Jengem

Thanks all, the plots have been on since 2016... there is a farmhouse behind the plots so services not too far away... is it possible to offer and withhold a percentage of the sale price for them to run the services in...? Then pay the balance once that is done. Drainage assessment has been done and soil stuff and other reports and all looks good. $G a possible solution but even the mobile phone signal is poor apparently. But I am sure the Broadband can be sorted...the plots range from 1200sqm-1800 sqm for 120-130k with the option to buy an additional paddock ranging from half an acre to 3 acres for an extra 10-20k. Also looking around at timber kit companies... Dan Wood has come up and their pricing seems quite incredible... sounds too good to be true... I dont like any of their houses though. I also like the look of flemming homes and they seem to have a good rep... but know nothing about dan wood.

Thanks both, very useful

Hello all, Just starting out, based in angus Scotland. My parents built their own home using scandiahus 20 years ago and always fancied it. We sold our house in January planning just to buy another home in a more rural location, its not panned out as the market has gone nuts and so thinking this is the world telling us to build our own?! I have an 11 and 13 year old, run my own business. We have identified a plot (one of 4) and are negotiating on it. These plots so far have not sold and I am told by the agent its down to the phone/broadband signal being very poor. Anyway, I suppose my list of initial silly questions are as follows: 1.The plot already has full planning permission , we would just need to make some design changes to meet our needs, how long could that take? 2. Anyone had success with getting decent broadband into a rural area? How did you do it? Running a business and 2 kids makes this as essential as running water! 3. Living on site? If we bought a static, how easy is it to get connected , permission to live on the site and can you have a caravan as an address so you can get post? 4. Self build mortgages for people who run their own business, where to start? 5. We intend to do a lot of the work ourselves, what is a realistic cost psqm? My architect reckons with current rise in costs the lowest we could aim for is 1500/sqm. 6. ANy other general advice? Thanks Jenny