal levels of resilience. Most self builders are expert, or near experts in their own field of work. And suddenly through our self build, we are exposed to systems and people who are -nominally at least - far more expert than we are. And thats very jangling. It leads to all sorts of difficult challenges - and since many of those hit you right in the bank balance, it what the experts call a 'high stakes' sector. That's why we (BH) exist, and why you will find a highly committed audience here ready to listen to what you have to say. In my case on BH and its predecessor (2 or three years) I have already been given far more than I can ever give back (two posts saved me £17k, but I have saved much more than that overall). In holding your nerve, you might like to think about creative and wholesome ways in which you can distract yourself from the almost perma-worry. For me, I am learning (re-learning) how to fly drones and I use the BBC Radio iPlayer last thing at night to help me, through distraction, to switch off. Keep us posted, and or PM me if you need a private word. If I don't know, I'll know someone who does. Ian

IGNORE THIS, I AM AN IDIOT!! It was a 200mm radius bend ?

So you want one that's at least 10" long, bendy and black? I'm not one to judge.

Our stud wall / MF ceilings guy is ghosting us, one week before starting on site. And he came highly recommended, and seemed dead sound. We will then lose our spark that we've lined up two months ago. Suppliers have taken payments for goods and two weeks later nothing has arrived on site. No insualtion, no roof laths, no ventilation ducting. Windows are now looking like late July or august, rather than the promised mid May. Probably £8k between them. Excluding the windows which is double again. Promises, promises.

£300 a day each. The world has gone mad.

Probably, it was a number I remember for years ago. May be worth calling it 2 times now. I am lead to believe that was why the Sunamp was developed. It is a Scotch product and they have lots of low carbon energy, and domestic heat loads are the biggest in a house (up there, usually). So as a direct replacement for an E7 system, there are not so highly priced and offer some space saving and user benefits. Still way to expensive for a box of candles mind.

Yikes! No groundworkers on site this morning, no answer on the mobiles i have for them / owner, blinding ain't going down today then!

Our chicken ends up on a plate, for between £3.50 and £12.